List of people from Tuskegee, Alabama
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tuskegee, Alabama:
Activism
- Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist[1]
- Thomas Reed, African American Alabama NAACP president, state politician and civil rights activist[2]
- Sammy Younge Jr., Civil Rights Movement activist and voting rights activist[3]
Art
- Frederick Arthur Bridgman, artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects[4]
Athletics
- Cleveland "Cleve" Abbott, coach
- Alice Coachman, first African American female Olympic gold medalist, high jump[5]
- Herman Hill, former Major League Baseball player[6]
- Stanley Jackson, former NBA player[7]
- Ken Johnson, former forward for the Portland Trail Blazers[8]
- Rimp Lanier, former Major League Baseball player[9]
- Chad Lucas, professional football wide receiver[10]
- Zeke Moore, former cornerback for the Houston Oilers[11]
- Chukie Nwokorie, former NFL player[12]
- James Patrick, Canadian football safety[13]
- Gilbert Renfroe, former professional football quarterback[14]
- Gerald Robinson, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end[15]
- Andre Thornton, major league baseball player[16]
- Tony Tolbert, former defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys[17]
- Frank Walker, NFL cornerback[18]
- Rory White, NBA player for the Phoenix Suns, San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, and the Milwaukee Bucks[19]
- Willie Whitehead, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end[20]
Education
- Howard R. Lamar, historian of the American West and a former president of Yale University[21]
- Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, and leader in the African-American community
Government
- Eric Motley, former U.S. State Department official and director of the Aspen Institute[22]
- Frank Park, U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district from 1913 to 1925[23]
- Edward W. Pou, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 4th District from 1901 to 1934[24]
- Charles Winston Thompson, U.S. representative from 1901 to 1904[25]
- Myron Herbert Thompson, senior judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama[26]
- Michael L. Vaughn, politician who represents District 24 in the Maryland House of Delegates[27]
- Otis D. Wright II, U.S. district judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California[28]
Literature
- Clarissa Scott Delany, poet, essayist, educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance[29]
- Sadie Peterson Delaney, chief librarian of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center for 34 years and a pioneer in bibliotherapy[30]
- Angela Johnson, poet and writer of children's books[31]
- Nella Larsen, author of the Harlem Renaissance[32]
- Phyllis Alesia Perry, novelist and journalist[33]
Military
- Theodore W. Brevard, Jr., officer in the Confederate States Army[34]
- William A. Campbell, member of the Tuskegee Airmen[35]
- Lt Gen Russell C. Davis, former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard[36]
- Evander McIvor Law, American Civil War general[37]
- The Tuskegee Airmen
Music
- Dave Edwards, multireedist and lead alto saxophonist for the Lawrence Welk Show[38]
- Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio DJ[39]
- Lionel Richie, graduated from Tuskegee University, rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and occasional actor[40]
- Caughey Roberts, jazz alto sax player best known for his time in the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1930s[41]
Science
- Keith Black, neurosurgeon[42]
- George Washington Carver, botanist
- Adriel Johnson, biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville who was killed in a mass shooting[43]
Television
- Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America[44]
- Juel Taylor, director and screenwriter[45]
- Keenen Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director[46]