List of people from Montgomery, Alabama

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

The city of Montgomery, the capital and second-largest city of Alabama, has been the birthplace and home of these notable individuals.

Arts and entertainment

Brett Butler
NameNotabilityReferences
Jensen Buchanan Soap opera actress [1]
Brett Butler Actress and comedy performer [2]
Ji-Tu Cumbuka Television and film actor [3]
Joyce Guy Actress
Glenn Howerton Actor/writer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia [4]
Rusty Joiner Model/actor [5]
Amy O'Neill Actress, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Octavia Spencer Actress
Bill Traylor Self-taught artist, painter [6]
Michael Young Emmy winning actor [7]

Music

Tommy Shaw
NameNotabilityReferences
Clarence Carter Blind soul singer and guitarist [8]
Nat King Cole Jazz singer and pianist [9]
John Collins Jazz guitarist [10]
Dirty Rap duo [11]
Eddie Floyd Soul singer/songwriter [12]
Melvin Franklin R&B singer, The Temptations [13]
Frankie Jaxon Jazz and vaudeville singer
Claude Jeter Gospel singer [14]
Howard Johnson Jazz musician [15]
Jamey Johnson Country singer-songwriter [16]
Joe Morris Jazz trumpeter [17]
Nell Rankin Opera singer [18]
Tommy Shaw Guitarist of Styx [19]
Robert Shimp Recording engineer and producer [20]
Toni Tennille Singer, Captain & Tennille [21]
Big Mama Thornton Blues singer
Hank Williams, Sr. Country singer [22]
Jett Williams Country singer, daughter of Hank [23]
Doe B Rapper [24]

Civil rights

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
NameNotabilityReferences
Ralph David Abernathy Baptist minister, Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader [25]
Inez Baskin Journalist and activist [26]
Johnnie Carr Montgomery Improvement Association president, Montgomery Bus Boycott co-organizer [27]
Morris Dees Southern Poverty Law Center founder [28]
Mahala Ashley Dickerson First black female attorney in Alabama [29]
Fred Gray Attorney, founding member of the Montgomery Improvement Association [30]
Vernon Johns Minister, mentor to early civil rights leaders [31]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Minister, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference while in Montgomery, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Selma to Montgomery march [32]
Martin Luther King III Advocate, SCLC president [33]
Yolanda King Advocate and actress [34]
E. D. Nixon Attorney (Browder v. Gayle), local NAACP president, Montgomery Improvement Association founder[35]
Rosa Parks Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott [36]

Literature and journalism

Zelda Fitzgerald
NameNotabilityReferences
Zelda Fitzgerald Writer, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald [37]
Jim Fyffe Auburn Tigers radio announcer [38]
Anne George Writer, 1994 Alabama State Poet [39]
Mary Katharine Ham Writer, columnist, Fox News contributor
Joseph Lewis Freethinker [40]
Everette Maddox Poet [41]
Harold E. Martin Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [42]
Charles Moore Photographer, chronicled the African-American Civil Rights Movement [43]
Gin Phillips Writer [44]
Barbara Wiedemann Poet, English professor at Auburn Montgomery

Military

Samuel Cooper
NameNotabilityReferences
William W. Allen Major General in the Confederate States Army [45]
Samuel Cooper First Full General of the Confederate States Army [46]
John G. Crommelin United States Navy rear admiral, 1960 Vice Presidential candidate [47]
James T. Holtzclaw General in the Confederate States Army [48]
Frank McIntyre Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1912–1929 [49]

Politics

Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Bibb Graves
J. Lister Hill
NameNotabilityReferences
John Abercrombie U.S. Representative (1912–1917), president of the University of Alabama (1902–1911) [50]
Winton M. Blount United States Postmaster General (1969–1972) and philanthropist [51]
Bobby Bright Mayor (1999–2009), U.S. Representative (2009–) [52]
Charles Waldron Buckley U.S. Representative (1868–1873) [53]
Artur Davis Former U.S. Representative (2003–2011) [54]
William Louis Dickinson U.S. Representative (1965–1993) [55]
Edward C. Elmore Confederate States of America treasurer [56]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick 11th Governor of Alabama (1841–1845); United States Senator (1848–9, 1953-5, 1855–61) and President pro tempore (1857–60) [57]
Emory Folmar Mayor (1977–1999) [58]
Jim Folsom, Jr. 50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995), Lieutenant Governor (1987–1993, 2007–) [59]
MacDonald Gallion Attorney General of Alabama (1953–63, 1967–71) [60]
Alfred Goldthwaite Member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1958–1966), former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, attorney in Montgomery[61]
Bibb Graves 38th Governor of Alabama (1927–1931, 1935–1939) [62]
Dixie Bibb Graves First female United States Senator from Alabama (1937–1938) [63]
David G. Grimes Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from District 73 from 2003 to 2011 [64]
J. Lister Hill U.S. Representative (1923–38), U.S. Senator (1938–69), Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), known for the Hill-Burton Act [65]
Perry O. Hooper, Jr. Member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1984–2003) [66]
Perry O. Hooper, Sr. Alabama Supreme Court 27th chief justice (1995–2001) [67]
Thomas G. Jones 28th Governor of Alabama (1890–1894) [68]
Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Governor of Florida (1967–1971) [69]
Tandy Little Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives 1962–1966; finance chairman of the Alabama Republican Party 1968; real estate developer[70][71]
Susan Pamerleau Retired United States Air Force major general and the Republican sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, first woman elected to that office, 2012; stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base during part of her 32-year military career[72]
Gordon Persons 46th Governor of Alabama (1951–1955) [73]
Martha Roby Congresswoman from Alabama's 2nd congressional district [74]
Joe M. Rodgers Construction executive, United States Ambassador to France [75]
Dorothy Tillman Former Chicago Alderman [76]
Steve Windom 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (1999–2003) [77]
William Lowndes Yancey U.S. Representative (1844–46), Fire-Eater secession advocate, Confederate diplomat and Senator [78]

Science

Kathryn Thornton
NameNotabilityReferences
Percy Lavon Julian Chemist [79]
Dorothy Tennov Psychologist [80]
Kathryn C. Thornton Astronaut, part of STS-61 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope [81]

Sports

Alonzo Babers
NameNotabilityReferences
Marlon Anderson Major League Baseball utility player [82]
Alonzo Babers Gold medal-winning sprinter at the 1984 Summer Olympics (400m and 4 × 400 m relay) [83]
Reggie Barlow Former National Football League wide receiver, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, Alabama State University head coach [84]
Fred Beasley Former Pro Bowl fullback with the San Francisco 49ers [85]
Terry Beasley Auburn Tigers wide receiver, member of the College Football Hall of Fame [86]
Caesar Belser Former American Football League and National Football League defensive back, Super Bowl IV champion [87]
Tom Boswell Former National Basketball Association player, 1976 champion with the Boston Celtics [88]
Aundray Bruce Former National Football League player, 1988 NFL Draft first overall selection [89]
Antoine Caldwell Houston Texans and former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman [90]
Monreko Crittenden American Indoor Football Association and former Auburn Tigers player
Johnny Davis former National Football League running back, Super Bowl XVI champion with the San Francisco 49ers [91]
Chris Dickerson Bodybuilder, 1982 Mr. Olympia [92]
Richmond Flowers Former National Football League safety [93]
Leslie Gaston Professional soccer player [94]
Orlando Graham Former National Basketball Association forward [95]
Carlos Hendricks American football defensive back [96]
Tarvaris Jackson National Football League quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings [97]
Terrence Long Major League Baseball outfielder [98]
Tom Neville American Football League tackle [99]
Tom Oliver Major League Baseball outfielder and manager [100]
Quentin Riggins American player of gridiron football [101]
Bart Starr Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for the Green Bay Packers [102]
Allen Trammel American football player [103]
Freeman White Consenses All-American and professional football player [104]
Willie Wilson Major League Baseball outfielder and 1985 World Series champion [105]
Delmon Young Major League Baseball outfielder [106]

Others

NameNotabilityReferences
Frances Scott Fitzgerald Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald [107]
Bob Jones, Jr. Bob Jones University president and chancellor [108]
Henry Lehman Cotton broker and financier, company developed into the Lehman Brothers conglomerate [109]
Jerry Parr Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassination attempt
Albert Parsons Anarchist, labor activist, Haymarket Riot organizer [110]
Blake Percival Whistleblower [111]
Priscilla Cooper Tyler Daughter-in-law of president John Tyler [112]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jensen Buchanan, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  2. ↑ Brett Butler, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  3. ↑ Ji-Tu Cumbuka, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  4. ↑ Glenn Howerton, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  5. ↑ Rusty Joiner, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  6. ↑ Bill Traylor, The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art, retrieved 2009-05-17
  7. ↑ Michael Young (IV), IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  8. ↑ Biography, Clarence Carter.net, retrieved 2009-05-17
  9. ↑ Dreisbach, Tina Spencer (May 28, 2008), "Nat "King" Cole", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  10. ↑ "Jazz guitarist John Collins dies at 83", Toronto Star, October 14, 2001, retrieved 2009-05-17
  11. ↑ Dirty > Biography, allmusic.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  12. ↑ Eddie Floyd - The Biography, EddieFloyd.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  13. ↑ Melvin Franklin (1942-1995), Find A Grave, retrieved 2009-05-17
  14. ↑ Sisario, Ben. (January 10, 2009), "Claude Jeter, Gospel Singer With Wide Influence, Dies at 94", The New York Times, retrieved 2009-01-11
  15. ↑ Howard Johnson Biography, retrieved 2009-05-17
  16. ↑ Morris, Edward, Jamey Johnson Stirs Fans With "The Dollar", Country Music Television, retrieved 2009-05-17
  17. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2001), The Trumpet Kings, Hal Leonard Corporation, p. 269, ISBN 978-0-87930-640-3
  18. ↑ Reunion.403, Opera News Online, retrieved 2009-05-17
  19. ↑ Tommy Shaw, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, retrieved 2009-05-17
  20. ↑ about: robert shimp, opqrs.org, retrieved 2009-05-17
  21. ↑ Toni Tennille, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  22. ↑ Hank Williams, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, retrieved 2009-05-17
  23. ↑ Biography, Jett Williams.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  24. ↑ Doe B
  25. ↑ Gaillard, Frye (March 14, 2007), "Ralph David Abernathy", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  26. ↑ Greene, Teri, "Inez Baskin", Montgomery Advertiser, retrieved 2009-05-17
  27. ↑ Johnnie Carr, London: The Times, 2008-03-09, retrieved 2009-05-07
  28. ↑ Day, Katie (July 23, 2007), "Southern Poverty Law Center", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  29. ↑ Harmon, David (January 29, 2008), "Mahala Ashley Dickerson", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  30. ↑ Gray, Fred David (1930-), Stanford University Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, retrieved 2009-05-17
  31. ↑ History: Vernon Johns, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, retrieved 2009-05-17
  32. ↑ Montgomery Improvement Association, Stanford University Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, retrieved 2009-05-02
  33. ↑ Biography for Martin Luther King III, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  34. ↑ Yolanda King, IMDB, retrieved 2009-05-17
  35. ↑ Brooks, F. Erik (September 19, 2007), "E.D. Nixon", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  36. ↑ Gaillard, Frye (March 14, 2007), "Rosa Parks", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  37. ↑ Cline, Sally (2003), Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise, New York: Arcade Publishing, ISBN 1-55970-688-0
  38. ↑ Auburn play-by-play announcer Jim Fyffe dead at 57, Auburn University, retrieved 2009-05-17
  39. ↑ This Goodly Land Author Information for Anne Carroll Bell George, Alabama Literary Map, retrieved 2009-05-17
  40. ↑ Freethought of the Day : Joseph Lewis, Freedom from Religion Foundation, archived from the original on 2012-12-03, retrieved 2009-05-17
  41. ↑ Poet Everette Maddox, New Orleans Historical Society, retrieved December 22, 2014
  42. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes : 1970 Winners, archived from the original on 2012-12-03, retrieved 2009-05-17
  43. ↑ About Charles Moore, Kodak, retrieved 2009-05-17
  44. ↑ Carlton, Bob (22 March 2009). "National award shines light on local author Gin Phillips". Birmingham News. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  45. ↑ Maj. Gen. William Wirt Allen Chapter 199 MOS&B, Military Order of the Stars & Bars, retrieved 2009-05-17
  46. ↑ General Samuel Cooper, Lee's Lieutenants, retrieved 2009-05-17
  47. ↑ Pace, Eric (November 12, 1996), "John G. Crommelin Dies; Vocal Critic of Navy Policies", New York Times, retrieved 2013-09-06
  48. ↑ Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J. (2001), Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
  49. ↑ Frank McIntyre, Major General, United States Army, Arlington National Cemetery, retrieved 2009-05-17
  50. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition, United States Government Printing Office, 1989, ISBN 0-16-006384-1
  51. ↑ Blount, Winton M (1996), Doing It My Way, Greenwich Publishing Group, ISBN 0-944641-19-9
  52. ↑ Nolin, Jill (May 27, 2008), "Profile of Bobby Bright", Montgomery Advertiser
  53. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Buckley, Charles Waldron, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  54. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Davis, Artur, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  55. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Dickinson, William Louis, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  56. ↑ Cunningham, Sumner A. (1916), Confederate Veteran, Confederate Southern Memorial Association, Sons of Confederate Veterans, pp. 150–51
  57. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  58. ↑ Emory McCord Folmar, Alabama Academy of Honor, retrieved 2009-05-17
  59. ↑ Stewart, William H. (March 31, 2008), "James E. Folsom Jr. (1993-95)", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  60. ↑ MacDonald Gallion, Alabama Department of Archives and History, retrieved 2009-05-17
  61. ↑ "Roster: House of Representatives (Beginning January 1922)". legislature.state.al.us. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  62. ↑ Flynt, Wayne (June 5, 2008), "David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39)", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  63. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Graves, Dixie Bibb, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  64. ↑ "David Grimes". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  65. ↑ Hamilton, Virginia Van der Veer (March 13, 2007), "Lister Hill", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  66. ↑ "Hooper, Jr., Perry O.". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  67. ↑ Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justices: Perry O. Hooper, Sr., Alabama Department of Archives and History, retrieved 2009-05-17
  68. ↑ Pruitt, Jr., Paul McWhorter (February 13, 2008), "Thomas Goode Jones (1890-94)", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  69. ↑ Florida Governor's Portraits - Claude Roy Kirk, Jr., Museum of Florida History, retrieved 2009-05-17
  70. ↑ "Roster: House of Representatives (Beginning January 1922)". legislature.state.al.us. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  71. ↑ Billy Hathorn, "A Dozen Years in the Political Wilderness: The Alabama Republican Party, 1966–1978", Gulf Coast Historical Review, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Spring 1994), p. 30
  72. ↑ "A Lifetime of Dedicated Service: Sheriff Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau, Major General (Ret.)". University of Wyoming. September 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  73. ↑ Bass, S. Jonathan (January 13, 2009), "Seth Gordon Persons (1951-55)", Encyclopedia of Alabama, retrieved 2009-05-17
  74. ↑ Congressional Biography of Martha Roby
  75. ↑ Wood, E. Thomas (February 2, 2009), Joe M. Rodgers dies at 75, Nashville Post, retrieved 2009-05-17
  76. ↑ Dorothy Tillman Biography, The History Makers, retrieved 2009-05-17
  77. ↑ Lt. Gov. Steve Windom to speak at TSU spring commencement, Troy University, retrieved 2009-05-17
  78. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Yancey, William Lowndes, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2009-05-17
  79. ↑ Julian family in the 1900 U.S. Census; Montgomery, Alabama; He lived with his wife's siblings: Mather P. Adams (1884-?); George Adams (1886-?); Carrie L. Adams (1891-?); Ethel M. Adams (1893-?). James is listed as a mail carrier.
  80. ↑ Dorothy Tennov, retrieved 2009-05-17
  81. ↑ Astronaut Bio: K.C. Thornton, NASA, retrieved May 17, 2009
  82. ↑ Marlon Anderson Statistics and History, Baseball-Reference.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  83. ↑ Alonzo Babers Biography and Statistics, Sports-Reference.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  84. ↑ Reggie Barlow, NFL.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  85. ↑ Fred Beasley Statistics, Pro-Football-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  86. ↑ Hall of Famers - Terry Beasley, College Football Hall of Fame, retrieved 2009-05-17
  87. ↑ Caesar Belser Statistics, Pro-Football-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  88. ↑ Tom Boswell Statistics, Basketball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  89. ↑ Aundray Bruce Statistics, Pro-Football-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  90. ↑ Player Bio: Antoine Caldwell, RollTide.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  91. ↑ Johnny Davis, databaseFootball.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  92. ↑ Chris Dickerson Bodybuilding, retrieved 2009-05-17
  93. ↑ Richmond Flowers, databaseFootball.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  94. ↑ Leslie Gaston, TarHeelBlue.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  95. ↑ Orlando Graham Statistics, Basketball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  96. ↑ "Carlos Hendricks". uabsports.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  97. ↑ Tarvaris Jackson, databaseFootball.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  98. ↑ Terrence Long Statistics, Baseball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  99. ↑ Tom Neville, databaseFootball.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  100. ↑ Tom Oliver Statistics, Baseball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  101. ↑ Gayle, Tim (October 3, 2014). "Former Lee, AU linebacker put teams on winning track". montgomeryadvertiser.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  102. ↑ Bart Starr, databaseFootball.com, retrieved 2009-05-17
  103. ↑ "ALLEN TRAMMELL". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  104. ↑ "FREEMAN WHITE". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  105. ↑ Willie Wilson Statistics, Baseball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  106. ↑ Delmon Young Statistics, Baseball-Reference, retrieved 2009-05-17
  107. ↑ "Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, Author's Only Daughter". Orlando Sentinel. 19 June 1986. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  108. ↑ The Founder of the BJU M&G Dr. Bob Jones, Jr., Bob Jones University, retrieved 2009-05-17
  109. ↑ Geisst, Charles R. (1997), The Last Partnerships, McGraw-Hill, p. 49
  110. ↑ The Autobiography of Albert Parsons, retrieved 2009-05-17
  111. ↑ Security Firm Sued for Fraud by U.S. over background checks, Businessweek.com, retrieved 2014-04-02
  112. ↑ Letitia Tyler Biography, firstladies.org, retrieved 2009-05-17
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.