# List of Auburn, Alabama people

The following is a list of notable Auburnites, people who have lived or are currently living in Auburn, Alabama. Many on the list lived in the city while students at Auburn University.

## Academics

* Donald J. Boudreaux - economist, chairman of George Mason University Department of Economics
* Charles Curran - theologian
* John M. Darby - botanist
* Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. - economist, author
* Francis Ernest Lloyd - botanist
* Olav Kallenberg - mathematician
* Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician
* Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry - chemist, crystallographer
* Tibor R. Machan - philosopher, retired from Chapman University in 2014 and past research fellow at the Hoover Institution
* Samuel Mockbee - architect, founder of Auburn's Rural Studio, 2004 AIA Gold Medal
* Mike Reed - computer scientist, director United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology
* Frederick Chapman Robbins - pediatrician, virologist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1956
* Paul Rudolph - architect, chairman of Yale Department of Architecture, 1958-1965
* Joseph T. Salerno - economist
* Mark Thornton - economist
* Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - historian, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse and other books

## Art and literature

* Ace Atkins - author
* Tim Dorsey - author
* Bill Holbrook - cartoonist, "On The Fast Track", "Save Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
* Jimmy Johnson - cartoonist, "Arlo and Janis"
* Madison Jones - author
* Bruce Larsen - artist
* Barry Moser - printmaker and illustrator
* Heberto Padilla - Cuban poet
* Lallah Miles Perry - artist
* Anne Rivers Siddons - author
* William Spratling - silversmith and artist, "father of Mexican silver"

## Astronautics

* Jan Davis - space shuttle astronaut, STS-47, STS-60
* Hank Hartsfield - space shuttle astronaut, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
* Ken Mattingly - astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4
* Kathryn C. Thornton - space shuttle astronaut, 2nd American woman in space, STS-33, STS-73
* Clifton Williams - astronaut, Project Gemini
* James S. Voss - space shuttle astronaut, STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, ISS

## Athletics

* Charles Barkley - professional basketball player, All-Star
* Joe Beckwith - professional baseball player
* Brandon Boudreaux, professional Canadian football player
* Terry Bowden - football coach, sports commentator
* James Brooks - professional football player, All-Pro
* Ronnie Brown - professional football player
* Kirsty Coventry - swimmer, gold medalist 2004 Olympics
* Rashaan Evans - NFL linebacker and first-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons
* Al Del Greco - professional football player, radio sports personality
* Vince Dooley - football coach
* Jason Dufner - PGA Professional Golfer & former walk-on at Auburn University
* Rowdy Gaines - swimmer, gold medalist 1984 Olympics, world record holder, and television sports commentator
* Harvey Glance - athlete, gold medalist 1976 Olympics
* Jamie Hampton - professional tennis player
* John Heisman - football coach
* Tim Hudson - professional baseball player, All Star pitcher
* Stephen Huss - tennis player, 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion
* Bo Jackson - professional football and baseball player, All-Pro, All-Star, Heisman Trophy winner
* Ralph Jordan - football coach
* Bill Kazmaier - powerlifter, three-time World's Strongest Man
* Joanne P. McCallie - basketball coach
* Will Muschamp - Head Coach University of Florida
* Cam Newton - professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner in 2010, national champion
* Frank Sanders - professional football player
* Maurice Smith - decathlete
* Red Smith - professional baseball player, early 20th century
* Takeo Spikes - professional football player
* Pat Sullivan - professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner in 1971, current coach of Samford University
* Frank Thomas - professional baseball player, All-Star
* Tommy Tuberville - football coach
* Osi Umenyiora - professional football player, All-Pro
* DeMarcus Ware - professional football player
* Marcus Washington - professional football player, All-Pro
* Joe Whitt Jr. - professional football coach
* Cadillac Williams - professional football player

## Business

* Timothy D. Cook – Apple Computer chief executive officer
* Joe Forehand – chairman, Accenture
* Kenneth R. Giddens – long-term director of Voice of America; TV/radio station founder.
* Samuel Ginn – wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone, board of directors, Chevron – member of Auburn University's board of trustees
* Charles D. Griffin – president, CarboMedics Inc.
* John M. Harbert – founder and CEO Harbert Corporation 1949-1992
* Elmer Beseler Harris – former CEO Alabama Power
* Joel Hurt – engineer, Atlanta businessman
* Bobby Lowder – chairman and CEO of Colonial BancGroup
* Mark Spencer – president and CEO, Digium, creator of Asterisk PBX
* Alvin Vogtle – president, Southern Company; his escape from Stalag Luft III was portrayed in The Great Escape (1963)

## Entertainment

* Hot Rod Circuit - punk rock band
* Jimmy Buffett - entertainer
* Bobby Goldsboro - singer, composer
* Thom Gossom Jr. - actor, author, speaker
* Urbie Green - jazz trombonist
* Taylor Hicks - singer, American Idol winner
* Mitch Holleman - child actor
* Victoria Jackson - comedian
* Man or Astro-man? - surf/punk rock band
* Eliot Morris - singer
* Octavia Spencer - Academy Award winning actress
* Toni Tennille - singer, "The Captain & Tennille"
* Kate Higgins - voice actress, singer, musician

## Military

* Lloyd Austin - general, Chief of Staff United States Central Command
* James H. Lane - Confederate general
* James E. Livingston - general, United States Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient
* Richard Marcinko - founder SEAL Team SIX, author, talk radio host
* Forrest S. McCartney - Retired Air Force General
* Hal Moore - lieutenant general, portrayed by Mel Gibson in 'We Were Soldiers' (2002)
* Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. - Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, (1991-1995)
* Hugh Shelton - retired general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001
* Holland Smith - general, United States Marine Corps, "father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare"
* Johnny Micheal Spann - CIA agent and first American killed in combat in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

## Politics and government

* Spencer Bachus - US Representative, 1993–present
* Jere Beasley - Governor of Alabama, 1972; Lieutenant Governor 1971-1979
* Sidney Johnston Catts - Governor of Florida, 1917-1921
* Lester Crawford - Commissioner of the FDA, 2005
* Robert Gibbs - 27th White House Press Secretary
* James Thomas Heflin - US Congressman, Representative, 1904-1920; Senator, 1920-1932
* Fob James - Governor of Alabama, 1979-1983, 1995-1999
* John McDuffie - US Representative, 1919-1935, Majority Whip 1931-1933
* Harold Melton - Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 2005–present
* William Hall Milton - US Senator, 1908-1909
* Gordon Persons - Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955
* Wilton Persons - White House Chief of Staff, 1958-1961; major general, U.S. Army
* David Addison Reese - US Representative, 1853-1855
* William J. Samford - Governor of Alabama, 1900-1901
* Joe Turnham - chairman, Alabama Democratic Party
* Pete Turnham - former state representative

## Other

* Keith Black - director of neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
* Lillian Gordy Carter - mother of president Jimmy Carter
* William Chen - poker player, World Series of Poker champion
* Elizabeth Caroline Dowdell - leader of women's patriotic and religious organizations
* Millard Fuller - founder of Habitat for Humanity
* Rheta Grimsley Johnson - syndicated newspaper columnist
* Lewis A. Pick - engineer, US Chief of Engineers 1949-1953
* Lew Rockwell - president of the Mises Institute
* Cynthia Tucker - syndicated columnist, editorial page editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
* Jimmy Wales - co-founder of Wikipedia
* Eric Harshbarger - puzzle designer