# 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