Famous People Born in Alabama

Apart from rich culture and heritage, Alabama has raised a lot of successful people who had set an excelling example for others to follow. A lot of famous people of Alabama have made important contributions to the history of the nation and the state of Alabama. These well-known Americans, renowned entertainers, renowned players, renowned scientist, prominent singers, and statesmen, well-known women, heroes as well as great explorers, and other fabulous Americans have all made Alabama their domicile.

  • Channing Tatum Success Story
    Channing Matthew Tatum is an American born actor, model, dancer and producer. His most famous movies include Step Up, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Vow and Magic Mike. ...

  • Mia Hamm Success Story
    Synopsis Mia Hamm was an American soccer player who held the record for the highest number of international goals by either a male or female in soccer history. In 2013, fellow American Abby Wambach overtook her record of 158 goals. Mia is also the third highest cap...

  • Jimmy Wales Success Story
    Jimmy Wales is known as the co-founder of Wikipedia which is a non-profit online encyclopedia. As of October 2013, it is ranked as the 6th most visited site on the planet. In January 2010 only, Wikipedia earned more than 365 million unique...
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    Jesse Owens Success Story

    Childhood Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio as a part of the Great Migration. Owens did odd jobs in his youth to support his family. He worked in a shoe repair shop, load...
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    Tim Cook Success Story
    “No more than five minutes into my initial interview with Steve Jobs, I wanted to throw caution and logic to the wind and join ...
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    Carl Lewis Success Story
    Childhood Frederick Carlton Lewis was born on July 1, 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama. His parents William and Evelyn Lewis ran an athletics club in their neighbourhood which was where Carl and his sister Carol began their athletic training. His parents pushe...

Tuscaloosa, also known as Tuskalusa, Tastaluca, Tuskaluza was a highest chief of a Mississippian chiefdom in the U.S. state of Alabama. His citizens were probably ancestors to the more than a few southern Native American confederacies who later appeared in the region. The modern city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is named for him.

This city is famous for Literature because a lot of contribution for philanthropy comes from Boston. Helen Keller was an author, and political activist, as well as lecturer. She was deaf and blind person still she earned Bachelor of Arts degree due to her hard work. Apart from these people there were many other famous celebrities born here such as the athlete Carlton Lewis, entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, the business man Tim Cook, the football player Mia Hamm, the athlete Jesse Owens, actor Channing Tatum, politician Condoleezza Rice, Rugby player Ken Stabler, an author Harper Lee and many more. This place has given some amazing talented people to the world who are recognized by everyone.