List of people from Gadsden, Alabama

This is a list of people from Gadsden, Alabama.

Activism

• Patricia Swift Blalock, librarian and civil rights activist
• Sweet Alice Harris, community organizer based in Watts, Los Angeles, California
• James Hood, one of the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama

Art

• Charles Clyde Ebbets, photographer
• John Solomon Sandridge, painter, sculptor, artist

Athletics

• Lou Allen, former NFL offensive lineman
• Ron Billingsley, retired football player
• Michael Boley, professional football linebacker
• Dave Bustion, former professional basketball player
• Chris Davis, mixed martial arts fighter
• Alan Dunn, former professional baseball player
• Jim Dunn, former professional baseball pitcher
• Danny Ford, former college football coach for the Clemson University Tigers
• Hersh Freeman, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
• Jenks Gillem, former football player and coach
• Bill Green, former basketball player for Colorado State University
• Steve Grissom, NASCAR driver
• Jim Guthrie, former driver in the Indy Racing League
• Brick Haley, collegiate defensive line coach
• Jerrell Harris, NFL linebacker
• La'Donte Harris, former wide receiver for the Clemson Tigers
• George Herring, former professional football quarterback and punter
• Stacy Jones, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Dre Kirkpatrick, defensive back for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team
• Freddie Kitchens, quarterbacks coach for the Arizona Cardinals
• Aaron Pearson, football player
• Willie Scott, former professional basketball player
• Steve Shields, retired baseball player
• Ted Sizemore, former major league baseball player^[1]
• Warren Smith, former professional golfer
• Jason Smoots, sprinter
• Jerry Watford, American football player
• Carnell Williams, running back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Business

• Milton K. Cummings, former cotton broker and space-defense business executive

Education

• Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University professor, author, and past president of the American Political Science Association
• Michael G. Scales, president of Nyack College

Government

• James B. Allen, former United States Senator
• Marion Blakey, former United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator
• H. Dean Buttram Jr., former United States federal judge
• Craig Ford, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
• Ira Roe Foster, Quartermaster General of Georgia, member of the Alabama Senate
• George C. Hawkins, member of both houses of the Alabama legislature; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1964
• James D. Martin, former United States Representative, pioneer Republican political figure in Alabama
• Roy Moore, controversial "Ten Commandments" judge
• John Perkins Ralls, Gadsden physician who served in the First Confederate Congress
• Emma Sansom, aided the Southern Confederacy during the Civil War
• Pat Swindall, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district from 1985 to 1989

Literature

• Linda Howard, romance novelist
• Jake Adam York, poet

Military

• Isaac Foote Dortch, captain in the United States Navy who was awarded the Navy Cross for actions during World War I
• Edgar Huff, first African-American in the United States Marine Corps to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major
• William L. Sibert, United States Army Major general, considered the "Father of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps"

Modeling

• Holley Ann Dorrough, former Playboy Playmate
• Jana Sanderson, Miss Alabama 2000

Music

• Jean Cox, former tenor and opera singer
• Bradley Gaskin, country music singer
• Gold City, Southern gospel group
• Rex Griffin, country music singer and songwriter
• Mathew Knowles, manager of Destiny's Child and father of Beyoncé Knowles^[2]
• Grant Langston, singer-songwriter
• Eric Martin, lead singer for rock group Mr. Big
• Aimee Mayo, songwriter
• Danny Mayo, songwriter
• Jerry McCain, blues artist
• Tommy Stewart, trumpeter and 1988 inductee into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
• Yelawolf, rapper, signed to Shady Records

Science

• Jennie Patrick, pioneer of research on supercritical fluid extraction

Television and film

• Phillip Alford, former actor, noted for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird
• Beth Grant, actress
• Marsha Jordan, actress
• Britt Leach, actor
• Sunny Mabrey, actress

References

1. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
2. http://texasmusicproject.org/images/documents/14.pdf