List of people from Montgomery, Alabama

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Arts and entertainment
Brett Butler
NameNotabilityReferences
Jensen BuchananSoap opera actress[1]
Brett ButlerActress and comedy performer[2]
Ji-Tu CumbukaTelevision and film actor[3]
Joyce GuyActress
Glenn HowertonActor/writer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia[4]
Rusty JoinerModel/actor[5]
Amy O'NeillActress, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Michael O'NeillActor, The West Wing
Octavia SpencerAcademy Award-winning actress
Bill TraylorSelf-taught artist, painter[6]
Michael YoungEmmy-winning actor[7]

Music
Tommy Shaw
NameNotabilityReferences
Clarence CarterBlind soul singer and guitarist[8]
Nat King ColeJazz singer and pianist[9]
John CollinsJazz guitarist[10]
DirtyRap duo[11]
Eddie FloydSoul singer/songwriter[12]
Melvin FranklinR&B singer, The Temptations[13]
Frankie JaxonJazz and vaudeville singer
Claude JeterGospel singer[14]
Howard JohnsonJazz musician[15]
Jamey JohnsonCountry singer-songwriter[16]
Joe MorrisJazz trumpeter[17]
Nell RankinOpera singer[18]
Tommy ShawGuitarist of Styx[19]
Robert ShimpRecording engineer and producer[20]
Toni TennilleSinger, Captain & Tennille[21]
Big Mama ThorntonBlues singer
Hank Williams, Sr.Country singer[22]
Jett WilliamsCountry singer, daughter of Hank[23]
Doe BRapper[24]

Civil rights
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
NameNotabilityReferences
Ralph David AbernathyBaptist minister, Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader[25]
Inez BaskinJournalist and activist[26]
Johnnie CarrMontgomery Improvement Association president, Montgomery bus boycott co-organizer[27]
Morris DeesSouthern Poverty Law Center founder[28]
Mahala Ashley DickersonFirst black female attorney in Alabama[29]
Fred GrayAttorney, founding member of the Montgomery Improvement Association[30]
Vernon JohnsMinister, mentor to early civil rights leaders[31]
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[32]
Martin Luther King IIIAdvocate, SCLC president[33]
Yolanda KingAdvocate and actress[34]
E. D. NixonAttorney (Browder v. Gayle), local NAACP president, Montgomery Improvement Association founder[35]
Rosa ParksSparked the Montgomery bus boycott[36]

Literature and journalism
Zelda Fitzgerald
NameNotabilityReferences
Zelda FitzgeraldWriter, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald[37]
Jim FyffeAuburn Tigers radio announcer[38]
Anne GeorgeWriter, 1994 Alabama State Poet[39]
Mary Katharine HamWriter, columnist, Fox News contributor
Joseph LewisFreethinker[40]
Everette MaddoxPoet[41]
Harold E. MartinPulitzer Prize-winning journalist[42]
Charles MoorePhotographer, chronicled the Civil Rights Movement[43]
Gin PhillipsWriter[44]
T.K. ThorneWriter; books, poetry, short stories and screenplays
Barbara WiedemannPoet, English professor at Auburn Montgomery

Military
Samuel Cooper
NameNotabilityReferences
William W. AllenMajor General in the Confederate States Army[45]
Samuel CooperFirst Full General of the Confederate States Army[46]
John G. CrommelinUnited States Navy rear admiral, 1960 Vice Presidential candidate[47]
James T. HoltzclawGeneral in the Confederate States Army[48]
Frank McIntyreChief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1912–1929[49]

Politics
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Bibb Graves
J. Lister Hill
NameNotabilityReferences
John AbercrombieU.S. Representative (1912–1917), president of the University of Alabama (1902–1911)[50]
Winton M. BlountUnited States Postmaster General (1969–1972) and philanthropist[51]
Bobby BrightMayor (1999–2009), U.S. Representative (2009–2011)[52]
Charles Waldron BuckleyU.S. Representative (1868–1873)[53]
Artur DavisU.S. Representative (2003–2011)[54]
William Louis DickinsonU.S. Representative (1965–1993)[55]
Edward C. ElmoreConfederate States of America treasurer[56]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick11th Governor of Alabama (1841–1845); United States Senator (1848–9, 1953-5, 1855–61) and President pro tempore (1857–60)[57]
Emory FolmarMayor (1977–1999)[58]
Jim Folsom, Jr.50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995), Lieutenant Governor (1987–1993, 2007–)[59]
MacDonald GallionAttorney General of Alabama (1953–63, 1967–71)[60]
Alfred GoldthwaiteMember of Alabama House of Representatives (1958–1966), former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, attorney in Montgomery[61]
Bibb Graves38th Governor of Alabama (1927–1931, 1935–1939)[62]
Dixie Bibb GravesFirst female United States Senator from Alabama (1937–1938)[63]
David G. GrimesRepublican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from District 73 from 2003 to 2011[64]
J. Lister HillU.S. Representative (1923–38), U.S. Senator (1938–69), Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), known for the Hill-Burton Act[65]
Perry O. Hooper, Jr.Member of Alabama House of Representatives (1984–2003)[66]
Perry O. Hooper, Sr.Alabama Supreme Court 27th chief justice (1995–2001)[67]
Thomas G. Jones28th Governor of Alabama (1890–1894)[68]
Claude R. Kirk, Jr.Governor of Florida (1967–1971)[69]
Tandy LittleRepublican member of Alabama House of Representatives 1962–1966; finance chairman of the Alabama Republican Party 1968; real estate developer[70][71]
Gordon Persons46th Governor of Alabama (1951–1955)[72]
Martha RobyCongresswoman from Alabama's 2nd congressional district[73]
Joe M. RodgersConstruction executive, United States Ambassador to France[74]
Dorothy TillmanFormer Chicago Alderman[75]
Steve Windom28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (1999–2003)[76]
William Lowndes YanceyU.S. Representative (1844–46), Fire-Eater secession advocate, Confederate diplomat and Senator[77]

Science
Kathryn Thornton
NameNotabilityReferences
Percy Lavon JulianChemist[78]
Dorothy TennovPsychologist[79]
Kathryn C. ThorntonAstronaut, part of STS-61 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope[80]

Sports
Alonzo Babers
NameNotabilityReferences
Austin AdamsA Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
Marlon AndersonMajor League Baseball player for seven teams[81]
Alonzo BabersGold medal-winning sprinter at 1984 Summer Olympics (400m and 4 × 400 m relay)[82]
Reggie BarlowNFL wide receiver, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, Alabama State head coach[83]
Fred BeasleyPro Bowl fullback with San Francisco 49ers[84]
Terry BeasleyAuburn Tigers wide receiver, member of College Football Hall of Fame[85]
Caesar BelserAmerican Football League and NFL defensive back, Super Bowl IV champion[86]
Ray Black Jr.NASCAR driver
Tom BoswellNational Basketball Association player, 1976 champion with Boston Celtics[87]
Aundray BruceNational Football League player, 1988 NFL Draft first overall selection[88]
Antoine CaldwellHouston Texans and former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman[89]
Monreko CrittendenAmerican Indoor Football Association and Auburn Tigers player
Johnny DavisNFL running back, Super Bowl XVI champion with San Francisco 49ers[90]
Chris DickersonBodybuilder, 1982 Mr. Olympia[91]
Richmond FlowersNFL safety[92]
Leslie GastonProfessional soccer player[93]
Orlando GrahamNBA forward[94]
Carlos HendricksFootball defensive back[95]
Tarvaris JacksonNFL quarterback for Minnesota Vikings[96]
Terrence LongMajor League Baseball outfielder[97]
Tom NevilleAmerican Football League tackle[98]
Tom OliverMajor League Baseball outfielder and manager[99]
Quentin RigginsProfessional football player[100]
Bart StarrPro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for Green Bay Packers, 5-time NFL champion[101]
Allen TrammelProfessional football player[102]
Freeman WhiteConsensus All-American and professional football player[103]
Willie WilsonMajor League Baseball outfielder and 1985 World Series champion[104]
Delmon YoungMajor League Baseball outfielder[105]

Others
NameNotabilityReferences
Adele Goodman ClarkSuffragist and artist
Frances Scott FitzgeraldDaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald[106]
Bob Jones, Jr.Bob Jones University president and chancellor[107]
Henry LehmanCotton broker and financier, company developed into the Lehman Brothers conglomerate[108]
Jerry ParrSecret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassination attempt
Albert ParsonsAnarchist, labor activist, Haymarket Riot organizer[109]
Blake PercivalWhistleblower[110]
Priscilla Cooper TylerDaughter-in-law of president John Tyler[111]

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