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==Notable people== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Jonathan Allen]], NFL football player * [[Edward Almond|General Edward "Ned" Almond]], active during Korean War * [[George T. Anderson]], Civil War general * [[Ray Anderson (boxer)|Ray Anderson]], boxer * [[Michael Biehn]], actor * [[Larry Bowie (running back)|Larry Bowie]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player * [[Anne Braden]], civil rights activist * [[Winifred Burks-Houck]], organic chemist * [[June Burn]], author * [[Keith Butler (American football)|Keith Butler]], NFL player and football coach * [[Red Byron]], [[NASCAR]] driver * [[Asa Earl Carter]], [[segregationist]], speech writer, and author of ''[[The Education of Little Tree]]'' * [[Quinton Caver]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player * [[B. B. Comer]], 33rd [[Governor of Alabama]] * [[John Craton]], classical composer * [[Louie Crew]], emeritus professor, poet, gay activist * [[Michael Curry (basketball)|Michael Curry]], NBA player, [[Florida Atlantic University]] head coach * [[Cow Cow Davenport]], [[boogie-woogie]] pianist * [[Eric Davis (American football)|Eric Davis]], NFL cornerback * [[William L. Dawson (composer)|William Levi Dawson]] (1899β1990), composer, whose best-known work is his ''[[Negro Folk Symphony]]'' * [[Nannie Doss]], serial killer * [[Bobby Edwards]], country music singer known for "[[You're the Reason]]" * [[Ruth Elder]], pilot, first female aviator to attempt to cross the Atlantic in 1927, founding member of the 99's, silent movie actress * [[Andra Franklin]], NFL football player * [[David F. Friedman]], filmmaker and film producer * [[James R. Hall]], retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army; final commanding officer of the [[Fourth United States Army]] * William C. Hamilton Jr., last commanding officer of the [[USS Enterprise CVN-65|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]], the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.<ref>{{cite web | last = Baird | first = Dave | title = Auburn Graduate's Ship Celebrates Anniversary | publisher = WBMA | date = November 23, 2011 | url = http://www.abc3340.com/story/16115110/auburn-graduates-ship-celebrates-anniversary}}</ref> * [[James Harman]], blues singer, harmonica player * [[Audrey Marie Hilley]], infamous for poisoning her husband and trying to poison her daughter * [[Delvin Lamar Hughley]], NFL and Arena Football player * [[Ken Hutcherson]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player and religious leader * [[Thomas Kilby]], [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Alabama|eighth Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]] and the [[List of Governors of Alabama|36th]] [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] of Alabama<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_kilbyt.html| title=Thomas Erby Kilby| publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History| access-date=August 20, 2012| archive-date=May 3, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503121809/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_kilbyt.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Douglas Leigh]], innovative lighting designer of [[Times Square]] and [[Empire State Building]] * [[Perry Lentz]], author and professor of English * [[Harry Mabry]], television news director and anchor * [[Kivuusama Mays]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player * [[Lucky Millinder]], [[rhythm and blues]] and [[Swing music|swing]] bandleader and singer * [[George C. Nichopoulos]], physician known as Dr. Nick; raised in Anniston * [[Robert Ernest Noble]], U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Cody |date=September 19, 1956 |title=Gen. Noble Passes at 85 In Hospital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107095007/noble/ |work=[[The Anniston Star]] |location=Anniston, AL |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * [[Tommy O'Brien (baseball)|Tommy O'Brien]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] third base and outfielder; born, died and interred in Anniston * [[Katherine Orrison]], author and film historian * [[Owsley (musician)|Will Owsley]], [[Grammy]]-nominated singer-songwriter * [[John L. Pennington]], newspaper publisher, governor of [[Dakota Territory]] * [[Tito Perdue]], novelist, was raised in Anniston.<ref>Jim Knipfel, "America's Lost Literary Genius," ''New York Press'' (12 June 2001). http://www.nypress.com/tito-perdue-americas-lost-literary-genius/</ref> * [[Troymaine Pope]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player * [[John Reaves]], quarterback, [[Florida Gators football|University of Florida]] and [[NFL]] * [[Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)|Mike D. Rogers]], congressman from [[Alabama's 3rd congressional district|Alabama's 3rd district]] * [[Samuel U. Rodgers]], physician, educator, and public health advocate<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Rodgers SU |title=Kansas City General Hospital No.2. A historical summary |journal=Journal of the National Medical Association |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=525β44 |date=September 1962 |pmid=14493107 |pmc=2642144 |url=https://www.kcnma.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NMAarticle1962.pdf}}</ref> * [[David Satcher]], Surgeon General, 1998β2002 * [[Patrick "J. Que" Smith]], [[Grammy]]-winning songwriter * [[Tremon Smith]], cornerback for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] * [[Willie Smith (outfielder)|Willie Smith]], MLB pitcher and outfielder * [[Daffney|Shannon Spruill]], professional wrestler * [[Vaughn Stewart]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player * [[Vaughn Stewart (politician)|Vaughn Stewart III]], delegate in [[Maryland General Assembly]] * [[Max Wellborn]], chairman and governor of Atlanta Fed {{div col end}}
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