Editing Athens, Alabama (section)

== Notable people ==
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*[[Woody Abernathy (outfielder)|Woody Abernathy]], former professional baseball outfielder
*[[Sheila Andrews]], [[country music]] singer
*[[Bill Arnsparger]], defensive coordinator in the National Football League (NFL) for [[Miami Dolphins]] teams that won consecutive [[Super Bowl]]s ([[1972 Super Bowl|1972]] and [[1973 Super Bowl|1973]]); head coach of the [[LSU Tigers]] Football team. 
*[[Keith Askins]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]  assistant coach, former player [[Miami Heat]]
*[[Don Black (white nationalist)|Don Black]], [[KKK]] [[Grand Wizard]], [[Neo Nazi]], [[White Nationalist]].
*[[Reed Blankenship]], [[National Football League|NFL]] Safety, for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
*[[Michael Boley]], [[National Football League|NFL]] Outside linebacker [[New York Giants]]
*[[George Ruffin Bridgeforth]], professor [[Tuskegee Institute]], first Black alumnus, [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
*[[Wally Bullington]], head football coach for [[Abilene Christian University]] from 1968 to 1976
*[[Tom Calvin]], former NFL [[halfback (American football)|halfback]]
*[[Dick Coffman]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Slick Coffman]], former Major League Baseball player
*[[Billy Davis (Arizona politician)|Billy Davis]], former member of the [[Arizona State Senate]]
*[[P. O. Davis]], early radio pioneer, agricultural editor and [[Alabama Cooperative Extension System|Alabama Cooperative Extension Service]] educator and administrator
*[[Anderson East]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer who is featured on the [[Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack]]
*[[Richard Hendrix]], professional basketball player
*[[Jake Hess]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[southern gospel]] singer
*[[Brittany Howard]], singer and guitarist with [[Alabama Shakes]]
*[[C. Eric Lincoln]], African-American scholar
*[[Patti J. Malone]], noted African-American mezzo-soprano singer
*[[Bobby Marlow]], former [[Canadian Football League]] running back
*[[John Mason Martin]], U.S. Representative from 1885 to 1887
*[[Mitch McConnell]], U. S. Senator from Kentucky, lived in Athens from 1942 to 1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X0ogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IqYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4678,2857069&dq=mitch+mcconnell+tuscumbia+alabama&hl=en |title="Fact of the Week", ''The Tuscaloosa News'' July 16, 2000 |date=July 16, 2000 |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Alfred McCullough]], American football player
*[[Kevin Miller (radio host)|Kevin Miller]], radio talk show host
*[[Roger Murrah]], songwriter
*[[ Jessie Murph]], Country Singer
*[[Andy Nelson (American football)|Andy Nelson]], former [[safety (American football position)|safety]] for the [[Baltimore Colts]] and [[New York Giants]]
*[[Edmund Pettus]], lawyer, soldier, and [[U.S. Senator]] from 1897 to 1907
*[[Luke Pryor]], served as a U.S. Senator in 1880, and as a [[U.S. Representative]] from 1883 to 1885
*[[Wayne Redmond]], former baseball player for the [[Detroit Tigers]]
*[[William N. Richardson]], U.S. Representative from 1900 to 1914
*[[Philip Rivers]], [[National Football League|NFL]] quarterback, [[San Diego Chargers]]
*[[Charles Henry Sykes]], editorial cartoonist
*[[Charles Coleman Thach]], president of [[Auburn University]] from 1902 to 1920
*[[Alice Vassar LaCour]], Fisk Jubilee singer and teacher
*[[Lee Vickers]], professional football player for the [[Omaha Nighthawks]]
*[[James C. Watkins (potter)|James C. Watkins]], ceramic artist
*[[Quez Watkins]], professional football player
*[[Henry A. White]], Alabama educator and state representative; served on the Athens City Council
*[[Pryor Williams]], former professional football player
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