List of people from Montgomery, Alabama

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

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Brett Butler
Name Notability References
Jensen Buchanan Soap opera actress [1]
Brett Butler Actress and comedy performer [2]
Ji-Tu Cumbuka Television and film actor [3]
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
Michael O'Neill Actor, The West Wing
Octavia Spencer Academy Award-winning actress
Bill Traylor Self-taught artist, painter [6]
Michael Young Emmy-winning actor [7]

Music[edit]

Tommy Shaw
Name Notability References
Gloria D. Brown R&B, soul, funk, pop singer [8]
Clarence Carter Blind soul singer and guitarist [9]
Nat King Cole Jazz singer and pianist [10]
John Collins Jazz guitarist [11]
Dirty Rap duo [12]
Doe B Rapper
Eddie Floyd Soul singer/songwriter [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 [citation needed]
Hank Williams, Sr. Country singer [22]
Jett Williams Country singer, daughter of Hank [23]

Civil rights[edit]

Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Name Notability References
Ralph Abernathy Baptist minister, Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader [24]
Inez Baskin Journalist and activist [25]
Johnnie Carr Montgomery Improvement Association president, Montgomery bus boycott co-organizer [26]
Claudette Colvin Pioneer of the civil rights movement [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]
Richard H. Harris Jr. Prominent civil rights leader, pharmacist and Tuskegee Airmen [31][32]
Vernon Johns Minister, mentor to early civil rights leaders [33]
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 [34]
Martin Luther King III Advocate, SCLC president [35]
Yolanda King Advocate and actress [36]
E. D. Nixon Attorney (Browder v. Gayle), local NAACP president, Montgomery Improvement Association founder [37]
Rosa Parks Sparked the Montgomery bus boycott [38]

Literature and journalism[edit]

Zelda Fitzgerald
Name Notability References
Zelda Fitzgerald Writer, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald [39]
Jim Fyffe Auburn Tigers radio announcer [40]
Anne George Writer, 1994 Alabama State Poet [41]
Mary Katharine Ham Writer, columnist, Fox News contributor
Joseph Lewis Freethinker [42]
Everette Maddox Poet [43]
Harold E. Martin Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [44]
Charles Moore Photographer, chronicled the Civil Rights Movement [45]
Gin Phillips Writer [46]
T.K. Thorne Writer; books, poetry, short stories and screenplays
Barbara Wiedemann Poet, English professor at Auburn Montgomery

Military[edit]

Samuel Cooper
Name Notability References
William W. Allen Major General in the Confederate States Army [47]
Samuel Cooper First Full General of the Confederate States Army [48]
John G. Crommelin United States Navy rear admiral, 1960 vice presidential candidate [49]
James T. Holtzclaw General in the Confederate States Army [50]
Frank McIntyre Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1912–1929 [51]
Danyell E. Wilson First African American female tomb guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) at Arlington National Cemetery [52][53]

Politics[edit]

Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Bibb Graves
J. Lister Hill
Name Notability References
John Abercrombie U.S. Representative (1912–1917), president of the University of Alabama (1902–1911) [54]
Winton M. Blount United States Postmaster General (1969–1972) and philanthropist [55]
Bobby Bright Mayor (1999–2009), U.S. Representative (2009–2011) [56]
Charles Waldron Buckley U.S. Representative (1868–1873) [57]
Artur Davis U.S. Representative (2003–2011) [58]
William Louis Dickinson U.S. Representative (1965–1993) [59]
Edward C. Elmore Confederate States of America treasurer [60]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick 11th Governor of Alabama (1841–1845); United States Senator (1848–9, 1953-5, 1855–61) and President pro tempore (1857–60) [61]
Emory Folmar Mayor (1977–1999) [62]
Jim Folsom Jr. 50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995), Lieutenant Governor (1987–1993, 2007–2011) [63]
MacDonald Gallion Attorney General of Alabama (1953–63, 1967–71) [64]
Bibb Graves 38th Governor of Alabama (1927–1931, 1935–1939) [65]
Dixie Bibb Graves First female United States Senator from Alabama (1937–1938) [66]
J. Lister Hill U.S. Representative (1923–38), U.S. Senator (1938–69), Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), known for the Hill-Burton Act [67]
Perry O. Hooper Jr. Member of Alabama House of Representatives (1984–2003) [68]
Perry O. Hooper Sr. Alabama Supreme Court 27th chief justice (1995–2001) [69]
Thomas G. Jones 28th Governor of Alabama (1890–1894) [70]
Claude R. Kirk Jr. Governor of Florida (1967–1971) [71]
Ann McCrory First Lady of North Carolina
Gordon Persons 46th Governor of Alabama (1951–1955) [72]
Martha Roby Congresswoman from Alabama's 2nd congressional district [73]
Joe M. Rodgers Construction executive, United States Ambassador to France [74]
Sylvia Swayne First openly transgender woman to run for public office in Alabama [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 and medicine[edit]

Kathryn Thornton
Name Notability References
Percy Lavon Julian Chemist [79]
J. Marion Sims In the 1840s, Montgomery's leading physician and medical experimenter
Dorothy Tennov Psychologist [80]
Kathryn C. Thornton Astronaut, part of STS-61 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope [81]

Sports[edit]

Alonzo Babers
Name Notability References
Austin Adams Atlantic League of Professional Baseball pitcher for the Lexington Legends
Marlon Anderson Major League Baseball player for seven teams [82]
Alonzo Babers Gold medal-winning sprinter at 1984 Summer Olympics (400m and 4 × 400 m relay) [83]
Reggie Barlow NFL wide receiver, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, Alabama State head coach [84]
Fred Beasley Pro Bowl fullback with San Francisco 49ers [85]
Terry Beasley Auburn Tigers wide receiver, member of College Football Hall of Fame [86]
Caesar Belser American Football League and NFL defensive back, Super Bowl IV champion [87]
Ray Black Jr. NASCAR driver
Tom Boswell National Basketball Association player, 1976 champion with Boston Celtics [88]
Aundray Bruce 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 Auburn Tigers player
Johnny Davis NFL running back, Super Bowl XVI champion with San Francisco 49ers [91]
Chris Dickerson Bodybuilder, 1982 Mr. Olympia [92]
Richmond Flowers NFL safety [93]
Leslie Gaston Professional soccer player [94]
Orlando Graham NBA forward [95]
Carlos Hendricks Football defensive back [96]
Tarvaris Jackson NFL quarterback for 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 Professional football player [101]
Kirby Smart Head football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs
Bart Starr Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for Green Bay Packers, 5-time NFL champion [102]
Allen Trammel Professional football player [103]
Freeman White Consensus 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[edit]

Name Notability References
Adele Goodman Clark Suffragist and artist [107]
Frances Scott Fitzgerald Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald [108]
Bob Jones Jr. Bob Jones University president and chancellor [109]
Lisa S. Jones Businesswoman, founder of EyeMail Inc. [110]
Henry Lehman Cotton broker and financier, company developed into the Lehman Brothers conglomerate [111]
Adolph S. Moses Rabbi of Kahl Montgomery [112]
Jerry Parr Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassination attempt
Albert Parsons Anarchist, labor activist, Haymarket Riot organizer [113]
Blake Percival Whistleblower [114]
Priscilla Cooper Tyler Daughter-in-law of president John Tyler [115]

See also[edit]

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