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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.

Arts and entertainment

Brett Butler
Name Notability References
Jensen Buchanan Soap opera actress [1]
Brett Butler Actress and comedy performer [2]
Ji-Tu Cumbuka Television and film actor [3]
Glenn Howerton Actor/writer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia [4]
Rusty Joiner Model/actor [5]
Amy O'Neill Actress, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Michael O'Neill Actor, The West Wing
Octavia Spencer Academy Award-winning actress
Bill Traylor Self-taught artist, painter [6]
Michael Young Emmy-winning actor [7]

Music

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

Civil rights

Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
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]
Fred Gray Attorney, founding member of the Montgomery Improvement Association [30]
Richard H. Harris Jr. Prominent civil rights leader, pharmacist and Tuskegee Airmen [31][32]
Vernon Johns Minister, mentor to early civil rights leaders [33]
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 [34]
Martin Luther King III Advocate, SCLC president [35]
Yolanda King Advocate and actress [36]
E. D. Nixon Attorney (Browder v. Gayle), local NAACP president, Montgomery Improvement Association founder [37]
Rosa Parks Sparked the Montgomery bus boycott [38]

Literature and journalism

Zelda Fitzgerald
Name Notability References
Zelda Fitzgerald Writer, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald [39]
Jim Fyffe Auburn Tigers radio announcer [40]
Anne George Writer, 1994 Alabama State Poet [41]
Mary Katharine Ham Writer, columnist, Fox News contributor
Joseph Lewis Freethinker [42]
Everette Maddox Poet [43]
Harold E. Martin Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [44]
Charles Moore Photographer, chronicled the Civil Rights Movement [45]
Gin Phillips Writer [46]
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 [47]
Samuel Cooper First Full General of the Confederate States Army [48]
John G. Crommelin United States Navy rear admiral, 1960 vice presidential candidate [49]
James T. Holtzclaw General in the Confederate States Army [50]
Frank McIntyre Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1912–1929 [51]
Danyell E. Wilson First African American female tomb guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) at Arlington National Cemetery [52][53]

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) [54]
Winton M. Blount United States Postmaster General (1969–1972) and philanthropist [55]
Bobby Bright Mayor (1999–2009), U.S. Representative (2009–2011) [56]
Charles Waldron Buckley U.S. Representative (1868–1873) [57]
Artur Davis U.S. Representative (2003–2011) [58]
William Louis Dickinson U.S. Representative (1965–1993) [59]
Edward C. Elmore Confederate States of America treasurer [60]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick 11th Governor of Alabama (1841–1845); United States Senator (1848–9, 1953-5, 1855–61) and President pro tempore (1857–60) [61]
Emory Folmar Mayor (1977–1999) [62]
Jim Folsom Jr. 50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995), Lieutenant Governor (1987–1993, 2007–2011) [63]
MacDonald Gallion Attorney General of Alabama (1953–63, 1967–71) [64]
Bibb Graves 38th Governor of Alabama (1927–1931, 1935–1939) [65]
Dixie Bibb Graves First female United States Senator from Alabama (1937–1938) [66]
J. Lister Hill U.S. Representative (1923–38), U.S. Senator (1938–69), Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), known for the Hill-Burton Act [67]
Perry O. Hooper Jr. Member of Alabama House of Representatives (1984–2003) [68]
Perry O. Hooper Sr. Alabama Supreme Court 27th chief justice (1995–2001) [69]
Thomas G. Jones 28th Governor of Alabama (1890–1894) [70]
Claude R. Kirk Jr. Governor of Florida (1967–1971) [71]
Ann McCrory First Lady of North Carolina
Gordon Persons 46th Governor of Alabama (1951–1955) [72]
Martha Roby Congresswoman from Alabama's 2nd congressional district [73]
Joe M. Rodgers Construction executive, United States Ambassador to France [74]
Sylvia Swayne First openly transgender woman to run for public office in Alabama [75]
Dorothy Tillman Former Chicago Alderman [76]
Steve Windom 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (1999–2003) [77]
William Lowndes Yancey U.S. Representative (1844–46), Fire-Eater secession advocate, Confederate diplomat and Senator [78]

Science and medicine

Kathryn Thornton
Name Notability References
Percy Lavon Julian Chemist [79]
J. Marion Sims In the 1840s, Montgomery's leading physician and medical experimenter
Dorothy Tennov Psychologist [80]
Kathryn C. Thornton Astronaut, part of STS-61 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope [81]

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 [82]
Alonzo Babers Gold medal-winning sprinter at 1984 Summer Olympics (400m and 4 × 400 m relay) [83]
Reggie Barlow NFL wide receiver, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, Alabama State head coach [84]
Fred Beasley Pro Bowl fullback with San Francisco 49ers [85]
Terry Beasley Auburn Tigers wide receiver, member of College Football Hall of Fame [86]
Caesar Belser American Football League and NFL defensive back, Super Bowl IV champion [87]
Ray Black Jr. NASCAR driver
Tom Boswell National Basketball Association player, 1976 champion with Boston Celtics [88]
Aundray Bruce National Football League player, 1988 NFL Draft first overall selection [89]
Antoine Caldwell Houston Texans and former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman [90]
Monreko Crittenden American Indoor Football Association and Auburn Tigers player
Johnny Davis NFL running back, Super Bowl XVI champion with San Francisco 49ers [91]
Chris Dickerson Bodybuilder, 1982 Mr. Olympia [92]
Richmond Flowers NFL safety [93]
Leslie Gaston Professional soccer player [94]
Orlando Graham NBA forward [95]
Carlos Hendricks Football defensive back [96]
Tarvaris Jackson NFL quarterback for Minnesota Vikings [97]
Terrence Long Major League Baseball outfielder [98]
Tom Neville American Football League tackle [99]
Tom Oliver Major League Baseball outfielder and manager [100]
Quentin Riggins Professional football player [101]
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 [102]
Allen Trammel Professional football player [103]
Freeman White Consensus All-American and professional football player [104]
Willie Wilson Major League Baseball outfielder and 1985 World Series champion [105]
Delmon Young Major League Baseball outfielder [106]

Others

Name Notability References
Adele Goodman Clark Suffragist and artist [107]
Frances Scott Fitzgerald Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald [108]
Bob Jones Jr. Bob Jones University president and chancellor [109]
Lisa S. Jones Businesswoman, founder of EyeMail Inc. [110]
Henry Lehman Cotton broker and financier, company developed into the Lehman Brothers conglomerate [111]
Adolph S. Moses Rabbi of Kahl Montgomery [112]
Jerry Parr Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassination attempt
Albert Parsons Anarchist, labor activist, Haymarket Riot organizer [113]
Blake Percival Whistleblower [114]
Priscilla Cooper Tyler Daughter-in-law of president John Tyler [115]

See also

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