# List of people from Gadsden, Alabama

This is a list of people from Gadsden, Alabama, United States.

## Activism

* Patricia Swift Blalock, librarian and civil rights activist
* Sweet Alice Harris, community organizer based in Watts, Los Angeles, California
* James Hood, one of the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama

## Art

* Charles Clyde Ebbets, photographer
* John Solomon Sandridge, painter, sculptor, artist

## Athletics

* Lou Allen, former NFL offensive lineman
* Ron Billingsley, retired football player
* Michael Boley, professional football linebacker
* Dave Bustion, former professional basketball player
* Chris Davis, mixed martial arts fighter
* Alan Dunn, former professional baseball player
* Jim Dunn, former professional baseball pitcher
* Danny Ford, former college football coach for the Clemson University Tigers
* Hersh Freeman, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
* Jenks Gillem, former football player and coach
* Bill Green, former basketball player for Colorado State University
* Steve Grissom, NASCAR driver
* Jim Guthrie, former driver in the Indy Racing League
* Brick Haley, collegiate defensive line coach
* Jerrell Harris, NFL linebacker
* La'Donte Harris, former wide receiver for the Clemson Tigers
* George Herring, former professional football quarterback and punter
* Stacy Jones, former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Dre Kirkpatrick, defensive back for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team
* Freddie Kitchens, Head Coach for the Cleveland Browns
* Aaron Pearson, football player
* Willie Scott, former professional basketball player
* Steve Shields, retired baseball player
* Ted Sizemore, former major league baseball player
* Warren Smith, former professional golfer
* Jason Smoots, sprinter
* Jerry Watford, football player
* Carnell Williams, running back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

## Business

* Milton K. Cummings, former cotton broker and space-defense business executive

## Education

* Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University professor, author, and past president of the American Political Science Association
* Michael G. Scales, president of Nyack College

## Food

* Garry Kennebrew, pitmaster and restaurateur at Uncle John's BBQ

## Government and law

* James B. Allen, former United States Senator
* Marion Blakey, former United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator
* H. Dean Buttram Jr., former United States federal judge
* W. T. Ewing, politician, physician, postmaster
* Craig Ford, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
* Ira Roe Foster, Quartermaster General of Georgia, member of the Alabama Senate
* George C. Hawkins, member of both houses of the Alabama legislature; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1964
* James D. Martin, former United States Representative, pioneer Republican political figure in Alabama
* Roy Moore, controversial "Ten Commandments" judge
* John Perkins Ralls, physician who served in the First Confederate Congress
* Emma Sansom, aided the Southern Confederacy during the Civil War
* Pat Swindall, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district from 1985 to 1989

## Literature

* Linda Howard, romance novelist
* Jake Adam York, poet

## Military

* Isaac Foote Dortch, captain in the United States Navy who was awarded the Navy Cross for actions during World War I
* Edgar Huff, first African-American in the United States Marine Corps to be promoted to the rank of sergeant major
* William L. Sibert, United States Army major general, considered the "Father of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps"
* Gary D. Speer, U.S. Army lieutenant general

## Modeling

* Holley Ann Dorrough, former Playboy Playmate

## Music

* Clever, singer, songwriter, musician
* Jean Cox, former tenor and opera singer
* Bradley Gaskin, country music singer
* Gold City, Southern gospel group
* Rex Griffin, country music singer and songwriter
* Mathew Knowles, manager of Destiny's Child and father of Beyoncé Knowles
* Grant Langston, singer-songwriter
* Eric Martin, lead singer for rock group Mr. Big
* Aimee Mayo, songwriter
* Danny Mayo, songwriter
* Jerry McCain, blues artist
* Tommy Stewart, trumpeter and 1988 inductee into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
* Yelawolf, rapper, signed to Shady Records

## Science

* Jennie Patrick, pioneer of research on supercritical fluid extraction

## Television and film

* Phillip Alford, former actor, noted for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird
* Beth Grant, actress
* Britt Leach, actor
* Sunny Mabrey, actress