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List of people from Tuskegee, Alabama

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

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Activism

  • Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist
  • Sammy Younge Jr., Civil Rights Movement activists and voting rights activist

    • Art

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

    • Athletics

  • 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 US 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
  • Nathaniel Chisholm, engineer whose research focuses on nanotechnology
  • Adriel Johnson, biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville who was killed in the 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting

    • Television

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

    • References

    List of people from Tuskegee, Alabama Wikipedia
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