Notable Auburnites

The following is a list of notable Auburnites, people who have lived or are currently living in Auburn, Alabama. Many on the list lived in the city while students at Auburn University.

Academics

*Donald J. Boudreaux - economist, chairman of George Mason University Department of Economics
*Charles Curran - theologian
*John M. Darby - botanist
*Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. - economist, author
*Francis Ernest Lloyd - botanist
*Olav Kallenberg - mathematician
*Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician
*Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry - chemist, crystallographer
*Tibor R. Machan - philosopher, research fellow at the Hoover Institute
*Samuel Mockbee - architect, founder of Auburn's Rural Studio, 2004 AIA Gold Medal
*Mike Reed - computer scientist, director United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology
*Frederick Chapman Robbins - pediatrician, virologist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1956
*Paul Rudolph - architect, chairman of Yale Department of Architecture, 1958-1965
*Mark Thornton - economist
*Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - historian, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" and other books

Art and literature

*Tim Dorsey - author
*Ace Atkins - author
*Bill Holbrook - cartoonist, "On The Fast Track", "Save Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
*Jimmy Johnson - cartoonist, "Arlo and Janis"
*Madison Jones - author
*Barry Moser - printmaker and illustrator
*Heberto Padilla - Cuban poet
*Anne Rivers Siddons - author
*William Spratling - silversmith and artist, "father of Mexican silver"

Astronautics

*Jan Davis - space shuttle astronaut, STS-47, STS-60
*Hank Hartsfield - space shuttle astronaut, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
*Ken Mattingly - astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4
*Kathryn Thornton - space shuttle astronaut, 2nd American woman in space, STS-33, STS-73
*Clifton Williams - astronaut, Project Gemini
*James Voss - space shuttle astronaut, STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, ISS

Athletics

*Charles Barkley - professional basketball player, All-Star
*Joe Beckwith - professional baseball player
*Terry Bowden - football coach, sports commentator
*James Brooks - professional football player, All-Pro
*Ronnie Brown - professional football player
*Kirsty Coventry - swimmer, gold medalist 2004 Olympics
*Vince Dooley - football coach
*Rowdy Gaines - swimmer, gold medalist 1984 Olympics, world record holder, and television sports commentator
*Harvey Glance - athlete, gold medalist 1976 Olympics
*John Heisman - football coach
*Stephen Huss - tennis player, 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion
*Bo Jackson - professional football and baseball player, All-Pro, All-Star, Heisman Trophy winner
*Ralph Jordan - football coach
*Bill Kazmaier - powerlifter, three-time World's Strongest Man
*Joanne P. McCallie - basketball coach
*Maurice Smith (decathlon) - decathlete
*Red Smith - professional baseball player, early 20th century
*Takeo Spikes - professional football player
*Pat Sullivan - professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner in 1971, current coach of Samford University
*Frank Thomas - professional baseball player, All-Star
*Tommy Tuberville - football coach
*Osi Umenyiora - professional football player, All-Pro
*Demarcus Ware - professional football player
*Marcus Washington - professional football player, All-Pro
*Carnell Williams - professional football player
*Al Del Greco - professional football player, radio sports personality

Business

*Timothy D. Cook - Apple Computer Chief Operating Officer
*Joe Forehand - Chairman, Accenture
*Kenneth R. Giddens - long term director of Voice of America; TV/radio station founder.
*Samuel Ginn - wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone, board of directors, Chevron, member of Auburn University's Board of Trustees
*Charles D. Griffin - President, CarboMedics Inc.
*John M. Harbert - Founder and CEO Harbert Corporation 1949-1992
*Elmer Beseler Harris - former CEO Alabama Power
*Joel Hurt - engineer, Atlanta businessman
*Bobby Lowder - Chairman and CEO of Colonial BancGroup
*Mark Spencer - President/CEO, Digium, creator of Asterisk PBX
*Alvin Vogtle - President, Southern Company; his escape from Stalag Luft III was portrayed in "The Great Escape" (1963)

Entertainment

*Jimmy Buffett - entertainer
*Taylor Hicks - singer, American Idol winner
*Bobby Goldsboro - singer, composer
*Urbie Green - jazz trombonist
*Mitch Holleman - child actor
*Man or Astro-man? - surf/punk rock band
*Eliot Morris- singer
*Victoria Jackson - comedienne
*Toni Tennille - singer, "The Captain & Tennille"

Military

*Lloyd J. Austin - general, Chief of Staff United States Central Command
*James H. Lane - Confederate general
*James E. Livingston - general, United States Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient
*Richard Marcinko - founder SEAL Team SIX, author, talk radio host
*Hal Moore - lieutenant general, portrayed by Mel Gibson in 'We Were Soldiers' (2002)
*Carl Epting Mundy Jr. - Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, (1991-1995)
*Hugh Shelton - retired general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001
*Holland Smith - general, United States Marine Corps, "father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare"
*Johnny Micheal Spann - CIA agent and first American killed in combat in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
*Forrest S. McCartney - Retired Air Force General

Politics and government

*Spencer Bachus - US Representative, 1993-present
*Jere Beasley - Governor of Alabama, 1972; Lieutenant Governor 1971-1979
*Sidney J. Catts - Governor of Florida, 1917-1921
*Lester Crawford - Commissioner of the FDA, 2005
*J. Thomas Heflin - US Congressman, Representative, 1904-1920; Senator, 1920-1932
*Fob James - Governor of Alabama, 1979-1983, 1995-1999
*John McDuffie - US Representative, 1919-1935, Majority Whip 1931-1933
*William Hall Milton - US Senator, 1908-1909
*Harold Melton - Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 2005-present
*Gordon Persons - Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955
*Wilton Persons - White House Chief of Staff, 1958-1961; major general, U.S. Army
*David Addison Reese - US Representative, 1853-1855
*William J. Samford - Governor of Alabama, 1900-1901
*Joe Turnham - chairman, Alabama Democratic Party

Other

*Keith Black - Director of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
*Lillian Gordy Carter - mother of president Jimmy Carter
*William Chen - poker player, World Series of Poker champion
*Millard Fuller - founder of Habitat for Humanity
*Rheta Grimsley Johnson - syndicated newspaper columnist
*Lewis A. Pick - engineer, US Chief of Engineers 1949-1953
*Lew Rockwell - president of the Mises Institute
*Cynthia Tucker - syndicated columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor
*Jimmy Wales - co-founder of Wikipedia