List of people from Montgomery, Alabama
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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
| 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
| 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
Literature and journalism
| 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
| 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
Science and medicine
| 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
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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] |
