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
 * 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

 * 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