Berühmte Menschen aus Alabama

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This is a listing of listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with, Alabama.

Daniel Alarcón, novelist (Birmingham)

• Richard Arrington Jr., first black mayor of Birmingham (Birmingham) B

• Mary Badham, actress (Birmingham)

• Hank Ballard, singer (Bessemer)

• Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Jasper)

• Arthur D. Baylor, First Black Chief of Police in Montgomery (Montgomery)

• Amber Benson, actress (Birmingham)

• Michael Biehn, actor (Anniston)

• Lucas Black, actor (Speake)

• Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)

• Rich Boy, rap artist (Mobile)

• Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, music group (Evergreen)

• Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Possum Trot)

• Wernher von Braun; engineer, physicist (Huntsville) born Wirsitz, Province of Posen, Poland (then part of German Empire)

• Jerry Dolyn Brown; folk artist, traditional potter (Hamilton)

• Roger Brown (artist), American artist who was a member of the Chicago Imagists,(Hamilton)

• Jimmy Buffett, singer/songwriter (Mobile)Born in Pascagoula, MS

• Brett Butler, comedian (Montgomery)

• Pat Buttram, actor (Addison)

• Larry Byrom, rock music guitarist- Steppenwolf (Huntsville)

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• Nell Carter; actress, singer (Birmingham)

• George Washington Carver; scientist, botanist (Tuskegee) born Diamond, Missouri

• Truman Capote, writer (Monroeville) born New Orleans, Louisiana

• Herman Frank Cash, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)

• Reg E. Cathey, actor (Huntsville)

• Hosea Chanchez, actor (Montgomery)

• Robert Edward Chambliss, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)

• Bobby Frank Cherry, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)

• Mark Childress, writer (Monroeville)

• Mattie Moss Clark; Award winning gospel artist, mother of the award winning gospel group The Clark Sisters (Selma)

• Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery)

• Jeff Cook, country music guitarist- Alabama (Fort Payne)

• Ashley Crow, actress, (Birmingham)

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• Angela Davis, activist (Birmingham)

• Morris Dees, founder of Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery)

• Sam Dees, soul music singer (Birmingham)

• Donna D'Errico, actress (Dothan)

• Kim Dickens, actress (Huntsville)

• Deidre Downs, 2005 Miss America (Pelham)

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• Cleveland Eaton, jazz bassist (Birmingham)

• Dennis Edwards, soul music singer (Birmingham)

• James Reese Europe; bandleader, composer (Mobile)

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• Howard Finster, folk artist (Valley Head)

• Fannie Flagg, author and actress (Birmingham)

• Richmond Flowers, attorney general and activist (Dothan)

• Louise Fletcher, actress (Birmingham)

• Melvin Franklin, soul music singer (Montgomery)

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• A.G. Gaston, businessman, civil rights activist (Birmingham)

• Betty Lou Gerson, voice actress, "Cruella de Vil" of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Birmingham)

• Charles Ghigna (Father Goose); poet, author (Homewood)

• Robert Gibbs, press secretary for President Barack Obama (Auburn)

• Bobby Goldsboro, singer (Dothan)

• Vern Gosdin, country and gospel singer (Woodland)

• Urbie Green, jazz trombonist (Mobile)

• Tod Griffin, American actor (Birmingham)

• Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump (Fairhope)

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• Mary Katharine Ham; journalist, video blogger, Fox News contributor (Montgomery)

• Ralph Hammond, Alabama's Poet Laureate 1992-1995 (Arab)

• Lionel Hampton, jazz musician (Birmingham)

• W. C. Handy, jazz composer (Florence)

• John M. Harbert, billionaire businessman (construction/investments/coal mining properties) (Mountain Brook)

• Marguerite Harbert, billionaire heiress (Mountain Brook)

• Emmylou Harris, singer (Birmingham)

• Gustav Hasford; writer, screen-writer (Russellville)

• Erskine Hawkins, jazz composer (Birmingham)

 

• Jake Hess, gospel quartet singer, (Haleyville)

• Howard Hill, professional archer & stunt archer for films (Wilsonville)

• Brent Hinds, singer/guitarist- Mastodon (Pelham)

• Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1967 (Tuscaloosa)

• Bill Holbrook, syndicated comic strip artist (Huntsville)

• Mitch Holleman, TV star- Reba, (Auburn)

• Lonnie Holley, artist (Birmingham)

• Polly Holliday, actress (Jasper)

• Linda Howard, romance writer (Gadsden)

• Cooper Huckabee, actor (Mobile)

• William Bradford Huie; journalist, author (Hartselle)

• Alan Hunter, original MTV VeeJay (Birmingham)

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• Kate Jackson, actress (Birmingham)

• Katherine Jackson, mother of Jackson 5 (Barbour County)

• Sonny James, country music singer (Hackleburg)

• Mae C. Jemison, astronaut (Decatur)

• Dean Jones, actor (Decatur)

• Orlando Jones, actor (Mobile)

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• Helen Keller, writer (Tuscumbia)

• Hubert Ann Kelley, disco music singer, The Hues Corporation (Fairfield)

• Eddie Kendricks, soul music singer (Union Springs)

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• Adam Lazzara, singer- Taking Back Sunday (Sheffield)

• Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (Monroeville)

• George Lindsey, actor (Jasper)

• Donald Logan, former chairman of Time Warner (Birmingham)

• Joe Louis, heavy weight champion boxer (Lafayette)

• Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader (Huntsville)

• Rebecca Luker, singer and actress (Helena)

• Shelby Lynne, country music singer (Frankville)

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• Hugh Martin, songwriter (Birmingham)

• F. David Mathews, educator (Grove Hill)

• Robert R. McCammon, horror writer (Birmingham)

• Thomas McClary, guitarist (Tuskegee)

  Michael McCullers, screenwriter

• Bryant H. McGill, poet (Mobile)

• Alexander McGillivray, Creek Indian Chief (Montgomery)

• Lachlan McGillivray, Scots-Indian trader (Montgomery)

• James McQueen, trader and Creek Indian leader (Montgomery)

 

• Grover Mitchell, jazz trombonist (Whatley)

• Charles Moore, civil rights photojournalist (Hackleburg)

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• Jim Nabors, actor (Sylacauga)

• Jimmy Nolen, guitarist (Roanoke)

• Zora Neale Hurston, author (Notasulga)

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• Scott Oden, writer (Somerville)

• Spooner Oldham; songwriter, keyboardist (Center Star)

• Osceola, Seminole leader (Tallassee)

• Randy Owen, lead singer- Alabama (Fort Payne)

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• Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (Tuskegee)

• Gail Patrick, actress and television producer (Birmingham)

• Walker Percy, author (Birmingham)

• Wilson Pickett, R&B and Soul singer (Prattville)

• Curly Putman, Country music Songwriter (Princeton)

• Sun Ra, jazz musician (Birmingham)

• Wayne Ray, author/poet (Talladega; Lineville)

• Ray Reach, jazz pianist, vocalist, arranger, composer, music producer, Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (Birmingham)

• Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State (Birmingham)

• Michael Rooker, actor (Jasper)

• Rich Boy, rapper (Mobile)

• Lionel Richie, singer (Tuskegee)

• Jenn Rivell, actress and ex-fiancee of professional skateboarder Bam Margera (Florence)

• Wayne Rogers, actor (Birmingham)

• Marie Rudisill, aka "The Fruitcake Lady", Truman Capote's aunt (Monroeville)

• Debby Ryan, Actress (Huntsville)

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• Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, writer (Montgomery)

• Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader (Marion)

• Glenn Shadix, actor (Bessemer)

• Tommy Shaw, rock musician (Prattville)

• Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist (Birmingham)

• Percy Sledge, soul singer (Leighton)

• Johnny Smith, jazz guitarist (Birmingham)

• Mike Stewart (novelist), author (Vredenburgh)

• Warren St. John, author, journalist (Birmingham)

• T. S. Stribling, author (Florence)

• Gail Strickland, character actress (Birmingham)

• Jimmy Lee Sudduth, artist and blues musician (Fayette)

   

 

• Toni Tennille, musician (Montgomery)

• Chief Tuskaloosa, Creek Indian chief and leader

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• Mark Waid, writer (Hueytown)

• Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia (Huntsville)

• Margaret Walker, poet, author (Birmingham)

• Daniel Wallace, writer (Birmingham)

• George Wallace, politician (Clio)

• Eugene Walter, writer-actor (Mobile)

• Dinah Washington, singer (Tuscaloosa)

• Ken Watters, jazz trumpeter (Huntsville)

• William Weatherford, a/k/a Red Eagle, Creek Indian leader

• Fred Wesley, musician (Mobile)

• Heather Whitestone, 1995 Miss America (Dothan)

• Barbara Wiedemann, poet and English professor (Montgomery)

• Deontay Wilder, professional boxer

• Billy Williams, baseball player (Mobile)

• Cootie Williams, jazz trumpeter (Mobile)

• Hank Williams, legendary country musician (Georgiana)

• Paul Williams, soul singer (Birmingham)

• Kathryn Tucker Windham, storyteller and author (Dallas County)

• E. O. Wilson, biologist and writer (Birmingham)

• Tobias Wolff, author (Birmingham)

• Tammy Wynette, country singer (Red Bay)