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.

1 Academia
2 Arts & Literature
3 Business & Economics
4 Entertainment
5 Law & Politics
- 5.1 United States Senate
- 5.2 United States House of Representatives
6 Math, science and technology
7 Medicine
8 Sports
9 Other
10 See also
11 References

[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