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/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
 * 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