List of people from Mobile, Alabama

This is a list of notable people, past and present, who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mobile, Alabama: == Literature == Manda Collins, historical romance author Augusta Jane Evans, author Abby Fisher, cook, author Winston Groom, author, best known for Forrest Gump Melinda Haynes, author Roy Hoffman, author Michael Knight, university professor and author Anne Bozeman Lyon, writer William March, author and World War I veteran William P. McGivern, author Albert Murray, author Michelle Richmond, author Emma Langdon Roche, author and artist == Arts and entertainment == Curry Barker, YouTuber and film director Yolande Betbeze, Miss America 1951 Dorothy E. Hayes, graphic designer, educator Bob Holly, professional wrestler known as "Hardcore Holly" Bill Moody, professional wrestling manager known as Percy Pringle and Paul Bearer Kathryn Morgan, ballet dancer Dan Povenmire, animator and co-creator of Phineas and Ferb Geoff Ramsey, co-founder of Rooster Teeth John Augustus Walker, artist known for his paintings and murals Eugene Walter, labeled "Mobile's Renaissance Man" for diverse activities in the arts; interred in 1998 in historic Church Street Graveyard by special resolution of the city == Business == Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. George Washington Dennis, former slave, entrepreneur, real estate developer, and advocate for Black rights James M. Fail, chairman of Bluebonnet Savings Bank Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker Geoffrey Sauer, web publisher, theorist, and author == Film and television == Laverne Cox, actress and producer Phil Gordon, actor and dialect coach Connie Bea Hope, television personality Orlando Jones, comedian and actor Danny Lipford, contractor and TV host Jonathan Mangum, host, Let's Make a Deal Fayard Nicholas, dancer of the Nicholas Brothers Dan Povenmire, television director, television writer, and producer James "JT" Thomas Jr., million-dollar winner of Survivor: Tocantins Richard Tyson, film actor Curry Barker, film director of “Obsession”.

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List of people from Mobile, Alabama

This is a list of notable people, past and present, who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mobile, Alabama: == Literature == Manda Collins, historical romance author Augusta Jane Evans, author Abby Fisher, cook, author Winston Groom, author, best known for Forrest Gump Melinda Haynes, author Roy Hoffman, author Michael Knight, university professor and author Anne Bozeman Lyon, writer William March, author and World War I veteran William P. McGivern, author Albert Murray, author Michelle Richmond, author Emma Langdon Roche, author and artist == Arts and entertainment == Curry Barker, YouTuber and film director Yolande Betbeze, Miss America 1951 Dorothy E. Hayes, graphic designer, educator Bob Holly, professional wrestler known as "Hardcore Holly" Bill Moody, professional wrestling manager known as Percy Pringle and Paul Bearer Kathryn Morgan, ballet dancer Dan Povenmire, animator and co-creator of Phineas and Ferb Geoff Ramsey, co-founder of Rooster Teeth John Augustus Walker, artist known for his paintings and murals Eugene Walter, labeled "Mobile's Renaissance Man" for diverse activities in the arts; interred in 1998 in historic Church Street Graveyard by special resolution of the city == Business == Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. George Washington Dennis, former slave, entrepreneur, real estate developer, and advocate for Black rights James M. Fail, chairman of Bluebonnet Savings Bank Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker Geoffrey Sauer, web publisher, theorist, and author == Film and television == Laverne Cox, actress and producer Phil Gordon, actor and dialect coach Connie Bea Hope, television personality Orlando Jones, comedian and actor Danny Lipford, contractor and TV host Jonathan Mangum, host, Let's Make a Deal Fayard Nicholas, dancer of the Nicholas Brothers Dan Povenmire, television director, television writer, and producer James "JT" Thomas Jr., million-dollar winner of Survivor: Tocantins Richard Tyson, film actor Curry Barker, film director of “Obsession”.

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