This is a listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with the U.S. state of Alabama.
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Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player (Mobile) Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Baptist minister (Linden) Act of Congress, musical group Austin Adams, MLB pitcher, Cleveland Indians (Montgomery) Mario Addison, NFL player, Carolina Panthers (Birmingham) Robert Aderholt, representative from Alabama's 4th congressional district since 1997 (Haleyville) Tommie Agee, MLB player (Magnolia) Tommie Agee, former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys (Maplesville) Daniel Alarcón, novelist (Birmingham) David Donald Albritton, Olympic medalist and politician (Danville) Doyle Alexander, MLB player (Cordova) Chalmers Alford, musician (Huntsville) James B. Allen, U.S. senator (1969–1978) (Gadsden) Jason Allen, NFL player (Muscle Shoals) Jonathan Allen, NFL player, Washington Commanders (Anniston) Maryon Pittman Allen, U.S. senator (1978) (Gadsden and Birmingham) Mel Allen, sportscaster, Alabama football and New York Yankees (Birmingham) Viola Allen, stage actress (Huntsville) Bobby Allison, NASCAR driver (Hueytown) Davey Allison, NASCAR driver (Hueytown) David Allison, professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham) Donnie Allison, NASCAR driver (Hueytown) John Amari, circuit judge and former member of both houses of the Alabama legislature (Trussville) Mary Anderson, actress (Birmingham) Ray Anderson, boxer (Anniston) Glenn Andrews, U.S. representative (1965–1967) (Anniston) Ivy Andrews, MLB player (Dora) Sheila Andrews, country music singer (Athens) John Archibald, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist, author (Birmingham) Anthony J. Arduengo, III, chemist, material scientist, professor at University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) R.G. Armstrong, actor (Birmingham) Lloyd Austin, secretary of defense nominee (Mobile) Ethel Ayler, actress (Whistler)
B
Spencer Bachus, representative from Alabama's 6th congressional district 1993–2015 (Vestavia Hills) Mary Badham, actress (Birmingham) David Baker, activist (Anniston) Locy Baker, Alabama House of Representatives 1994–2010 (Abbeville) Hank Ballard, singer (Bessemer) Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Jasper) Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame basketball player, television commentator (Leeds) Reggie Barlow, NFL wide receiver, college football coach (Montgomery) Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player Mark Barron, NFL player, St. Louis Rams (Mobile) Inez Baskin, African American journalist and civil rights activist (Florala) Cynthia Bathurst, animal activist, founder of Safe Humane Chicago and the Court Case Dog Program Bill Baxley, lieutenant governor (Dothan) Lucy Baxley, lieutenant governor (2003–2007) (Vestavia Hills) Colter Bean, former MLB player, New York Yankees (Birmingham) Paul Bearer, WWE manager and wrestling promoter (Mobile) Jere Beasley, born in Tyler, Texas, lieutenant governor (1971–1979) (Clayton) Killer Beaz (born Truett Beasley Jr.), stand-up comedian (Andalusia) Scott Beason, Alabama state senator (2006–2014) (Hartselle) Barry Beckett, keyboardist, composer, record producer, original member of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Muscle Shoals) Ann Bedsole, member of both houses, consecutively, of the Alabama State Legislature 1979–1995 (Mobile) Regina Benjamin, surgeon general of the United States (Mobile) Earl Bennett, NFL wide receiver (Birmingham) Amber Benson, actress (Birmingham) Bo Bice, singer, American Idol runner-up (Huntsville) Michael Biehn, actor (Anniston) James Gillespie Birney (1792–1857), planter, attorney, abolitionist (Huntsville) Sanford Bishop, U.S. representative from Georgia's 2nd congressional district (Mobile) Hugo Black, U.S. senator, United States Supreme Court justice (Harlan) Lucas Black, actor (Speake) I. M. E. Blandin, writer (Uniontown) Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham) Eric Bledsoe, NBA player, Milwaukee Bucks (Birmingham) Winton Blount, businessman, U.S. postmaster general (1969–1972) (Union Springs) Michael Boley, NFL linebacker (Gadsden) Jo Bonner, representative from Alabama's 1st congressional district (2003–2013) (Mobile) Judy L. Bonner, first female and 28th president of the University of Alabama (2012–2015) (Mobile) Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver (Hueytown) Margaret Boozer, sculptor (Anniston) Young Boozer, state treasurer (Montgomery) Stephen "tWitch" Boss, freestyle hip-hop dancer, entertainer, and actor (Montgomery) Th-resa Bostick, IFBB professional bodybuilder (Birmingham) Albert Boutwell, lieutenant governor (1959–1963), mayor of Birmingham (1963–1967) (Birmingham) Bobby Bowden, college football coach, Florida State (Birmingham) Larry Bowie, former NFL player, Washington Redskins (Anniston) Frank W. Boykin, former U.S. representative (Bladon Springs) Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, music group (Evergreen) Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Possum Trot) Debbie Bramwell-Washington, IFBB professional bodybuilder (Birmingham) Jeff Brantley, MLB player, ESPN sportscaster Albert P. Brewer, governor (1968–1971) (Birmingham) Jeff Briggs, businessman, video game pioneer (Florence) Bobby Bright, mayor of Montgomery (1999–2009), representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district (2009–2011) (Montgomery) Eric Brock, former NFL player (Alexander City) David G. Bronner, CEO of Retirement Systems of Alabama (Montgomery), born in Cresco, Iowa Mo Brooks, representative from Alabama's 5th congressional district since 2011 (Huntsville) Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals judge (Luverne) Jerry Dolyn Brown, folk artist, traditional potter (Hamilton) Johnny Mack Brown, football player for Alabama, actor (Dothan) Mary Ward Brown, short story writer and memoirist (Hamburg) Michael Brown, astronomer (Huntsville) Roger Brown, artist, member of the Chicago Imagists (Hamilton) Paul "Bear" Bryant, iconic coach of Alabama football, born in Camden, Arkansas (Tuscaloosa) John Hall Buchanan Jr., representative from Alabama's 6th congressional district (1965–1981) (Birmingham and thereafter Bethesda, Maryland) Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter (Mobile), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi Bill Burgess, college football head coach, Jacksonville State (Birmingham) Edward M. Burgess, chemist (Birmingham), inventor of the Burgess reagent Edward A. Burkhalter, admiral, United States Navy, Chief of Naval Intelligence, Chief of Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency (Roanoke) Brett Butler, actress (Montgomery) Keith Butler, NFL coach, Pittsburgh Steelers (Anniston) Pat Buttram, actor (Addison) Larry Byrom, rock music guitarist, Steppenwolf (Huntsville)
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Matt Cain, baseball player, San Francisco Giants (Dothan) Antoine Caldwell, NFL player, Houston Texans (Montgomery) Sonny Callahan, representative from Alabama's 1st congressional district (1985–2003) (Mobile) Julia Campbell, actress (Huntsville) Eli Capilouto, twelfth president of the University of Kentucky (Montgomery) Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, born in Louisiana (Monroeville) Robert Daniel Carmichael, mathematician (born in Goodwater) Edward Earl Carnes, judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Albertville) DeMarre Carroll, NBA player, Brooklyn Nets (Birmingham) Clarence Carter, soul singer and musician (Montgomery) Forrest Carter, writer Jonathan Carter, former NFL player (Anniston) Nell Carter, actress, singer (Birmingham) George Washington Carver, scientist, botanist, born in Diamond, Missouri (Tuskegee) Herman Frank Cash, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham) Tim Castille, NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs (Birmingham) Reg E. Cathey, actor (Huntsville) Quinton Caver, former NFL player (Anniston) Robert Edward Chambliss, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham) Hosea Chanchez, actor (Montgomery) Josh Chapman, NFL defensive lineman, Indianapolis Colts (Hoover) Katharine Hopkins Chapman, author and historian (Selma) Teresa Cheatham, Miss Alabama 1978 (Wellington) Elaine Cheris (born 1946), Olympic fencer Bobby Frank Cherry, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham) Chika, rapper Fred Child, host of American Public Media's Performance Today (Huntsville) Mark Childress, writer (Monroeville) Stewart Cink, professional golfer (Huntsville) Bill Clark, college football head coach, University of Alabama (Piedmont) Bob Clark, actor, director, screenwriter (Birmingham) Jeremy Clark, NFL player, Dallas Cowboys (Daphne) Mattie Moss Clark, gospel artist, mother of gospel group The Clark Sisters (Selma) Clever, rapper (Gadsden) Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery) Ronnie Coleman, football player, Alabama A&M and NFL's Houston Oilers (Jasper) Kaitlan Collins, journalist at CNN (Prattville) Marva Collins, educator (Monroeville) Commodores, funk/soul band (Tuskegee) Fred Cone, football player for Clemson and NFL's Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys (Pine Apple) Bull Connor, politician who opposed the activities of the Civil Rights Movement (Selma) Jared Cook, NFL player, St. Louis Rams (Birmingham) Jeff Cook, country music guitarist, the band Alabama (Fort Payne) Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. (Robertsdale) Algernon J. Cooper, former mayor of Prichard (Mobile) Charles J. Cooper, former assistant United States attorney general (Birmingham) Miles Copeland Jr., musician, CIA officer (Birmingham) Jerricho Cotchery, NFL player, Carolina Panthers (Birmingham) DeMarcus Cousins, basketball player, Golden State Warriors (Mobile) Dennis Covington, author (Birmingham) Courteney Cox, actress (Mountain Brook) Laverne Cox, actress and LGBTQ activist (Mobile) Tony Cox, actor (Uniontown) Clayne Crawford, actor (Clay) Rick Crawford, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver (Mobile) Julia Pleasants Creswell, poet, novelist (Huntsville) Howard Cross, football player for Alabama and NFL's New York Giants (Owens Cross Roads) Ashley Crow, actress (Birmingham) Brodie Croyle, NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs (Rainbow City) Korey Cunningham, NFL player, New England Patriots (Montevallo) Michael Curry, NBA coach, Philadelphia 76ers (Anniston)
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Marcell Dareus, NFL player, Buffalo Bills (Birmingham) Angela Davis, communist activist (Birmingham) Artur Davis, representative from Alabama's 7th congressional district (2003–2011) (Birmingham) Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis, poet, writer, educator (Talladega) N. Jan Davis, astronaut, born in Cocoa Beach, Florida (Huntsville) Russ Davis, baseball player (Birmingham) Tae Davis, NFL player, New York Giants (Oxford) Felicia Day, actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer (Huntsville) Joe Dawson, American-Israeli basketball player, 1992 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP Grant Dayton, baseball player (Huntsville) Oscar Stanton De Priest, U.S. congressman from Illinois, civil rights advocate (Florence) Morris Dees, founder of Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery) Sam Dees, soul music singer (Birmingham) Diana DeGarmo, American Idol contestant (Birmingham) David L. DeJarnette, influential archaeologist (Bessemer) Jeremiah Denton, prisoner of war in Vietnam, U.S. senator (1981–1987) (Mobile) Donna D'Errico, actress (Dothan) James Deshler, Confederate brigadier general (Tuscumbia) Quinton Dial, NFL player, San Francisco 49ers (Andalusia) Kim Dickens, actress (Huntsville) Chris Dickerson, bodybuilder (Montgomery) Mahala Ashley Dickerson, lawyer (Montgomery) Parnell Dickinson, NFL quarterback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Brighton) William Louis Dickinson, representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district (1965–1993) (Montgomery) Oliver W. Dillard, military leader (Margaret) Larry Dixon, state representative and state senator, Oklahoma native (Montgomery)