List of people from Huntsville, Alabama

• 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 • T. J. Chung, engineer • 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==

• 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 • Andrew Jackson Hamilton, politician and military governor of Texas • Cully Hamner, comic book artist and writer • 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 • David Hubbard, former U.S. Congressman for the 2nd and 5th Districts of Alabama and former member of the Confederate Congress • Donnie Humphrey, football player ==J==

• Mick Jenkins, hip hop artist • 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 • 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 • Jake Rufe, soccer player • Debby Ryan, actress, singer ==S==

• Destin Sandlin, YouTuber • William August Schulze (1905–2001), German-American rocket scientist and Operation Paperclip hire • Terri Sewell, U.S. representative • 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 • John Stallworth, football player • Bennett M. Stewart, politician • Marvin Stone, basketball player • Gabby Street, baseball player • Dale Strong, U.S. representative • Jon Sumrall, college football coach • 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==