List of people from Selma, Alabama

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Selma, Alabama: == Activism == Patricia Swift Blalock – librarian and civil rights activist Joanne Bland – civil rights movement activist J.L. Chestnut – author, attorney, and a figure in the U.S. civil rights movement Annie Lee Cooper – long-time civil rights activist who was active in the 1965 Selma voting rights movement Willis Nathaniel Huggins – historian and social activist Frederick D. Reese – voting rights movement leader Amelia Boynton Robinson – voting rights movement leader and long-time civic activist in Selma == Art == Mary Morgan Keipp – noted figure in the art photography movement of the early 20th century Clara Weaver Parrish – artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor – artist == Athletics == Zinn Beck – former MLB infielder; managed the first Selma Cloverleafs from 1928 to 1930, winning the Southeastern League pennant in 1930 Curtis Berry – former professional basketball player David Beverly – former Auburn University and NFL player Charles Davis – member of the Azerbaijan national basketball team Cid Edwards – former NFL player Mia Hamm – former professional soccer player Candy Harris – former MLB player for the Houston Astros Gunnar Henderson – MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles Michael Johnson – professional football player, NFL, Cincinnati Bengals James Ralph "Shug" Jordan – former head football coach of Auburn University Terry Leach – former professional baseball player MLB, baseball field at Bloch Park named for him Larry Marks – professional boxer William Clarence Matthews – former baseball player, lawyer, first head football coach for Tuskegee University and civil rights activist Pat McHugh – former professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles Ben Obomanu – professional football player, NFL, New York Jets L. Vann Pettaway – men's basketball head coach of Alabama A&M from 1986 to 2011 Ken Pettway – player of gridiron football Hosken Powell – former Major League Baseball right fielder Cal Ramsey – former NBA player Ed Steele – former professional baseball outfielder == Business == Olan Mills Sr. – photographer and founder of Olan Mills Richard Scrushy – founder of HealthSouth Craig Vetter – motorcycle designer Lulu White – brothel madam and procuress == Education == Bogart Leashore – social worker, sociologist, dean of Hunter College school of social work (1991–2003) Minnie Bruce Pratt – educator, activist, and essayist Frank Warner – folk song collector and former YMCA executive == Fashion == Eunice W. Johnson – founder and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair == Government == David Abner – former member of the Texas Legislature Ann Bedsole – member of both houses of the Alabama State Legislature 1979–1995 from Mobile, born in 1930 in Selma Jo Bonner – U.S. representative from 2003 to 2013 Janice Bowling – member of the Tennessee Senate Jim Clark – Selma sheriff during the 1965 voting rights campaign George Henry Craig, former U.S. Congressman for the 4th District of Alabama William Benjamin Craig – U.S. representative from 1907 to 1911 Suzan DelBene – U.S. representative for Washington's 1st congressional district Jeremiah Haralson – U.S. representative from 1875 to 1877 Sam Hobbs – U.S. representative from 1935 to 1951 Truman McGill Hobbs – United States federal judge Michael W. Jackson – district attorney Thomas S. Kenan – U.S. representative from 1805 to 1811 William Rufus King – vice president of the United States, U.S. senator, minister to France William Lehman – U.S. representative from 1973 to 1993 John Tyler Morgan – U.S. senator from 1877 to 1907, major general, CSA James Perkins, Jr.

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List of people from Selma, Alabama

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Selma, Alabama: == Activism == Patricia Swift Blalock – librarian and civil rights activist Joanne Bland – civil rights movement activist J.L. Chestnut – author, attorney, and a figure in the U.S. civil rights movement Annie Lee Cooper – long-time civil rights activist who was active in the 1965 Selma voting rights movement Willis Nathaniel Huggins – historian and social activist Frederick D. Reese – voting rights movement leader Amelia Boynton Robinson – voting rights movement leader and long-time civic activist in Selma == Art == Mary Morgan Keipp – noted figure in the art photography movement of the early 20th century Clara Weaver Parrish – artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor – artist == Athletics == Zinn Beck – former MLB infielder; managed the first Selma Cloverleafs from 1928 to 1930, winning the Southeastern League pennant in 1930 Curtis Berry – former professional basketball player David Beverly – former Auburn University and NFL player Charles Davis – member of the Azerbaijan national basketball team Cid Edwards – former NFL player Mia Hamm – former professional soccer player Candy Harris – former MLB player for the Houston Astros Gunnar Henderson – MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles Michael Johnson – professional football player, NFL, Cincinnati Bengals James Ralph "Shug" Jordan – former head football coach of Auburn University Terry Leach – former professional baseball player MLB, baseball field at Bloch Park named for him Larry Marks – professional boxer William Clarence Matthews – former baseball player, lawyer, first head football coach for Tuskegee University and civil rights activist Pat McHugh – former professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles Ben Obomanu – professional football player, NFL, New York Jets L. Vann Pettaway – men's basketball head coach of Alabama A&M from 1986 to 2011 Ken Pettway – player of gridiron football Hosken Powell – former Major League Baseball right fielder Cal Ramsey – former NBA player Ed Steele – former professional baseball outfielder == Business == Olan Mills Sr. – photographer and founder of Olan Mills Richard Scrushy – founder of HealthSouth Craig Vetter – motorcycle designer Lulu White – brothel madam and procuress == Education == Bogart Leashore – social worker, sociologist, dean of Hunter College school of social work (1991–2003) Minnie Bruce Pratt – educator, activist, and essayist Frank Warner – folk song collector and former YMCA executive == Fashion == Eunice W. Johnson – founder and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair == Government == David Abner – former member of the Texas Legislature Ann Bedsole – member of both houses of the Alabama State Legislature 1979–1995 from Mobile, born in 1930 in Selma Jo Bonner – U.S. representative from 2003 to 2013 Janice Bowling – member of the Tennessee Senate Jim Clark – Selma sheriff during the 1965 voting rights campaign George Henry Craig, former U.S. Congressman for the 4th District of Alabama William Benjamin Craig – U.S. representative from 1907 to 1911 Suzan DelBene – U.S. representative for Washington's 1st congressional district Jeremiah Haralson – U.S. representative from 1875 to 1877 Sam Hobbs – U.S. representative from 1935 to 1951 Truman McGill Hobbs – United States federal judge Michael W. Jackson – district attorney Thomas S. Kenan – U.S. representative from 1805 to 1811 William Rufus King – vice president of the United States, U.S. senator, minister to France William Lehman – U.S. representative from 1973 to 1993 John Tyler Morgan – U.S. senator from 1877 to 1907, major general, CSA James Perkins, Jr.

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