Bessemer, Alabama

Bessemer is a city in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a suburb of Birmingham near Hueytown. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census. Notable residents Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver Alex Bradford, composer, singer, arranger, and choir director Mildred Brown, journalist Earl Cochran Jr., NFL player Thornton Dial, African-American folk artist Virginia Hill, actress, mob courier and girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel Frank House, born in Bessemer, major league baseball player Bo Jackson, NFL football and MLB baseball player Kerry Rhodes, NFL player Diana Ross, singer Demeco Ryans, NFL player Glenn Shadix, American actor Sun Ra, Avant-garde jazz musician and metaphysical progressive Tim Ward, philanthropist Corey White, NFL player Jack Whitten, abstract painter Andre Williams, singer and producer References