List of people from Demopolis, Alabama

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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Demopolis, Alabama:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marengo County, Alabama</span> County in Alabama, United States

Marengo County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,323. The largest city is Demopolis, and the county seat is Linden. It is named in honor of the Battle of Marengo near Turin, Italy, where French leader Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians on June 14, 1800.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dayton, Alabama</span> Town in Alabama, United States

Dayton is a town in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 28 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demopolis, Alabama</span> City in Alabama, United States

Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, in west-central Alabama. The population was 7,162 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linden, Alabama</span> City in Alabama, United States

Linden is a city in and the county seat of Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 1,930 at the 2020 census, down from 2,123 at the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waldo Semon</span> American inventor (1898-1999)

Waldo Lonsbury Semon was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black Belt (region of Alabama)</span> Region of Alabama originally named for black topsoil

The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, much of it in the soil order Vertisols. The term took on an additional meaning in the 19th century, when the region was developed for cotton plantation agriculture, in which the workers were enslaved African Americans. After the American Civil War, many freedmen stayed in the area as sharecroppers and tenant farmers, continuing to comprise a majority of the population in many of these counties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Phillips (baseball)</span> American baseball player (born 1977)

George Andrew Phillips is an American baseball coach and former infielder. He played college baseball at Alabama for coach Jim Wells from 1996 to 1999 and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, New York Mets, and Cincinnati Reds. Phillips was raised in Demopolis, Alabama, where he played baseball for the Demopolis Academy Generals. Phillips was an All-American for the Tide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miles College</span> Historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama, US

Miles College is a private historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama. Founded in 1898, it is associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the United Negro College Fund.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xen C. Scott</span> American football player and sports coach (1882–1924)

Xenophon Cole "Xen" Scott was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and a sportswriter. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University in 1910, at the Case School of Applied Science from 1911 to 1913—both Western Reserve and Case are now part of Case Western Reserve University—and at the University of Alabama from 1919 to 1922, compiling a career college football record of 49–26–4.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dixie Howell</span> American sports player and coach (1912–1971)

Millard Fleming "Dixie" Howell was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Alabama from 1932 to 1934 and with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1937. Howell served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, now Arizona State University, from 1938 to 1941 and at the University of Idaho from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career coaching record of 36–35–5 in college football. He also coached at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1935. Howell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970. He also played professional baseball in eight minor league seasons following college.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harold Drew</span> American sports coach (1894–1979)

Harold Delbert "Red" Drew was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach for over 40 years. He was the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 1947 to 1954, compiling a 54–28–7 record and leading the team to appearances in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls. He also served as an assistant football coach at Alabama from 1931 to 1941, including the undefeated 1934 team that won the national championship and played in the 1935 Rose Bowl. Drew also served as Alabama's track and field coach for 23 seasons continuing into the mid-1960s. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.

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Wilbur Jackson is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL), He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 1974 NFL draft. He played five seasons for San Francisco, and then three years with the Washington Redskins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred Sington</span> American football and baseball player (1910–1998)

Frederic William Sington was an American football and baseball player. Sington was also an accomplished saxophonist. Sington was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was Jewish. He attended Phillips High School.

Selma High School is a public secondary school in Selma, Alabama. It is the only public high school in the Selma City School System.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)</span> American politician (1937–2022)

William Owens was an American politician and businessman. He was the first Black state senator in the Massachusetts State Senate.

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  9. 'Public Officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1991-1992,' Massachusetts General Court: 1991, Biographical Sketch of Bill Owens, pg. 70
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