| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert E. Abernathy |
Business |
1954 |
|
Group President, Kimberly-Clark |
| Charles E. Adair |
Business |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Partner, Cordova Ventures |
| Shaun Alexander |
Football |
30-Aug-1977 |
|
Seattle Seahawks RB |
| James B. Allen |
Politician |
28-Dec-1912 |
1-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78 |
| Maryon Allen |
Politician |
30-Nov-1925 |
|
US Senator from Alabama, 1978 |
| Mel Allen |
Sports Journalist |
13-Feb-1913 |
16-Jun-1996 |
Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees |
| Spencer Bachus |
Politician |
28-Dec-1947 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 6th |
| Hugh C. Bailey |
Educator |
2-Jul-1929 |
5-Oct-2012 |
President of Valdosta State University, 1978-2001 |
| William Brockman Bankhead |
Politician |
12-Apr-1874 |
15-Sep-1940 |
Speaker of the US House, 1936-40 |
| Carin M. Barth |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
President of LB Capital, Inc. |
| Bill Baxley |
Politician |
27-Jun-1941 |
|
Lt. Governor of Alabama, 1983-87 |
| Jere Beasley |
Politician |
12-Dec-1935 |
|
Lt. Governor of Alabama, 1970-78 |
| Robert J. Bentley |
Politician |
3-Feb-1943 |
|
Governor of Alabama |
| Tom Bevill |
Politician |
27-Mar-1921 |
28-Mar-2005 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-97 |
| Don Black |
Activist |
28-Jul-1953 |
|
Stormfront.org founder |
| Hugo Black |
Judge |
27-Feb-1886 |
25-Sep-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 |
| Jo Bonner |
Politician |
19-Nov-1959 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 1st |
| Bobby Bowden |
Football |
8-Nov-1929 |
|
FSU Head Football Coach, 1976-2009 |
| Robert O. Bowen |
Novelist |
7-May-1920 |
9-Jun-2003 |
The Weight of the Cross |
| Albert Brewer |
Pundit |
26-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1968-71 |
| Mo Brooks |
Politician |
29-Apr-1954 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 5th |
| Johnny Mack Brown |
Actor |
1-Sep-1904 |
14-Nov-1974 |
College All-American turned film star |
| Bear Bryant |
Football |
11-Sep-1913 |
26-Jan-1983 |
Legendary Alabama head coach |
| Sonny Callahan |
Politician |
11-Sep-1932 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1985-2003 |
| Edward Earl Carnes |
Judge |
3-Jun-1950 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Mark Childress |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1957 |
|
Crazy in Alabama |
| Paul N. Clark |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of ICOS Corporation |
| Edith Brown Clement |
Judge |
29-Apr-1948 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Sue Bell Cobb |
Judge |
1956 |
|
Alabama Chief Justice |
| Jeffrey Connaughton |
Attorney |
c. 1959 |
|
Lobbyist, Quinn Gillespie |
| David J. Cooper |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Cooper/T. Smith Corporation |
| Bud Cramer |
Politician |
22-Aug-1947 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1991-2009 |
| Sylvester Croom |
Football |
25-Sep-1954 |
|
Mississippi State Head Coach |
| Morris Dees |
Activist |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Bankrupted the Klan |
| William L. Dickinson |
Politician |
5-Jun-1925 |
31-Mar-2008 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1965-93 |
| Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Vice Chairman, Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
| Joel F. Dubina |
Judge |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
| James O. Eastland |
Politician |
28-Nov-1904 |
19-Feb-1986 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78 |
| Michael Emerson |
Actor |
7-Sep-1954 |
|
Ben Linus on Lost |
| Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
| Fannie Flagg |
Comic |
21-Sep-1944 |
|
Fried Green Tomatoes |
| Ronnie G. Flippo |
Politician |
15-Aug-1937 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1976-91 |
| Danny Ford |
Football |
2-Apr-1948 |
|
Clemson Head Coach, 1979-89 |
| Joseph E. Gibbs |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Co-Founder, The Golf Channel |
| Mark Gottfried |
Basketball |
20-Jan-1964 |
|
Head Coach, Alabama Crimson Tide |
| Jan Crawford Greenburg |
Journalist |
c. 1965 |
|
Chicago Tribune legal reporter |
| Virgil Griffith |
Computer Programmer |
6-Mar-1983 |
|
Author of WikiScanner |
| Lino Gutierrez |
Diplomat |
26-Mar-1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Argentina, 2003-06 |
| John Hannah |
Football |
4-Apr-1951 |
|
New England Patriots tackle |
| William Henry Harbaugh |
Historian |
16-Jan-1920 |
28-Apr-2005 |
Power and Responsibility |
| Howell Heflin |
Politician |
19-Jun-1921 |
29-Mar-2005 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97 |
| W. G. Hefner |
Politician |
11-Apr-1930 |
2-Sep-2009 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-99 |
| Marillyn A. Hewson |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Lockheed Martin |
| Lister Hill |
Politician |
29-Dec-1894 |
21-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
| J. Gorman Houston, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Mar-1933 |
|
Justice, AL Supreme Court, 1985-2005 |
| Thomas C. Hubbard |
Diplomat |
1943 |
|
US Ambassador to South Korea, 2001-04 |
| Don Hutson |
Football |
31-Jan-1913 |
24-Jun-1997 |
Packers WR, Hall of Famer |
| Donald M. James |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Vulcan Materials |
| John D. Johns |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Protective Life |
| Frank M. Johnson |
Judge |
30-Oct-1918 |
23-Jul-1999 |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99 |
| Manuel H. Johnson |
Economist |
10-Feb-1949 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1986-90 |
| D. Paul Jones, Jr. |
Business |
26-Sep-1942 |
|
CEO of Compass Bancshares, 1991-2008 |
| Troy King |
Politician |
22-Aug-1968 |
|
Attorney General of Alabama, 2004-11 |
| Claude R. Kirk, Jr. |
Politician |
7-Jan-1926 |
27-Sep-2011 |
Governor of Florida, 1967-71 |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Harper Lee |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1926 |
19-Feb-2016 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Champ Lyons, Jr. |
Judge |
6-Dec-1940 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
| William C. Marland |
Politician |
26-Mar-1918 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57 |
| James S. Marlen |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO, Ameron International Corp. |
| F. David Mathews |
Government |
6-Dec-1935 |
|
HEW Secretary under Ford |
| James T. McManus II |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Energen Corporation |
| Tennant S. McWilliams |
Historian |
12-Sep-1943 |
|
Hannis Taylor |
| Clarence W. Meadows |
Politician |
11-Feb-1904 |
12-Sep-1961 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49 |
| Roy Moore |
Judge |
11-Feb-1947 |
|
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice |
| Glenn Murdock |
Judge |
25-Jun-1956 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| Jim Nabors |
Actor |
12-Jun-1930 |
|
Gomer Pyle USMC |
| Joe Namath |
Football |
31-May-1943 |
|
Football player and pantyhose wearer |
| Stephen L. Norris |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Co-Founder, Carlyle Group |
| Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr. |
Historian |
13-Jun-1928 |
13-Jan-2013 |
The Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands |
| Barbara Park |
Author |
21-Apr-1947 |
15-Nov-2013 |
Junie B. Jones series |
| Jerry Pate |
Golf |
16-Sep-1953 |
|
Winner, 1976 US Open |
| Gail Patrick |
Actor |
20-Jun-1911 |
6-Jul-1980 |
Love Crazy |
| John Malcolm Patterson |
Politician |
27-Sep-1921 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1959-63 |
| Charley Pell |
Football |
17-Feb-1941 |
29-May-2001 |
Florida Head Coach, 1979-84 |
| Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
| Ray Perkins |
Football |
6-Dec-1941 |
|
NFL and NCAA head coach |
| Howell Raines |
Journalist |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Executive editor, NYT, resigned |
| Charles M. Rampacek |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Probex Corporation, 2000-03 |
| Van L. Richey |
Business |
1950 |
|
CEO of American Cast Iron Pipe Co. |
| Mike Riley |
Football |
1952 |
|
Football Coach, Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| Robert Riley |
Politician |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 2003-11 |
| John R. Roberts |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Former Partner, Arthur Andersen |
| Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
12-Nov-1933 |
2-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| Ed Rogers |
Government |
22-Nov-1958 |
|
Republican strategist |
| William L. Roper |
Government |
c. 1948 |
|
Director, Centers for Disease Control, 1990-93 |
| Joe Scarborough |
Pundit |
9-Apr-1963 |
|
Co-Host, Morning Joe |
| Jeff Sessions |
Politician |
24-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| E. Clay Shaw |
Politician |
19-Apr-1939 |
10-Sep-2013 |
Congressman from Florida, 1981-2007 |
| Richard Shelby |
Politician |
6-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| Jackie Sherrill |
Football |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003 |
| Don Siegelman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 |
| Chet Simmons |
Business |
11-Jul-1928 |
25-Mar-2010 |
President of ESPN, 1979-82 |
| Michael Sitrick |
Business |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
Sitrick and Company |
| John J. Sparkman |
Politician |
20-Dec-1899 |
16-Nov-1985 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79 |
| Latrell Sprewell |
Basketball |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
NBA player tried to choke his head coach |
| Ken Stabler |
Football |
25-Dec-1945 |
8-Jul-2015 |
Oakland Raiders QB |
| Bart Starr |
Football |
9-Jan-1934 |
|
Green Bay Packers QB, 1956-71 |
| Donald W. Stewart |
Politician |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
US Senator from Alabama, 1978-81 |
| Kathryn Stockett |
Novelist |
1969 |
|
The Help |
| T. S. Stribling |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1881 |
8-Jul-1965 |
The Store |
| Lyn Stuart |
Judge |
c. 1955 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| Dolph Sweet |
Actor |
18-Jul-1920 |
8-May-1985 |
Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Gay Talese |
Author |
7-Feb-1932 |
|
Honor Thy Father |
| Derrick Thomas |
Football |
1-Jan-1967 |
8-Feb-2000 |
Hall of Fame Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs |
| Margaret Tutwiler |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 2001-03 |
| Robert J. Van de Graaff |
Inventor |
20-Dec-1901 |
16-Jan-1967 |
Van de Graaff generator |
| Jimbo Wales |
Encyclopaedist |
8-Aug-1966 |
|
Co-Founder of Wikipedia |
| Sela Ward |
Actor |
11-Jul-1956 |
|
Lily Sammler on Once and Again |
| Jett Williams |
Country Musician |
6-Jan-1953 |
|
Daughter of Hank Williams, Sr. |
| Edward O. Wilson |
Biologist |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Father of Sociobiology |
| Steve Windom |
Politician |
6-Nov-1949 |
|
Lt. Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 |
| Arthur Winstead |
Politician |
6-Jan-1904 |
14-Mar-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65 |
| Byron York |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Former National Review columnist |
