Editing Lanett, Alabama (section)

==Notable people==

*[[Desi Barmore]] (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
* [[Linton Lomas Barrett]], educator, administrator, diplomat, editor, [[Hispanist]] and translator of [[Romance language]]s
* [[Josh Cooper (defensive end)|Josh Cooper]], professional football [[defensive end]]
* [[John Copeland]], former [[Alabama Crimson Tide]] [[All-America]]n who played on 1992 National Champs, NFL player for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
* [[Josh Evans (defensive lineman)|Josh Evans]], former [[UAB Blazers|University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazer]] and NFL player for the [[Houston Oilers]], [[Tennessee Titans]] and [[New York Jets]]
* [[Millard Fuller]], founder of [[Habitat for Humanity]], born in nearby [[Cusseta, Alabama|Cusseta]], graduate of Lanett High School
* [[Fred Hatfield]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Hal Herring]], former [[Auburn University]] and professional football player; served as the defensive coordinator for Auburn from 1953 to 1965.
* [[Dave Hill (American football)|Dave Hill]], former Auburn offensive lineman; played for [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in first Super Bowl
* [[Bobby Hunt (American football)|Bobby Hunt]], former [[Auburn University]] and Kansas City Chiefs defensive back who played in the first Super Bowl
* [[Fob James]], 48th governor of Alabama, born in Lanett
* [[Jimmy Johnson (cartoonist)|Jimmy Johnson]], cartoonist
* [[Walt Landers]], former NFL running back
* [[Jesse Francis McClendon]], chemist, zoologist and physiologist
* [[Marcus Pollard]], NFL executive
* [[John Levi Sheppard]], U.S. Representative<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000336 |title=SHEPPARD, John Levi – Biographical Information |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Willie Sims (basketball)|Willie Sims]], basketball player
* Charlie Starr (Gray), Musician, guitarist and lead singer of southern rock band [[Blackberry Smoke]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://countrytown.com/features/my-countrytown-charlie-starr-from-blackberry-smoke-lanett-alabama/Yyt_d3Z5eHs/29-06-21|title=My Countrytown: Charlie Starr from Blackberry Smoke – Lanett, Alabama|work=Countrytown|date=June 29, 2021|first=Mallory|last=Arbour|access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/southern-comfort-the-unconventional-story-of-blackberry-smoke|title=Southern comfort: the unconventional story of Blackberry Smoke|work=Louder|first=Polly|last=Glass|date=July 2, 2021|access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Dick Wood]], former Auburn and AFL quarterback, NFL assistant coach