List of people from Birmingham, Alabama
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This is a list of individuals who are natives of, or are notable in association with the city of Birmingham, Alabama.
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[edit] Academia
- Roland Frye, scholar
- Carol Garrison, president of UAB
[edit] Arts & Literature
- John Beecher, activist poet
- Allen Barra, journalist, sports writer
- Danielle Benson, artist
- Steven Ford Brown, publisher, translator, writer
- Mark Childress, author
- Jon Coffelt, artist
- Clayton Colvin, artist
- Dennis Covington, journalist, writer
- Fannie Flagg, author, actress
- Frank Fleming, sculptor
- Charles Gaines, novelist, screenwriter
- Gail Godwin, novelist
- Harold E. Martin, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman
- Spider Martin, photojournalist
- Robert R. McCammon, novelist
- Sena Jeter Naslund, author
- Kerry James Marshall, artist
- Walker Percy, author
- Howell Raines, former New York Times editor
- James Redfield, novelist
- Sonia Sanchez, poet
- Melissa Springer, photographer
- Margaret Walker, poet and author
- Tobias Wolff, author
- Daniel Wallace, novelist
[edit] Business & Economics
- A.G. Gaston, African-American businessman
- Joseph E. Gibbs, founder of The Golf Channel
- John M. Harbert, American billionaire and founder of Harbert Corporation
- Elmer Harris, CEO of Alabama Power
- Charles Linn, founder of First National Bank of Birmingham (AmSouth Bancorporation)
- Wallace Malone, former CEO of SouthTrust Corporation
- Brad Martin, former Chairman and CEO of Saks Incorporated
- Michael K. Powell, former FCC chairman
- Rufus N. Rhodes, founder of the Birmingham News.
- Richard M. Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation
- James Sloss, industrialist and founder of Sloss Furnaces
- Donald Watkins, banker, attorney
- Lynn McCroskey, inventor of patented technology and equipment used in IMAX Theaters
[edit] Entertainment
- R.G. Armstrong, actor
- Steve Ashlee, director
- Benny Benjamin, drummer who was one of the Funk Brothers that played on the Motown hits in the 1960s
- Amber Benson, actress
- Attitude, rapper
- Rick and Bubba, radio/TV personalities
- Bo Bice, singer, American Idol runner-up (Helena)
- Birmingham J, rapper
- Nell Carter, singer & actress
- Dorothy Love Coates, gospel singer
- Courteney Cox, actress
- Sam Dees, soul music singer
- Dennis Edwards, soul music singer
- Paul Finebaum, radio talk-show host
- Fannie Flagg, author, actress
- Louise Fletcher, actress
- Hardrock Gunter, rockabilly pioneer
- Emmylou Harris, singer
- Erskine Hawkins, jazz composer
- Taylor Hicks, soul music singer, American Idol winner
- Odetta Holmes, folk singer
- Alan Hunter, former MTV VJ
- Kate Jackson, actress
- Eddie Kendricks, soul music singer
- Rebecca Luker, singer, actress
- Mark & Brian, radio personalities
- Gail Patrick, actress, television producer
- Hank Penny, Western swing musician
- Ibrehem Rahman, Survivor: Palau contestant
- Paul Rogers, partybus
- Wayne Rogers, actor
- Vincent Saizis, cinematographer
- Glenn Shadix, actor (Bessemer)
- Ruben Studdard, singer, American Idol winner
- Sun Ra, jazz composer and bandleader
- Maria Taylor, singer
- Matt Whitson, musician, producer
- Paul Williams, soul music singer
- Tammy Wynette, country singer
- Byron York, conservative author and journalist
- Tom York, retired longtime Birmingham television personality and father of Byron York
[edit] Law & Politics
- Richard Arrington, first African-American mayor of Birmingham
- B. B. Comer, Governor of Alabama
- Eugene "Bull" Connor, former Commissioner of Public Safety
- Norman Lee Cooper, President of American Bar Association
- Russell McWhortor Cunningham, Governor of Alabama
- Art Hanes, mayor of Birmingham
- Bernard Kincaid, mayor of Birmingham
- Chris McNair, Jefferson County Commissioner
- Cecil F. Poole, federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Charles Redding Pitt, chairman of Alabama Democratic Party
- Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State
- Margaret Tutwiler, diplomat
- Robert S. Vance chairman of Democratic Party and Plaintiffs lawyer, federal judge United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Donald Watkins, attorney, banker
- William Edgar Weldon, politician, real estate developer
[edit] United States Senate
- Hugo Black (1927-1937), also Supreme Court Justice (1937-1971)
- B. B. Comer (1920), also Governor of Alabama (1907-1911)
- Joseph Forney Johnston (1907-1913)
- Richard Shelby (1987 - present)
- Francis S. White (1914-1915)
- Oscar W. Underwood (1915-1927)
[edit] United States House of Representatives
- Truman H. Aldrich (8th District, 1896)
- Spencer Bachus (6th District, 1993-present)
- John H. Bankhead (6th District, 1887-1907)
- Laurie C. Battle (9th District, 1947-1955)
- Sydney J. Bowie
- John H. Buchanan, Jr. (6th District, 1965-1981)
- Reuben Chapman (6th District, 1843-1847)
- Newton Nash Clements (6th District, 1880-1881)
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (6th District, 1847-1861)
- Artur Davis (7th District, 1982-1992)
- Edward deGraffenried (6th District, 1949-1953)
- William Henry Denson (7th District, 1893-1895)
- Ben Erdreich (6th District, 1983-1993)
- Claude Harris, Jr (7th District, 1987-1993)
- Thomas Haughey (6th District, 1867-1869)
- Goldsmith W. Hewitt (6th District, 1876-1879, 1881-1885)
- Earl F. Hilliard (7th District, 1993-2003)
- Richmond P. Hobson (6th District, 1907-1915)
- George Huddleston (9th District, 1913-1935)
- George Huddleston, Jr. (9th District, 1955-1963)
- Pete Jarman (6th District, 1937-1949)
- Burwell Boykin Lewis (6th District, 1879-1880)
- John Mason Martin (6th District, 1885-1887)
- John P. Newsome (9th District, 1943-1945)
- William B. Oliver (6th District, 1915-1937)
- Luther Patrick (9th District, 1935-1943, 1945-1947)
- Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (6th District, 1953-1965)
- Richard Shelby (7th District, 1979-1987)
- William Crawford Sherrod (6th District, 1869-1871)
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss (6th District, 1871-1875)
- Albert L. Smith, Jr. (6th District, 1981-1983)
- Jesse F. Stallings
- Louis Washington Turpin (9th District, 1893-1895)
- Oscar W. Underwood (8th District, 1895-1896;9th District 1897-1915)
[edit] Math, science and technology
- Mary Anderson (inventor) of windshield wipers
- Andrew Jackson Beard, inventor of automatic railcar coupling
- Lawrence J. DeLucas, biophysical engineer, Columbia astronaut.
- E. O. Wilson, entomologist and noted author
[edit] Medicine
- James Andrews, nationally renowned orthopedic specialist
- Alan Heldman, interventional cardiologist and pioneer of the drug eluting stent
- S. Richardson Hill, endocrinologist and health care administration expert
- John W. Kirklin, pioneering heart surgeon
- Larry Lemak, orthopedist and entrepreneur
- Albert Pacifico, renowned heart surgeon
- Luther Leonidas Terry, former Surgeon General of the United States
- Dr. Glenn Carmichael, nationally prominent neurologist from Saint Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama.
- Joseph F. Volker, dental researcher, first president of UAB
[edit] Sports
- Mike Anderson, former UAB basketball coach
- Charles Barkley, basketball player
- Gene Bartow, former basketball coach and Athletic Director for UAB
- Bruce Benedict, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Lyman Bostock, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Bobby Bowden, football coach
- Bear Bryant, football coach
- Jerricho Cotchery New York Jets WR
- Bubba Church, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Karlos Dansby, football player
- Spud Davis, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Tom Drake, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Vonetta Flowers, Olympic Gold-medalist and bobsledder
- Vince Gibson, football coach
- Alex Grammas, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Hubie Green, professional golfer
- Jerry Hairston, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Samuel H. Hairston, baseball player
- Trey Hardee, Division I track and field collegiate heptathlon and decathlon record holder
- Adam Hollifield, football player
- Bobby Humphrey, University of Alabama American football player, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos
- Bo Jackson, multi-sport athlete
- Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Olympic gold-medalist and World champion, track and field athlete
- Theodore Long, current general manager of WWE Smackdown!
- Lee May, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Willie Mays, baseball player
- Tony Nathan, football player and coach
- Gus Niarhos, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Satchel Paige, baseball player
- Erk Russell football player
- Jason Standridge, major league baseball player
- Ronald Steele, Basketball player
- Virgil Trucks, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player[1]
- Bob Veale, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- Al Worthington, born in Birmingham, major league baseball player
- John Zimmerman, professional pairs figure skater
- Dixie Walker, baseball player
- Mike Davis, UAB basketball coach
- Larry McReynolds - an announcer for NASCAR on FOX
- Adam Hollifield, UAB football player
[edit] Other
- Mother Angelica, nun and founder of global Catholic network EWTN
- Angela Davis, activist
- Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005
- Samantha Francis, contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
- Natalee Holloway, missing person/media sensation
- Patti Ruffner Jacobs, suffragist and social reformer
- Wallace Rayfield. architect
- Joseph Raya, archbishop and social activist
- Jay Sebring, ex-boyfriend of Sharon Tate and Charles Manson victim.
- Courtney Shropshire, founder of Civitan International
- Fred Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights activist
- Haleigh Stidham, Miss Alabama USA 2006
- Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995
- Louise Wooster, famed madam
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
