List of people from Montgomery, Alabama

The city of Montgomery, the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Alabama, has been the birthplace and home of these notable individuals.

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Arts and entertainment

Brett Butler

Name	Notability	References
Jensen Buchanan	Soap opera actress	[1]
Brett Butler	Actress and comedy performer	[2]
Glenn Howerton	Actor/writer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	[3]
Rusty Joiner	Model/actor	[4]
Michael O'Neill	Actor, The West Wing
Octavia Spencer	Academy Award-winning actress
Bill Traylor	Self-taught artist, painter	[5]
Michael Young	Emmy-winning actor	[6]

Music

Tommy Shaw

Name	Notability	References
Gloria D. Brown	R&B, soul, funk, pop singer	[7]
Clarence Carter	Blind soul singer and guitarist	[8]
Nat King Cole	Jazz singer and pianist	[9]
John Collins	Jazz guitarist	[10]
Dirty	Rap duo	[11]
Doe B	Rapper
Eddie Floyd	Soul singer/songwriter	[12]
Frankie Jaxon	Jazz and vaudeville singer
Claude Jeter	Gospel singer	[13]
Howard Johnson	Jazz musician	[14]
Jamey Johnson	Country singer-songwriter	[15]
Joe Morris	Jazz trumpeter	[16]
Nell Rankin	Opera singer	[17]
Tommy Shaw	Guitarist of Styx	[18]
Robert Shimp	Recording engineer and producer	[19]
Toni Tennille	Singer, Captain & Tennille	[20]
Big Mama Thornton	Blues singer	[21]
Hank Williams, Sr.	Country singer	[22]
Jett Williams	Country singer, daughter of Hank	[23]

Civil rights

Martin Luther King Jr.

Name	Notability	References
Ralph Abernathy	Baptist minister, Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader	[24]
Inez Baskin	Journalist and activist	[25]
Johnnie Carr	Montgomery Improvement Association president, Montgomery bus boycott co-organizer	[26]
Claudette Colvin	Pioneer of the civil rights movement	[27]
Morris Dees	Southern Poverty Law Center founder	[28]
Mahala Ashley Dickerson	First black female attorney in Alabama	[29]
Hazel Nell Dukes	Activist and president of the NAACP	[30]
Fred Gray	Attorney, founding member of the Montgomery Improvement Association	[31]
Richard H. Harris Jr.	Prominent civil rights leader, pharmacist and Tuskegee Airmen	[32] [33]
Vernon Johns	Minister, mentor to early civil rights leaders	[34]
Martin Luther King Jr.	Minister, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference while in Montgomery, led the Montgomery bus boycott and Selma to Montgomery march	[35]
Martin Luther King III	Advocate, SCLC president	[36]
Yolanda King	Advocate and actress	[37]
E. D. Nixon	Attorney ( Browder v. Gayle ), local NAACP president, Montgomery Improvement Association founder	[38]
Rosa Parks	Sparked the Montgomery bus boycott	[39]

Literature and journalism

Zelda Fitzgerald

Name	Notability	References
Zelda Fitzgerald	Writer, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald	[40]
Jim Fyffe	Auburn Tigers radio announcer	[41]
Anne George	Writer, 1994 Alabama State Poet	[42]
Mary Katharine Ham	Writer, columnist, Fox News contributor
Joseph Lewis	Freethinker	[43]
Everette Maddox	Poet	[44]
Harold E. Martin	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist	[45]
Charles Moore	Photographer, chronicled the Civil Rights Movement	[46]
Gin Phillips	Writer	[47]
T.K. Thorne	Writer; books, poetry, short stories and screenplays
Barbara Wiedemann	Poet, English professor at Auburn Montgomery

Military

Samuel Cooper

Name	Notability	References
William W. Allen	Major general in the Confederate States Army	[48]
Samuel Cooper	First full general of the Confederate States Army	[49]
John G. Crommelin	United States Navy rear admiral, 1960 vice presidential candidate	[50]
James T. Holtzclaw	General in the Confederate States Army	[51]
Frank McIntyre	Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1912–1929	[52]
Danyell E. Wilson	First African American female tomb guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) at Arlington National Cemetery	[53] [54]

Politics

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Bibb Graves

J. Lister Hill

Name	Notability	References
John Abercrombie	U.S. representative (1912–1917), president of the University of Alabama (1902–1911)	[55]
Winton M. Blount	United States Postmaster General (1969–1972) and philanthropist	[56]
Bobby Bright	Mayor (1999–2009), U.S. representative (2009–2011)	[57]
Katie Britt	U.S. senator (2023–present)	[58]
Charles Waldron Buckley	U.S. representative (1868–1873)	[59]
Artur Davis	U.S. representative (2003–2011)	[60]
William Louis Dickinson	U.S. representative (1965–1993)	[61]
Edward C. Elmore	Confederate States of America treasurer	[62]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick	11th governor of Alabama (1841–1845); United States senator (1848–9, 1953-5, 1855–61) and president pro tempore (1857–60)	[63]
Emory Folmar	Mayor (1977–1999)	[64]
Jim Folsom Jr.	50th governor of Alabama (1993–1995), lieutenant governor (1987–1993, 2007–2011)	[65]
MacDonald Gallion	Attorney general of Alabama (1953–63, 1967–71)	[66]
Bibb Graves	38th governor of Alabama (1927–1931, 1935–1939)	[67]
Dixie Bibb Graves	First female United States senator from Alabama (1937–1938)	[68]
J. Lister Hill	U.S. representative (1923–38), U.S. senator (1938–69), Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), known for the Hill-Burton Act	[69]
Perry O. Hooper Jr.	Member of Alabama House of Representatives (1984–2003)	[70]
Perry O. Hooper Sr.	Alabama Supreme Court 27th chief justice (1995–2001)	[71]
Thomas G. Jones	28th governor of Alabama (1890–1894)	[72]
Claude R. Kirk Jr.	Governor of Florida (1967–1971)	[73]
Ann McCrory	First Lady of North Carolina
Gordon Persons	46th governor of Alabama (1951–1955)	[74]
Martha Roby	Congresswoman from Alabama's 2nd congressional district (2011–2021)	[75]
Joe M. Rodgers	Construction executive, United States Ambassador to France	[76]
Dorothy Tillman	Former Chicago alderman	[77]
Steve Windom	28th lieutenant governor of Alabama (1999–2003)	[78]
William Lowndes Yancey	U.S. representative (1844–46), Fire-Eater secession advocate, Confederate diplomat and Senator	[79]

Science and medicine

Kathryn Thornton

Name	Notability	References
Percy Lavon Julian	Chemist	[80]
J. Marion Sims	In the 1840s, Montgomery's leading physician and medical experimenter
Dorothy Tennov	Psychologist	[81]
Kathryn C. Thornton	Astronaut, part of STS-61 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope	[82]

Sports

Alonzo Babers

Name	Notability	References
Austin Adams	Atlantic League of Professional Baseball pitcher for the Lexington Legends
Marlon Anderson	Major League Baseball player for seven teams	[83]
Alonzo Babers	Gold medal-winning sprinter at 1984 Summer Olympics (400m and 4 × 400 m relay)	[84]
Reggie Barlow	NFL wide receiver, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, Alabama State head coach	[85]
Fred Beasley	Pro Bowl fullback with San Francisco 49ers	[86]
Terry Beasley	Auburn Tigers wide receiver, member of College Football Hall of Fame	[87]
Caesar Belser	American Football League and NFL defensive back, Super Bowl IV champion	[88]
Ray Black Jr.	NASCAR driver
Tom Boswell	National Basketball Association player, 1976 champion with Boston Celtics	[89]
Aundray Bruce	National Football League player, 1988 NFL draft first overall selection	[90]
Antoine Caldwell	Houston Texans and former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman	[91]
Monreko Crittenden	American Indoor Football Association and Auburn Tigers player
Johnny Davis	NFL running back, Super Bowl XVI champion with San Francisco 49ers	[92]
Chris Dickerson	Bodybuilder, 1982 Mr. Olympia	[93]
Richmond Flowers	NFL safety	[94]
Oscar Gamble	Major League Baseball outfielder
Leslie Gaston	Professional soccer player	[95]
Orlando Graham	NBA forward	[96]
Carlos Hendricks	Football defensive back	[97]
Tarvaris Jackson	NFL quarterback for Minnesota Vikings	[98]
Terrence Long	Major League Baseball outfielder	[99]
Tom Neville	American Football League tackle	[100]
Tom Oliver	Major League Baseball outfielder and manager	[101]
Quentin Riggins	Professional football player	[102]
Kirby Smart	Head football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs
Bart Starr	Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for Green Bay Packers, 5-time NFL champion	[103]
Allen Trammel	Professional football player	[104]
Freeman White	Consensus All-American and professional football player	[105]
Willie Wilson	Major League Baseball outfielder and 1985 World Series champion	[106]
Delmon Young	Major League Baseball outfielder	[107]

Others

Name	Notability	References
Herbert Baumer	Architect
Adele Goodman Clark	Suffragist and artist	[108]
Frances Scott Fitzgerald	Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald	[109]
Bob Jones Jr.	Bob Jones University president and chancellor	[110]
Lisa S. Jones	Businesswoman, founder of EyeMail Inc.	[111]
Henry Lehman	Cotton broker and financier, company developed into the Lehman Brothers conglomerate	[112]
Adolph S. Moses	Rabbi of Kahl Montgomery	[113]
Jerry Parr	Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during assassination attempt
Albert Parsons	Anarchist, labor activist, Haymarket Riot organizer	[114]
Blake Percival	Whistleblower	[115]
Priscilla Cooper Tyler	Daughter-in-law of president John Tyler	[116]

See also

• List of people from Alabama
• List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama
• Alabama State University alumni

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