Alabama Famous People

Famous Americans: History and Biographies

Links to histories and biographies of the famous people of Alabama. Many famous people of Alabama have made significant contributions to the history of our nation and the state of Alabama. These famous Americans, famous entertainers, famous players, famous scientist, famous singers, famous statesmen, famous women, heroes, great explorers, and others Alabama famous Americans have all made Alabama their home. This list includes Alabama historical figures, celebrities and those individuals of Alabama who have influenced the lives of others.

Famous People

• Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron (1934 - ) Baseball player that holds the record for home runs and runs batted in; born in Mobile.
• George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943), educator and agricultural chemist at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute.
• Nathaniel Adams "Nat King" Cole (1917 - 1965) Popular singer known as the man with the velvet voice and song "Unforgettable"; born in Montgomery.
• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) Famous minister and civil rights leader; lived in Montgomery.
• Mae Jemison (1956 - ) First African-American woman in space; born in Decatur.
• Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) Blind and deaf author and lecturer; born in Tuscumbia.
• Harper Lee (1926 - ) Pulitzer Prize author of To Kill a Mockingbird; born in Monroeville.
• Carl Lewis (1961 - ) Olympic Gold Medallist in track and field; born in Birmingham.
• Joe Louis (1914 - 1981) Famous boxer; born in Lexington.
• Willie Howard Mays (1931 - ) Famous baseball player; born in Westfield.
• James Cleveland (Jesse) Owens (1913 - 1980) Track & Field athlete. Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics; born in Oakville.
• Rosa Parks (1913 - ) Civil rights leader who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, born in Tuskegee.
• Heather Whitestone (1973 - ) In 1995 served as the first Miss America chosen with a disability; born in Dothlan.
• Hiram "Hank" Williams (1923 - 1953) Country western singer, born in Georgiana.
• Tuscaloosa, Choctaw chief.

More Famous People of Alabama

• Ralph Abernathy civil rights activist, Linden
• Tallulah Brockman Bankhead actress, Huntsville
• Hugo LaFayette Black jurist, Harlan
• Marva Collins educator, Monroeville
• Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald writer, Montgomery
• Bobby Goldsboro entertainer, Dothan
• William Crowford Gorgas army officer, physician, Mobile
• Lionel Hampton jazz musician, Birmingham
• William Christopher Handy composer, Florence
• Emmy Lou Harris singer, Birmingham
• Kate Jackson actress, Birmingham
• Percy Lavon Julian inventor, Montgomery
• Helen Adams Keller author, educator, Tuscumbia
• Coretta Scott King civil rights leader, Marion
• Jim Nabors actor, Sylacauga
• Jimmie Rodgers singer, Geiger
• David Satcher surgeon general, Anniston
• Waldo L. Semon inventor, Demopolis
• George Wallace governor, Clio
• William Weatherford (Red Eagle) Creek indian leader