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
 * Keenen Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director