A
B
- John Badham, film director (Birmingham)
- Mary Badham, actress (Birmingham)
- Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Huntsville)
- Charles Barkley, basketball player (Leeds)
- Beverly Barton, romance writer (Tuscumbia)
- Bill Baxley, lieutenant governor (Dothan)
- Lucy Baxley, lieutenant governor (Dothan)
- Amber Benson, actress (Birmingham)
- Joseph Morgan Berry, Attorney (Huntsville, Alabama)
- Bo Bice, American Idol contestant (Huntsville)
- Michael Biehn, actor (Anniston)
- Bibi Black, trumpeter (Huntsville)
- Hugo Black, jurist (Harlan)
- Lucas Black, actor (born in Decatur; raised in Speake)
- Winton Blount, businessman (Union Springs)
- Bobby Bowden, football coach (Birmingham)
- Rick Bragg, author (Possum Trot)
- David G. Bronner, CEO for Retirement Systems of Alabama (Cresco, Iowa)
- Janice Rogers Brown, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Luverne)
- Johnny Mack Brown, western film star (Dothan)
- Paul Bear Bryant, born Fordyce,Ark; 26 years coach of U. of Alabama(Tuscaloosa)
- Jimmy Buffett, musician (Mobile)
- Edward A. Burkhalter, naval leader (Roanoke)
- Brett Butler, comedian (Montgomery)
- Pat Buttram, actor ("Smiley," Gene Autry's sidekick) (Gadsden)
- Larry Byrom, guitarist (Huntsville)
C
- Nell Carter, actress and singer (Birmingham)
- Truman Capote, writer (born in New Orleans, Louisiana, grew up in Monroeville)
- Mark Childress, writer (Monroeville)
- Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery)
- Marva Collins, educator (Monroeville)
- Jeff Cook, country musician (Fort Payne)
- Charles J. Cooper, former Assistant US Attorney General (Birmingham)
- L E Cooper, Attorney, Author, Advisor, Investment Banker (Roanoke)
- Norman Lee Cooper, Attorney, past President of the American Bar Association (Birmingham)
- Dennis Covington, writer (Birmingham)
- Courteney Cox, actress (Mountain Brook)
- Rick Crawford, Nascar Craftsman Truck Series Driver (Mobile, Alabama)
- William Crowford, physician (Mobile)
D
E
F
G
- Teddy Gentry, country musician (Fort Payne)
- Kenneth A. Gibson, first black mayor of major eastern city (Newark, New Jersey, from 1970 to 1986) (Enterprise)
- Kenneth R. Giddens, long term director of Voice of America; TV/radio station founder (Pine Apple)
- Harvey Glance, track athlete (Phenix City)
- William C. Gorgas, U. S. Army Surgeon General (Mobile)
- Urbie Green, jazz trombonist (Mobile)
- Kevin Greene, NFL player (Anniston)
- Steve Grissom, race car driver (Gadsden)
- Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump (Fairhope)
H
- Sarah Haardt, writer, wife of H. L. Mencken (Montgomery)
- Mia Hamm, U.S. Soccer star (Selma)
- Lionel Hampton, jazz musician (Birmingham)
- Erskine Hawkins, jazz composer (Birmingham)
- John M. Harbert, businessman (Mountain Brook)
- Marguerite Harbert. billionaire heiress (Mountain Brook)
- Emmylou Harris, singer (Birmingham)
- W. C. Handy, jazz composer (Florence)
- Gustav Hasford, writer, screen-writer (Russellville)
- Howell Heflin, judge, senator (born Poulan, Georgia)
- Alexis Herman, former Secretary of Labor, (Mobile)
- Taylor Hicks, American Idol, (Hoover)
- J. Lister Hill, Ala US Senator (1938-1969) (Montgomery)
- Lonnie Holley, artist (Birmingham)
- Nall Hollis, artist (Arab)
- Condredge Holloway, CFL player (Huntsville)
- Natalee Holloway, missing person, (Mountain Brook)
- Frank House, Baseball player and Legislator (Bessemer)
- Robert Horry, Basketball player (Andalusia, Alabama)
- Linda Howard, romance writer (Gadsden)
- James Byron Huggins, writer, activist (Decatur)
- William Bradford Huie, journalist, author (Hartselle)
- Dr. William R. Harvey, president of Hampton University (Brewton
J
K
L
M
- F. David Mathews, educator (Grove Hill)
- Willie Mays, Baseball player (Birmingham)
- Robert R. McCammon, horror writer (Birmingham)
- Thomas McClary, guitarist (Tuskegee)
- Willie McCovey, Baseball player (Mobile)
- Bryant H. McGill, poet (Mobile)
- Alexander McGillivray, Creek Chief, Little Tallassee, (Montgomery)
- Lachlan McGillivray, Scots-Indian Trader, Little Tallassee, (Montgomery)
- Joe McInnes, corporate executive, state exec (Wetumpka)
- Don Mincher, baseball player (Huntsville)
- Thomas Hinman Moorer, Admiral( Mount Willing)
- Roger Murrah, songwriter (Athens)
N
O
P
- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (Tuskegee)
- Satchel Paige, Baseball player (Mobile)
- Dan Penn - singer, songwriter & record producer (Vernon)
- Walker Percy, author (Birmingham)
- Chuck Person, NBA player (Brantley)
- Wesley Person, NBA player (Brantley)
- Charles Redding Pitt, US & State Attorney, Politician (Decatur)
- Paula Poundstone, comedienne, (Huntsville)
R
S
- Sonia Sanchez, poet (Birmingham)
- David Satcher, surgeon general (Anniston)
- Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, writer (Montgomery)
- Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader (Marion)
- Richard M. Scrushy, indicted healthcare executive (Selma)
- Glenn Shadix, actor (Bessemer)
- Tommy Shaw, rock musician (Montgomery)
- Richard C. Shelby, US Senator (Birmingham)
- Don Siegelman, former Governor of Alabama (Mobile)
- Percy Sledge, soul singer (Leighton)
- Rickey Smiley, comedian (Birmingham)
- Ella Gaunt Smith, doll manufacturer (Roanoke)
- Ozzie Smith, Baseball player (Mobile)
- John Sparkman, US Senator Ala (1946-1979) (Hartselle)
- Ken Stabler, NFL quarterback (Foley)
- John Stallworth, NFL player (Tuscaloosa)
- Bart Starr, NFL quarterback ,Hall of Fame Montgomery
- Donald W. Stewart, US Senator (Anniston)
- T. S. Stribling, author (born Clifton, Tennessee, resident of Florence)
- Hut Stricklin, race car driver (Calera)
- Ruben Studdard, American Idol (Birmingham)
- Pat Sullivan, NFL quarterback, coach (Birmingham)
- Don Sutton, baseball player (Clio)
T
W
- Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia (Huntsville)
- Ron Waldrop, entrepreneur, military pilot, activist (Anniston)
- Margaret Walker, poet, author (Birmingham)
- Ben Wallace, NBA player (White Hall)
- George Wallace, politician (Clio)
- Gerald Wallace, NBA athlete (Childersburg, Alabama)
- Dinah Washington, singer; "Queen of the Blues" (Tuscaloosa)
- William Weatherford, (Red Eagle) Creek leader
- William Edgar Weldon, real estate exec, politician (Wetumpka)
- General “Fighting Joe” Wheeler, Confederate & US General, Military Strategist (Hillsboro)
- Heather Whitestone, 1995 Miss America (Dothan)
- Brian Whitworth, attorney & petroleum company executive (Birmingham)
- Hank Williams, musician (Georgiana)
- Paul Williams, soul singer (Birmingham)
- E. O. Wilson, biologist and writer (Birmingham)
- Tobias Wolff, author (Birmingham)
- Tammy Wynette, country singer (Red Bay)
See also
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