List of people from Huntsville, Alabama

The following is a list of people from Huntsville, Alabama :

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Viola Allen, actress
• Andrew J. Applegate, first lieutenant governor of Alabama
• Ernest Ashworth, country music singer
• Christine Auten, voice actress
• Carla Azar, musician

B

• Tallulah Bankhead, actress
• William B. Bankhead, politician
• Rosa Lula Barnes, community leader
• Garry Betty, former president and CEO of EarthLink
• Bo Bice, musician
• David B. Birney, Civil War general, abolitionist
• James G. Birney, abolitionist
• William Birney, Civil War general
• Thomas Boyd, football player
• Jed Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher
• Mo Brooks, politician from Alabama's 5th district
• Michael E. Brown, astronomer
• Tom Butler, politician
• Larry Byrom, musician

C

• Julia Campbell, actress
• Samuel A. Cartwright, physician
• Sheryll D. Cashin, professor
• Reg E. Cathey, actor
• Bobby Cattage, basketball player
• Fred Child, radio host
• Stewart Cink, golfer
• Randolph Royall Claiborne Jr., bishop
• Benjamin L. Clapp, Mormon leader
• Alex Clay, soccer player ^[1]
• Clement Claiborne Clay, politician
• Jeremiah Clemens, politician
• Kay Cornelius, author
• Robert E. Cramer, politician
• Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827-1886), poet, novelist
• Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Civil War general
• Howard Cross, football player
• Milton K. Cummings, cotton broker and space-defense industry executive

D

• Werner J. A. Dahm, former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force
• Kenneth Darby, football player
• Jan Davis, astronaut
• Felicia Day, actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer
• Grant Dayton, baseball player
• Kim Dickens, actress
• Antoine Dodson, internet celebrity
• Nic Dowd, hockey player
• Shawn Draper, football player

E

• Bobby Eaton, wrestler

F

• Trey Flowers, football player

G

• William Willis Garth, politician
• Edward Gillespie, attorney in arms
• John Campbell Greenway, U.S. Army general, Rough Rider, husband of Isabella Greenway
• Parker Griffith, politician

H

• Milton B. Halsey, U.S. Army major general ^[2]
• Andrew Jackson Hamilton, politician and military governor of Texas
• Cully Hamner, comic book artist and writer ^{[3] [4]}
• Jeffrey S. Harper, educator and author
• John Hendricks, founder and chairman of Discovery Communications
• Dwone Hicks, football player
• Margaret Hoelzer, Olympic swimmer
• Bill Holbrook, comic strip artist and writer
• Condredge Holloway, football player
• Matthew Houck, indie-folk musician
• Donnie Humphrey, football player

J

• Mick Jenkins, hip hop artist ^[5]
• Walter Jones, football player
• Walter B. Jones, geologist

K

• JJ Kaplan (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Joey Kent, football player
• Jimmy Key, baseball player
• Craig Kimbrel, baseball player
• David A. King, former director of Marshall Space Flight Center
• Ralph Knowles, attorney

L

• Trevor Lacey, professional basketball player ^[6]
• Marc Lacy, author
• Mark Lenzi, Olympic diver
• Clarke Lewis, politician
• William M. Lowe, politician
• Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist
• Michael Luwoye, Broadway actor known for playing the title role in the Broadway musical Hamilton

M

• Ralph Malone, football player
• Chris Martin, football player
• Bo Matthews, football player
• Jordan Matthews, football player
• Ken McBride, baseball player
• Gerald McCullouch, actor
• Paul McDonald, singer
• Spike McRoy, golfer
• Jimmy Means, NASCAR driver
• Izzy Miller, singer/songwriter
• Virginia Miller, heptathlete
• Don Mincher, baseball player
• Rashad Moore, football player
• John H. Moores, politician
• JoAnn H. Morgan, aerospace engineer
• John Hunt Morgan, Civil War general

O

• Amobi Okoye, football player
• Edward A. O'Neal, former governor of Alabama
• David F. O'Neill, naval aviator and major general, U.S. Marine Corps

P

• Thomas George Percy, Alabama settler
• James Phelan Sr., Confederate politician
• John Dennis Phelan, jurist
• Macon Phillips, White House Director of New Media
• Susanna Phillips, opera singer
• Stan Pietkiewicz, basketball player
• LeRoy Pope, Alabama settler
• Paula Poundstone, comedian

R

• Steve Raby, politician
• Reggie Ragland, football player
• Israel Raybon, football player
• James Record, politician
• Brian Reynolds, video game designer
• Scottie Reynolds, basketball player
• William N. Richardson, politician
• Ramzee Robinson, football player
• Jared Ross, hockey player
• Jake Rufe, soccer player ^[7]
• Debby Ryan, actress, singer

S

• Destin Sandlin, YouTuber
• William August Schulze (1905–2001), German-American rocket scientist and Operation Paperclip hire
• Terri Sewell, U.S. representative ^[8]
• Bryan Shelton, tennis player
• Mark C. Smith, founder of Universal Data Systems
• James Spann, broadcast meteorologist
• John Sparkman, politician
• Mark Spencer, computer engineer
• Roy Spencer, climatologist
• Robert L. Spragins, U.S. Army major general ^[9]
• John Stallworth, football player
• Bennett M. Stewart, politician
• Marvin Stone, basketball player
• Gabby Street, baseball player
• Dale Strong, U.S. representative ^[10]
• Jayson Swain, football player

T

• Conrad Thompson, podcast host
• David Howard Thornton, actor
• Kim Tibbs, songwriter
• Cliff Toney, football player
• Nick Torres, songwriter
• Harry Townes, actor, Episcopal priest

V

• Ned Vaughn, actor
• Margrit von Braun, environmental engineer and researcher
• Wernher von Braun, German rocket scientist who lived in Huntsville for 20 years
• Hans A. von Spakovsky, former member of the Federal Election Commission

W

• Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia
• John Williams Walker, politician
• LeRoy Pope Walker, Confederate States Secretary of War
• Percy Walker, politician
• Richard Wilde Walker, Confederate politician
• Richard Wilde Walker Jr., former associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Jonathan Wallace, basketball player
• Mervyn Warren, film and TV composer, music producer, recording artist
• Mario West, basketball player
• Addison White, U.S. Congressman, Confederate Army Officer
• Austin Wiley, Olympian, basketball gold medal, bronze medal
• Kyle Wright, starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
• Myron Benjamin Wright, aviator

References

1. "Alex Clay". UAB Blazers . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
2. Who's Who on the Pacific Coast. Boston, MA: Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin. 1947. p. 380 – via Google Books.
3. "Comic creator: Cully Hamner". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
4. Wake, Matt (January 23, 2013). "Cully Hamner, Huntsville native, discusses Superman artist gig and Bruce Willis sequel based on his comics". AL.com.
5. Charity, Justin. "Mick Jenkins Is the Reluctant Voice of Conscious Rap". Complex. Complex Media Inc. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
6. "Trevor Lacey". RollTide.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
7. "Jake Rufe". Birmingham Legion FC . Retrieved August 12, 2025.
8. "SEWELL, Terri". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
9. Spragins, Robert B.; Spragins, Charles E.; Spragins, Stewart V. (1965). "Memorial, Robert L. Spragins". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
10. Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601. "Dale W. Strong (Alabama (AL)), 119th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 20, 2025.