Prominent Huntsville Citizens
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Citizen | Profession | Links |
Adams, Dr. Fraser L. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1922–1926 | |
Allen, Viola | stage actress | Wikipedia |
Ashworth, Ernest | country music singer | Wikipedia |
Bankhead, Tallulah | actress (Jasper) | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Bankhead, William B. | Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Battle, Tommy | Mayor of Huntsville, 2008–present | Wikipedia |
Beadle, Joshua | President of Huntsville, 1854 | |
Beirne, George P. | President of Huntsville, 1842–1844, 1849–1850 | |
Bibb, Thomas | Alabama's second Governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Bice, Bo | "American Idol" contestant | Wikipedia |
Birney, James Gillespie | President of Huntsville, 1829–1830, planter, attorney, abolitionist | Wikipedia |
Birney, William | Wikipedia | |
Blount, Herman | musician | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Boardman, John | President of Huntsville, 1823–1824, 1824–1825 | |
Brahan, John | President of Huntsville, 1819–1821 | |
Burritt, Dr. W. H. | ||
Byrom, Larry | rock music guitarist- Steppenwolf | Wikipedia |
Campbell, Julia | actress | Wikipedia |
Campbell, William H. | President of Huntsville, 1828–1829 | |
Cashion, John L. | ||
Cathey, Reg E. | actor | Wikipedia |
Chambers, Henry | physician, planter, politician | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Chapman, Reuben | Governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Chase, Henry B. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1918–1920 | |
Child, Fred | host of American Public Media's Performance Today | Wikipedia |
Cink, Stewart | professional golfer | Wikipedia |
Clapp, E. B. | President of Huntsville, 1867–1868 | |
Clark, Joseph | President of Huntsville, 1844–1849 | |
Clay, Clement Claiborne | ??? | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Collier, Henry W. | Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Councill, William H. | ||
Clay, Clement Comer | politician, soldier, author | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Clemens, Jeremiah | ??? | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Coleman, John James | President of Huntsville, 1860 | |
Coltart, Robert W. | President of Huntsville, 1866–1867, 1861–1865 | |
Cooper, James L. | President of Huntsville, 1872 | |
Cramer, Bud | U. S. Congressman | |
Cross, Howard | college football player- University of Alabama football, NFL player- New York Giants (Owens Cross Roads) | Wikipedia |
Cruse, Samuel | President of Huntsville, 1831–1832 | |
Davis, Joe W. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1968–1988 | Wikipedia |
Davis, N. Jan | astronaut born Cocoa Beach, Florida | Wikipedia |
Davis, Zebulon P. | President of Huntsville, 1855–1859, 1860–1861, 1865–1866, 1878–1882 | |
Delmore, Alton | musician | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Dickens, Kim | actress | Wikipedia |
Eaton, Bobby | pro wrestler | Wikipedia |
Echols, William Jr. | President of Huntsville, 1851–1853 | |
Erskine, Clinton | ||
Erskine, Dr. Alexander | ||
Erwin, John A. | President of Huntsville, 1872–1874 | |
Fearn, George | President of Huntsville, 1832–1833 | |
Figures, William | President of Huntsville, 1854–1855 | |
Figures, William B. | President of Huntsville, 1868–1870 | |
Fleming, Frank | sculptor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Francis, H. E. | author, teacher, translator, traveler | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Gibbons, Faye | author of books for children and young adults | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Handy, W. C. | "Father of the Blues" | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Hearn, Glenn | Mayor of Huntsville, 1964–1968 | Wikipedia |
Hendricks, John S. | Founder, Chair & CEO of Discovery Networks | Wikipedia |
Hettinger, Steve | Mayor of Huntsville, 1988–1996 | Wikipedia |
Hereford, Sonnie III | Physician, Civil Rights Activist | |
Hereford, Sonnie IV | First Black student to integrate an elementary school in Alabama | |
Holbrook, Bill | syndicated comic strip artist | Wikipedia |
Holloway, Condredge | CFL player | Wikipedia |
Humes, Thomas | President of Huntsville, 1825–1826 | |
Humphrey, Dr. J. D. | President of Huntsville, 1914–1915 | |
Hundley, Daniel | lawyer, author | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Hunt, John | ||
Hutchens, W. T. | President of Huntsville, 1893–1897, Mayor of Huntsville, 1920–1922 | |
Jones, Carl T. | ||
Jones, Harvie | Architect | |
Key, Jimmy | baseball pitcher | Wikipedia |
Kelly, William | senator, attorney | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Kimbrel, Craig | MLB pitcher- Atlanta Braves | Wikipedia |
King, Olan | President/CEO of SEI | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Lanier, Milton H. | President of Huntsville, 1915–1916 | |
Lewis, David P. | attorney, politician, Governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Lewis, John H. | President of Huntsville, 1826–1828, 1829 | |
Lindsey, George | actor (Goober Pyle) | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Long, William B. | President of Huntsville, 1824 | |
Lowery, Joseph | civil rights leader | Wikipedia |
Martin, Chris | former NFL player | Wikipedia |
Martin, John | President of Huntsville, 1830–1831 | |
Mastin, Edmond I. | President of Huntsville, 1883–1889 | |
Mastin, William F. | President of Huntsville, 1870–1872 | |
McAllister, Alex W. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1926–1952 | Wikipedia |
McKinley, John | U.S. Supreme Court Justice | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
McVay, Hugh | governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Meadlock, James | President/CEO of Intergraph Corporation | |
Mincher, Don | baseball player | Wikipedia |
Mitchel, General Ormsby M. | Wikipedia | |
Moore, Alfred | President of Huntsville, 1899–1903 | |
Moore, Gabriel | attorney, planter, Congressman, governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Morgan, General John Hunt | Wikipedia | |
Murphy, Jere | President of Huntsville, 1874–1878, 1889–1893, 1897–1899 | |
O'Neal, Edward A. | Governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
O'Neal, R. L. | President of Huntsville, 1913–1914 | |
Osteen, Victoria | co-pastor of Lakewood Church | Wikipedia |
Patton, Robert M. | Governor | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Peete, Samuel | President of Huntsville, 1833–1835, 1853–1854 | |
Pope, Benjamin | President of Huntsville, 1821 | |
Pope, Leroy | ||
Pope, Nicholas | President of Huntsville, 1816–1819 | |
Poundstone, Paula | comedian | Wikipedia |
Pryor, Luke | lawyer, planter, politician, U.S. Senator | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Read, John | President of Huntsville, 1821–1822 | |
Rice, Elisha H. | President of Huntsville, 1836–1842 | |
Ryan, Debby | Actress | Wikipedia |
Scott, Dred | Wikipedia | |
Searcy, R. B. Jr. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1952–1964 | Wikipedia |
Sherman, William Tecumseh | Wikipedia | |
Smith, R. Erle | President of Huntsville, 1907–1908, 1910–1913 | |
Smith, Thomas W. | President of Huntsville, 1903–1907, 1908–1910 | |
Smith, William Russell | writer, publisher, U.S. Congressman | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Sparkman, Senator John | Senator, Congressman | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Spencer, Loretta | Mayor of Huntsville, 1996–2008 | Wikipedia |
Spencer, Mark | President/CEO of Digium | Wikipedia |
Steele, George | Architect | |
Terry, T. T. | Mayor of Huntsville, 1916–1918 | |
Tilfordy, John W. | President of Huntsville, 1822–1823 | |
Toftoy, Major General Tolger | ||
Townes, Harry | actor | Wikipedia |
Vaughn, Ned | actor | Wikipedia |
von Braun, Wernher | engineer, physicist, rocket scientist | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
von Spakovsky, Hans A. | attorney | Wikipedia |
Wales, Jimmy | co-founder of Wikipedia | Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Walker, John Williams | Encyclopedia of Alabama | |
Walker, Leroy Pope | attorney, politician, Secretary of War for the Confederacy | Encyclopedia of Alabama |
Walker, Richard Wilde | Wikipedia | |
Wallace, Edwin R. | President of Huntsville, 1850–1851 | |
Ward, John J. | President of Huntsville, 1859–1860 | |
Warren, Mervyn | musician | Wikipedia |
Watters, Ken | jazz trumpeter | Wikipedia |
West, Mario | NBA player- Atlanta Hawks | Wikipedia |
White, Thomas W. | President of Huntsville, 1882–1883 |