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Alabama
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Alabamians have played distinctive roles.
Born in Alabama
| Famous Alabamians | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron
Baseball player |
Born: | February 5, 1934 | Mobile | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Ralph David Abernathy
Baptist minister, civil rights activist |
Born: | March 11, 1926 | Linden | |||
| Died: | April 17, 1990 | Atlanta, Ga. | ||||
| Evan Frank Allison (pdf)
Conservationist |
Born: | 1865 | West Alabama | |||
| Died: | 1937 | |||||
| Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Actress |
Born: | Huntsville | January 31, 1902 | |||
| Died: | December 12, 1968 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Joe Louis Barrow
Boxer |
Born: | May 13, 1914 | Chambers County | |||
| Died: | April 12, 1981 | Las Vegas, Nev. | ||||
| Hugo LaFayette Black
Supreme Court Justice |
Born: | February 27, 1886 | Harlan | |||
| Died: | September 25, 1971 | Bethesda, Md. | ||||
| Robert Lee Bullard
Soldier |
Born: | January 5, 1861 | Opelika | |||
| Died: | September 11, 1947 | |||||
| Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole
Entertainer |
Born: | March 17, 1919 | Montgomery | |||
| Died: | February 15, 1965 | Santa Monica, Calif. | ||||
| Marva Delores (Knight) Collins
Educator |
Born: | August 31, 1936 | Monroeville | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Braxton Bragg Comer
Industrialist, statesman, humanitarian |
Born: | November 7, 1848 | Spring Hill | |||
| Died: | August 15, 1927 | Birmingham | ||||
| Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Writer, ballerina, painter |
Born: | July 24, 1900 | Montgomery | |||
| Died: | March 10, 1948 | Asheville, N.C. | ||||
| Walter Lynwood Fleming
Educator, historian |
Born: | April 8, 1874 | Near Brundidge | |||
| Died: | August 3, 1932 | Nashville, Tenn. | ||||
| William Crowford Gorgas
Army officer, physician |
Born: | October 3, 1854 | Toulminville | |||
| Died: | July 3, 1920 | Millbank, England | ||||
| William Christopher Handy
Musician, composer |
Born: | November 16, 1873 | Florence | |||
| Died: | March 28, 1958 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Emmylou Harris
Singer |
Born: | April 2, 1947 | Birmingham | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Catherine Elise "Kate" Jackson
Actress |
Born: | October 29, 1948 | Birmingham | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Percy Lavon Julian
Chemist |
Born: | April 11, 1899 | Montgomery | |||
| Died: | April 19, 1975 | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
| Helen Adams Keller
Author, lecturer, educator |
Born: | Tuscumbia | June 27, 1880 | |||
| Died: | June 1, 1968 | Westport, Conn. | ||||
| Coretta Scott King
Human rights advocate |
Born: | April 27, 1927 | Heiberger | |||
| Died: | January 30, 2006 | Rosarito Beach, Mexico | ||||
| Nelle Harper Lee
Writer |
Born: | April 28, 1926 | Monroeville | |||
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| Fredrick Carlton (Carl) Lewis
Track athlete |
Born: | July 1, 1961 | Birmingham | |||
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| Willie Howard Mays, Jr
Baseball player |
Born: | May 6, 1931 | Westfield | |||
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| James "Jim" Thurston Nabors
Actor, singer, comedian |
Born: | June 12, 1932 | Sylacauga | |||
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| James Cleveland (Jessie) Owens
Athlete |
Born: | September 12, 1913 | Oakville | |||
| Died: | March 31, 1980 | Tucson, Ariz. | ||||
| Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks
Civil rights pioneer |
Born: | February 4, 1913 | Tuskegee | |||
| Died: | October 24, 2005 | Detroit, Mich. | ||||
| John Pelham
Soldier |
Born: | September 7, 1838 | Alexandria | |||
| Died: | March 17, 1863 | Kelly's Ford, Va. | ||||
| David Satcher
Surgeon general |
Born: | March 2, 1941 | Anniston | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Waldo Lonsbury Semon
Chemical engineer |
Born: | September 10, 1898 | Demopolis | |||
| Died: | May 26, 1999 | Hudson, Ohio | ||||
| Percy Sledge
R&B and soul performer |
Born: | November 25, 1941 | Leighton | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Julia Strudwick Tutwiler
Educator, Social & educational reformer |
Born: | August 15, 1841 | Tuscaloosa | |||
| Died: | March 24, 1916 | Birmingham | George Corley Wallace
Governor |
Born: | August 25, 1919 | Clio |
| Died: | September 13, 1998 | Montgomery | ||||
| William Weatherford (Red Eagle)
Creek indian leader |
Born: | c. 1780 | Alabama | |||
| Died: | March 24, 1824 | Monroe County | Heather Whitestone McCallum
1995 Miss America |
Born: | February 24, 1973 | Dothan |
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| Hank Williams
Recording artist |
Born: | September 17, 1923 | Mount Olive West | |||
| Died: | January 1, 1953 | Oak Hill, W.V. | ||||
| Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh)
Country singer, songwriter |
Born: | May 5, 1942 | Near Red Bay | |||
| Died: | April 6, 1998 | Nashville, Tenn. | ||||
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