List of people from Tuskegee, Alabama

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tuskegee, Alabama:

Activism

• Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist
• Thomas Reed, African American Alabama NAACP president, state politician and civil rights activist
• Sammy Younge Jr., Civil Rights Movement activist and voting rights activist

Art

• Frederick Arthur Bridgman, artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects

Athletics

• Cleveland "Cleve" Abbott, coach
• Alice Coachman, first African American female Olympic gold medalist, high jump
• Herman Hill, former Major League Baseball player
• Stanley Jackson, former NBA player
• Ken Johnson, former forward for the Portland Trail Blazers
• Rimp Lanier, former Major League Baseball player
• Chad Lucas, professional football wide receiver
• Zeke Moore, former cornerback for the Houston Oilers
• Chukie Nwokorie, former NFL player
• James Patrick, Canadian football safety
• Gilbert Renfroe, former professional football quarterback
• Gerald Robinson, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end
• Andre Thornton, major league baseball player
• Tony Tolbert, former defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Frank Walker, NFL cornerback
• Rory White, NBA player for the Phoenix Suns, San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, and the Milwaukee Bucks
• Willie Whitehead, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end

Education

• Howard R. Lamar, historian of the American West and a former president of Yale University
• Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, and leader in the African-American community

Government

• Eric Motley, former U.S. State Department official and director of the Aspen Institute
• Frank Park, U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district from 1913 to 1925
• Edward W. Pou, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 4th District from 1901 to 1934
• Charles Winston Thompson, U.S. representative from 1901 to 1904
• Myron Herbert Thompson, senior judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• Michael L. Vaughn, politician who represents District 24 in the Maryland House of Delegates
• Otis D. Wright II, U.S. district judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California

Literature

• Clarissa Scott Delany, poet, essayist, educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance
• Sadie Peterson Delaney, chief librarian of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center for 34 years and a pioneer in bibliotherapy
• Angela Johnson, poet and writer of children's books
• Nella Larsen, author of the Harlem Renaissance
• Phyllis Alesia Perry, novelist and journalist

Military

• Theodore W. Brevard, Jr., officer in the Confederate States Army
• William A. Campbell, member of the Tuskegee Airmen
• Lt Gen Russell C. Davis, former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard
• Evander McIvor Law, American Civil War general
• The Tuskegee Airmen

Music

• Dave Edwards, multireedist and lead alto saxophonist for the Lawrence Welk Show
• Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio DJ
• Lionel Richie, graduated from Tuskegee University, rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and occasional actor
• Caughey Roberts, jazz alto sax player best known for his time in the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1930s

Science

• Keith Black, neurosurgeon
• George Washington Carver, botanist
• Adriel Johnson, biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville who was killed in a mass shooting

Television

• Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America
• Juel Taylor, director and screenwriter
• Keenen Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director

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