- Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team, and is the namesake of the Paul W. Bryant Museum.
- James Joyner
James Joyner (born November 16, 1965) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of the weblog Outside The Beltway and a frequent contributor to "TCS Daily" (formerly Tech Central Station). He is a management analyst at Lanmark Technology, Inc., a Washington, D.C. area defense contractor and works at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in Falls Church, Virginia.
- Bob Riley
Robert Renfroe "Bob" Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician in the Republican Party. He is the current Governor of Alabama, first elected in 2002, and re-elected during the 2006 mid-term election. Riley was born in Ashland, Alabama, a small town in Clay County where his family ranched and farmed for six generations. Riley attended the University of Alabama, graduating with a degree in business administration.
- John Edwards
John Edwards (born July 31 1981 in Warren, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, currently positioned at center for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. He stands 7'0" tall and weighs 275lbs.
- Mike Shula
Mike Shula (born June 3, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American football quarterback coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Most recently, he served as head coach of the University of Alabama football team.
- Mark Gottfried
Mark Frederick Gottfried (born January 20, 1964 in Crestline, Ohio) is a men's college basketball coach. Gottfried is the current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. His father, Joe Gottfried, was also a basketball coach and currently serves as Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama. His uncle, Mike Gottfried, was a college football head coach and is now an analyst on ESPN college football broadcasts. Mark played 3 seasons of basketball at Alabama, …
- Jerry Pate
Jerome "Jerry" Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American golfer. Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He later attended the University of Alabama and had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1974 and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S. teams at the Walker Cup and the Eisenhower Trophy. He was also the low amateur at the 1975 U.S. Open.
- Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", her only major work to date.
- Ronald Steele
Ronald Steele (born April 22 1986 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American college basketball player for the University of Alabama. He raised his NBA draft profile a lot during his sophomore year. He decided to return for his junior year, and will likely be a first round draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. He is capable from scoring inside, from the perimeter, and grabbing rebounds, proving his versatility.
- Ken Stabler
Kenny "The Snake" Stabler (born Kenneth Micheal Stabler on December 25 1945) is a former National Football League quarterback who played quarterback at the University of Alabama and for the Oakland Raiders (1970-1979); and for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints (1980-1984). He is left-handed, and at the time of his pro career left-handed quarterbacks were looked on as being unsuitable for professional football, …
- Bart Starr
Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers (1956-1971) and the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. He earned four Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. The son of an Air Force NCO, Starr played High School football at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama, …
- Jeff Sessions
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party.
- Mike Price
Mike Price (born 1946) is an American football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He formerly coached at Washington State University, Weber State University, and the University of Alabama, where he was fired before coaching a game.
- Brodie Croyle
John Brodie Croyle, (born February 6, 1983 in Rainbow City, Alabama) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. Croyle was the starting quarterback for the University of Alabama football team for the 2002-2005 seasons, graduating from the university with a degree in human environmental science. He is the son of John Croyle, who played defensive end at the University of Alabama (1971-73) under coach Bear Bryant.
- Robert Witt
Dr. Robert E. Witt is president of the University of Alabama as of March 1 2003. His experience includes 35 years in the University of Texas system, including 10 years as dean of the University of Texas at Austin business school and the past eight years as president of the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Witt joined the business school faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1968, and rose through the ranks as chair and associate dean.
- Hugo Black
Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27, 1886-September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented the state of Alabama in the United States Senate from 1926 to 1937, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971. Widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century, …
- Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom (born September 25, 1954) is the football head coach at Mississippi State University. He is the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized posthumously by that school as one of the state's 40 pioneers of civil rights.
- John Thompson
John Thompson is the current defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team. Thompson was hired by head coach Ed Orgeron, who played under Thompson at Northwestern State. Thompson has also served as the defensive coordinator at Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Louisiana Tech, and Memphis. From 2003 to 2004, he was the head football coach at East Carolina, where he compiled a 3-20 record. His most recent coaching position, prior to Ole Miss, …
- Jim Wells
Jim Wells(Born March 21, 1955) was the head baseball coach at Alabama. He was the winningest coach in school history, having compiled a 522-246(.680) record in 12 seasons as the school's head coach. Overall, in 18 seasons as a Division 1 head coach, he has compiled a 714-335 record. In 18 seasons, he has won five regular season conference titles, eight post-season conference chamionships, as well as 13 of 17 tournament appearances.
- Troy King
Attorney General Troy King Address, phone and email are on his website. You are thereby invited to use them freely!
- James Hood
James Hood was one of the first two African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to block them from entering, triggering a showdown with federal troops. He was catapulted into the national spotlight on June 11, 1963, when, accompanied by federal marshals and the assistant U.S. Attorney General Nicolas Katzenbach, he attempted to register for classes at the all-white university.
- B. B. Comer
Braxton Bragg Comer (November 7, 1848 - August 15, 1927) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911. Comer was born at old Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama, the fourth son of John Fletcher and Catherine Drewry Comer. B. B. Comer began his education at the age of ten under the tutelage of E.N. Brown. In 1864 Comer went to the University of Alabama, …
- Autherine Lucy
Autherine Juanita Lucy was the first black student to attend the University of Alabama in 1956. She was born on October 5 1929 in Shiloh, Alabama and graduated from the high school of Linden Academy in 1947. She went on to attend the Selma University in Selma, and the all-black Miles College in Fairfield - where she graduated with a BA in English in 1952. Later in 1952, she decided to attend the University of Alabama as a graduate student but, …
- Tyrone Prothro
Tyrone Prothro (born May 24 1984 in Heflin, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the University of Alabama. He won the 2006 ESPY Award and the Pontiac Game Changing Award of the Year for Best Play for his outstanding catch (currently labeled by many "the Catch"), in which he caught the ball behind the head of Southern Mississippi's Jasper Faulk on a hail mary pass from quarterback Brodie Croyle right before half-time.
- Major Applewhite
Major Lee Applewhite (born July 26, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American football coach and former star quarterback at the University of Texas. He currently serves as assistant to Nick Saban for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football as the Tide's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Applewhite grew up a fan of the Crimson Tide and was even named after Major Ogilive, a star player for Alabama in the late 1970s.
- Mike Dubose
Mike DuBose (born January 5, 1953, in Opp, Alabama) is a former college football player and the current head coach of Millsaps College. He is most notable for his tenure at the head coach at the University of Alabama.
- Demeco Ryans
DeMeco Ryans (born July 28, 1984, in Bessemer, Alabama) is an American football player for the Houston Texans. He was drafted as the first pick of the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
- Spencer Bachus
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (b. December 28 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing. The district, Alabama's wealthiest, includes sections of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, along with their most affluent suburbs.
- Rick Bragg
Rick Bragg (born July 26, 1959 in Piedmont, Alabama) won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1996 for his work at "The New York Times". He credits his writing ability to the oral storytelling of family and friends in his childhood in the Appalachian foothills of Alabama. He has written two memoirs. Bragg worked at several newspapers before joining the "New York Times" in 1994. He covered murders and unrest in Haiti as a metro reporter, …
- Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden (born July 10, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is the head football coach at Clemson University. He is the son of Bobby Bowden, head coach at Florida State University. Bowden has never had a losing season at Clemson. He is a two-time ACC Coach of the Year. In the 2003 season, he became the first coach in NCAA history, to defeat two coaches with 200 or more wins in a one-month span, in Bobby Bowden, and Lou Holtz.
- Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome Jr. (born March 16, 1956 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is a former Pro Football Hall of Fame American Football tight end who played for the Cleveland Browns, and is currently the general manager of the Baltimore Ravens.
- Frank Thomas
Frank W. Thomas (November 15, 1898-May 10, 1954) was the head football coach of the University of Alabama from 1932 to 1946. During his tenure, he compiled a 115-24-7 (.812) record and won two national championships (1934 and 1941). His winning percentage ranks second all-time among Alabama coaches (behind Paul "Bear" Bryant). He never coached a losing season, but coached two 10 win seasons.
- Vivian Malone Jones
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama - October 13, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an African-American woman, one of the first two African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to block them from entering, triggering a showdown with federal troops. She became the first African American to graduate from the University of Alabama.
- Wayne Flynt
Wayne Flynt is "Professor Emeritus" in the Department of History at Auburn University. He has won numerous teaching awards and been a Distinguished University Professor for many years. His research focuses on Southern culture, Alabama politics, Southern religion, education reform, and poverty. He is now Editor-in-Chief of the new Online "Encyclopedia of Alabama". Dr. Flynt received his A.B. from Howard College (now Samford University), …
- Terry Bowden
Terry Bowden is a college football analyst/commentator, motivational speaker and former college football coach. Bowden is the son of Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden. His siblings include Tommy Bowden, the head football coach at Clemson and Jeff Bowden, former offensive coordinator at Florida State. Bowden currently serves as the color commentator for the Westwood One radio network's national NCAA game of the week, …
- Winston Groom
is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Mobile, Alabama where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). He attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the Army ROTC, and graduated in 1965. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour in Vietnam.
- Amelia Gayle Gorgas
Amelia Gayle Gorgas (June 1, 1826 - January 3, 1913) was librarian and post-mistress of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907. She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes. The primary library at the university is named after her. Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas.
- Neil Callaway
Neil Callaway is the current head coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers college football team, the third coach in the program's history. Callaway, a 1974 graduate of Central High School in Macon, Georgia, played collegiately at the University of Alabama for legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant as a lineman and linebacker.
- Bibb Graves
David Bibb Graves (April 1, 1873-March 14 1942) was a Democratic politician and the Governor of Alabama 1927-1931 and 1935-1939, the first Alabama governor to serve two four-year terms. Graves was born in Hope Hull, Alabama, son of David and Mattie Bibb Graves and a descendant of Alabama's first governor William Wyatt Bibb. Graves' father died when he was one-year old, and he was reared first by his paternal grandfather on an Alabama farm and then by an uncle in Texas.
- Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson (born May 26, 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a defensive end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played for the Hornets at Booker T. Washington High School. He attended the University of Alabama (where he became a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.). He was selected with the 159th overall pick (5th round) in the 2006 NFL Draft. Despite not being an official starter in the Bears Cover 2 defensive scheme, …