List of people from Huntsville, Alabama explained

The following is a list of people from Huntsville, Alabama:

A

• Viola Allen, actress
• Andrew J. Applegate, first lieutenant governor of Alabama
• Ernest Ashworth, country music singer
• Christine Auten, voice actress
• Carla Azar, musician

B

• Tallulah Bankhead, actress
• William B. Bankhead, politician
• Rosa Lula Barnes, community leader
• Garry Betty, former president and CEO of EarthLink
• Bo Bice, musician
• David B. Birney, Civil War general, abolitionist
• James G. Birney, abolitionist
• William Birney, Civil War general
• Thomas Boyd, football player
• Jed Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher
• Mo Brooks, politician from Alabama's 5th district
• Michael E. Brown, astronomer
• Tom Butler, politician
• Larry Byrom, musician

C

• Julia Campbell, actress
• Samuel A. Cartwright, physician
• Sheryll D. Cashin, professor
• Reg E. Cathey, actor
• Bobby Cattage, basketball player
• Fred Child, radio host
• Stewart Cink, golfer
• Randolph Royall Claiborne Jr., bishop
• Benjamin L. Clapp, Mormon leader
• Alex Clay, soccer player
• Clement Claiborne Clay, politician
• Jeremiah Clemens, politician
• Kay Cornelius, author
• Robert E. Cramer, politician
• Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827-1886), poet, novelist
• Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Civil War general
• Howard Cross, football player
• Milton K. Cummings, cotton broker and space-defense industry executive

D

• Werner J. A. Dahm, former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force
• Kenneth Darby, football player
• Jan Davis, astronaut
• Felicia Day, actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer
• Grant Dayton, baseball player
• Kim Dickens, actress
• Antoine Dodson, internet celebrity
• Nic Dowd, hockey player
• Shawn Draper, football player

E

• Bobby Eaton, wrestler

F

• Trey Flowers, football player

G

• William Willis Garth, politician
• Edward Gillespie, attorney in arms
• John Campbell Greenway, U.S. Army general, Rough Rider, husband of Isabella Greenway
• Parker Griffith, politician

H

• Milton B. Halsey, U.S. Army major general^[1]
• Andrew Jackson Hamilton, politician and military governor of Texas
• Cully Hamner, comic book artist and writer^{[2] [3]}
• Jeffrey S. Harper, educator and author
• John Hendricks, founder and chairman of Discovery Communications
• Dwone Hicks, football player
• Margaret Hoelzer, Olympic swimmer
• Bill Holbrook, comic strip artist and writer
• Condredge Holloway, football player
• Matthew Houck, indie-folk musician
• Donnie Humphrey, football player

J

• Mick Jenkins, hip hop artist^[4]
• Walter Jones, football player
• Walter B. Jones, geologist

K

• JJ Kaplan (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Joey Kent, football player
• Jimmy Key, baseball player
• Craig Kimbrel, baseball player
• David A. King, former director of Marshall Space Flight Center
• Ralph Knowles, attorney

L

• Trevor Lacey, professional basketball player^[5]
• Marc Lacy, author
• Mark Lenzi, Olympic diver
• Clarke Lewis, politician
• William M. Lowe, politician
• Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist
• Michael Luwoye, Broadway actor known for playing the title role in the Broadway musical Hamilton

M

• Ralph Malone, football player
• Chris Martin, football player
• Bo Matthews, football player
• Jordan Matthews, football player
• Ken McBride, baseball player
• Gerald McCullouch, actor
• Paul McDonald, singer
• Spike McRoy, golfer
• Jimmy Means, NASCAR driver
• Izzy Miller, singer/songwriter
• Virginia Miller, heptathlete
• Don Mincher, baseball player
• Rashad Moore, football player
• John H. Moores, politician
• JoAnn H. Morgan, aerospace engineer
• John Hunt Morgan, Civil War general

O

• Amobi Okoye, football player
• Edward A. O'Neal, former governor of Alabama
• David F. O'Neill, naval aviator and major general, U.S. Marine Corps

P

• Thomas George Percy, Alabama settler
• James Phelan Sr., Confederate politician
• John Dennis Phelan, jurist
• Macon Phillips, White House Director of New Media
• Susanna Phillips, opera singer
• Stan Pietkiewicz, basketball player
• LeRoy Pope, Alabama settler
• Paula Poundstone, comedian

R

• Steve Raby, politician
• Reggie Ragland, football player
• Israel Raybon, football player
• James Record, politician
• Brian Reynolds, video game designer
• Scottie Reynolds, basketball player
• William N. Richardson, politician
• Ramzee Robinson, football player
• Jared Ross, hockey player
• Debby Ryan, actress, singer

S

• Destin Sandlin, YouTuber
• Terri Sewell, politician
• Bryan Shelton, tennis player
• Mark C. Smith, founder of Universal Data Systems
• James Spann, broadcast meteorologist
• John Sparkman, politician
• Mark Spencer, computer engineer
• Roy Spencer, climatologist
• Robert L. Spragins, U.S. Army major general^[6]
• John Stallworth, football player
• Bennett M. Stewart, politician
• Marvin Stone, basketball player
• Gabby Street, baseball player
• Jayson Swain, football player

T

• Conrad Thompson, podcast host
• David Howard Thornton, actor
• Kim Tibbs, songwriter
• Cliff Toney, football player
• Nick Torres, songwriter
• Harry Townes, actor, Episcopal priest

V

• Ned Vaughn, actor
• Margrit von Braun, environmental engineer and researcher
• Wernher von Braun, German rocket scientist who lived in Huntsville for 20 years
• Hans A. von Spakovsky, former member of the Federal Election Commission

W

• Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia
• John Williams Walker, politician
• LeRoy Pope Walker, Confederate States Secretary of War
• Percy Walker, politician
• Richard Wilde Walker, Confederate politician
• Richard Wilde Walker Jr., former associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Jonathan Wallace, basketball player
• Mervyn Warren, film and TV composer, music producer, recording artist
• Mario West, basketball player
• Addison White, U.S. Congressman, Confederate Army Officer
• Austin Wiley, Olympian, basketball gold medal, bronze medal
• Kyle Wright, starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
• Myron Benjamin Wright, aviator

References

1. Book: 1947 . Who's Who on the Pacific Coast . Boston, MA . Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin . 380 . Google Books.
2. http://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hamner_cully.htm "Comic creator: Cully Hamner"
3. Wake, Matt (January 23, 2013). "Cully Hamner, Huntsville native, discusses Superman artist gig and Bruce Willis sequel based on his comics". AL.com.
4. Web site: Charity. Justin. Mick Jenkins Is the Reluctant Voice of Conscious Rap. Complex. Complex Media Inc.. March 7, 2015.
5. Web site: Trevor Lacey . RollTide.com . November 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191125145550/https://rolltide.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/trevor-lacey/340 . November 25, 2019 . live.
6. Web site: Memorial, Robert L. Spragins . Spragins . Robert B. . Spragins . Charles E. . Spragins . Stewart V. . 1965 . westpointaog.org/ . West Point Association of Graduates . West Point, NY . 2016-12-30 . 2017-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510090949/http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5189/ . dead .