List of people from Birmingham, Alabama

This is a list of individuals who are natives of, or are notable in association with the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

Academia

*Roland Frye, scholar
*Carol Garrison, president of UAB

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
* [http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Eric_Essix Eric Essix] , jazz guitarist
* Fannie Flagg, author, actress
* Frank Fleming, sculptor
* Charles Gaines, novelist, screenwriter
* Charles Ghigna, poet, children's author
* Gail Godwin, novelist
* Erskine Hawkins, world famous trumpeter and bandleader
* Haywood Henry, jazz saxophonist / clarinetist
* Sammy Lowe, jazz trumpeter and arranger
* 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
* Sun Ra, famous jazz musician and bandleader
* Lionel Hampton, world famous vibraphonist and bandleader
* Howell Raines, former New York Times editor
* Ray Reach, jazz vocalist and pianist, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
* James Redfield, novelist
* Sonia Sanchez, poet
* Johnny Smith, world famous Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist
* Melissa Springer, photographer
* Margaret Walker, poet and author
* Tobias Wolff, author
* Daniel Wallace, novelist

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, former 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

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, "" contestant
* Ray Reach, vocalist, pianist, guitarist, arranger, composer, music producer
* 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

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
* Warren A. Morton (1924-2002), Birmingham native; oilman from Casper and former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
* 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

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)

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)

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

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

ports

*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, 2008 Olympic Games qualifier
*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 ECW
*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 playercite book |editor=Reichler, Joseph L.| title=The Baseball Encyclopedia |origyear=1969 |edition= 4th edition |year= 1979|publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York|language= |id= ISBN 0-02-578970-8 ]
*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

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
* Joshua Smithey, World Beard and Moustache Championship Final Contestant 2004
* Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995
* Louise Wooster, famed madam

ee also

*List of people from Alabama

References

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