List of Auburn, Alabama people

The following is a list of notable Auburnites, people who have lived or are currently living in Auburn, Alabama. Many on the list lived in the city while students at Auburn University.

Academics

• Donald J. Boudreaux - economist, chairman of George Mason University Department of Economics
• Charles Curran - theologian
• John M. Darby - botanist
• Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. - economist, author
• Francis Ernest Lloyd - botanist
• Olav Kallenberg - mathematician
• Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician
• Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry - chemist, crystallographer
• Tibor R. Machan - philosopher, retired from Chapman University in 2014 and past research fellow at the Hoover Institution
• Samuel Mockbee - architect, founder of Auburn's Rural Studio, 2004 AIA Gold Medal
• Mike Reed - computer scientist, director United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology
• Frederick Chapman Robbins - pediatrician, virologist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 1956
• Paul Rudolph - architect, chairman of Yale Department of Architecture, 1958-1965
• Joseph T. Salerno - economist
• Mark Thornton - economist
• Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - historian, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse and other books

Art and literature

• Ace Atkins - author
• Tim Dorsey - author
• Bill Holbrook - cartoonist, "On The Fast Track", "Save Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
• Jimmy Johnson - cartoonist, "Arlo and Janis"
• Madison Jones - author
• Bruce Larsen - artist
• Barry Moser - printmaker and illustrator
• Heberto Padilla - Cuban poet
• Lallah Miles Perry - artist
• Anne Rivers Siddons - author
• William Spratling - silversmith and artist, "father of Mexican silver"

Astronautics

• Jan Davis - space shuttle astronaut, STS-47, STS-60
• Hank Hartsfield - space shuttle astronaut, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
• Ken Mattingly - astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4
• Kathryn C. Thornton - space shuttle astronaut, 2nd American woman in space, STS-33, STS-73
• Clifton Williams - astronaut, Project Gemini
• James S. Voss - space shuttle astronaut, STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, ISS

Athletics

• Charles Barkley - professional basketball player, All-Star
• Joe Beckwith - professional baseball player
• Brandon Boudreaux, professional Canadian football player
• Terry Bowden - football coach, sports commentator
• James Brooks - professional football player, All-Pro
• Ronnie Brown - professional football player
• Kirsty Coventry - swimmer, gold medalist 2004 Olympics
• Rashaan Evans - NFL linebacker and first-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons
• Al Del Greco - professional football player, radio sports personality
• Vince Dooley - football coach
• Jason Dufner - PGA Professional Golfer & former walk-on at Auburn University
• Rowdy Gaines - swimmer, gold medalist 1984 Olympics, world record holder, and television sports commentator
• Harvey Glance - athlete, gold medalist 1976 Olympics
• Jamie Hampton - professional tennis player
• John Heisman - football coach
• Tim Hudson - professional baseball player, All Star pitcher
• Stephen Huss - tennis player, 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion
• Bo Jackson - professional football and baseball player, All-Pro, All-Star, Heisman Trophy winner
• Ralph Jordan - football coach
• Bill Kazmaier - powerlifter, three-time World's Strongest Man
• Joanne P. McCallie - basketball coach
• Will Muschamp - Head Coach University of Florida
• Cam Newton - professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner in 2010, national champion
• Frank Sanders - professional football player
• Maurice Smith - decathlete
• Red Smith - professional baseball player, early 20th century
• Takeo Spikes - professional football player
• Pat Sullivan - professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner in 1971, current coach of Samford University
• Frank Thomas - professional baseball player, All-Star
• Tommy Tuberville - football coach and United States senator
• Osi Umenyiora - professional football player, All-Pro
• DeMarcus Ware - professional football player
• Marcus Washington - professional football player, All-Pro
• Joe Whitt Jr. - professional football coach
• Cadillac Williams - professional football player

Business

• Timothy D. Cook – Apple Computer chief executive officer
• Joe Forehand – chairman, Accenture
• Kenneth R. Giddens – long-term director of Voice of America; TV/radio station founder.
• Samuel Ginn – wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone, board of directors, Chevron – member of Auburn University's board of trustees
• Charles D. Griffin – president, CarboMedics Inc.
• John M. Harbert – founder and CEO Harbert Corporation 1949-1992
• Elmer Beseler Harris – former CEO Alabama Power
• Joel Hurt – engineer, Atlanta businessman
• Bobby Lowder – chairman and CEO of Colonial BancGroup
• Mark Spencer – president and CEO, Digium, creator of Asterisk PBX
• Alvin Vogtle – president, Southern Company; his escape from Stalag Luft III was portrayed in The Great Escape (1963)

Entertainment

• Hot Rod Circuit - punk rock band
• Jimmy Buffett - entertainer
• Bobby Goldsboro - singer, composer
• Thom Gossom Jr. - actor, author, speaker
• Urbie Green - jazz trombonist
• Taylor Hicks - singer, American Idol winner
• Mitch Holleman - child actor
• Victoria Jackson - comedian
• Man or Astro-man? - surf/punk rock band
• Eliot Morris - singer
• Octavia Spencer - Academy Award winning actress
• Toni Tennille - singer, "The Captain & Tennille"
• Kate Higgins - voice actress, singer, musician

Military

• Lloyd Austin - general, Chief of Staff United States Central Command
• James H. Lane - Confederate general
• James E. Livingston - general, United States Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard Marcinko - founder SEAL Team SIX, author, talk radio host
• Forrest S. McCartney - Retired Air Force General
• Hal Moore - lieutenant general, portrayed by Mel Gibson in 'We Were Soldiers' (2002)
• Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. - Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, (1991-1995)
• Hugh Shelton - retired general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001
• Holland Smith - general, United States Marine Corps, "father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare"
• Johnny Micheal Spann - CIA agent and first American killed in combat in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

Politics and government

• Spencer Bachus - US Representative, 1993–present
• Jere Beasley - Governor of Alabama, 1972; Lieutenant Governor 1971-1979
• Sidney Johnston Catts - Governor of Florida, 1917-1921
• Lester Crawford - Commissioner of the FDA, 2005
• Robert Gibbs - 27th White House Press Secretary
• James Thomas Heflin - US Congressman, Representative, 1904-1920; Senator, 1920-1932
• Fob James - Governor of Alabama, 1979-1983, 1995-1999
• John McDuffie - US Representative, 1919-1935, Majority Whip 1931-1933
• Harold Melton - Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 2005–present
• William Hall Milton - US Senator, 1908-1909
• Gordon Persons - Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955
• Wilton Persons - White House Chief of Staff, 1958-1961; major general, U.S. Army
• David Addison Reese - US Representative, 1853-1855
• William J. Samford - Governor of Alabama, 1900-1901
• Joe Turnham - chairman, Alabama Democratic Party
• Pete Turnham - former state representative

Other

• Keith Black - director of neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Lillian Gordy Carter - mother of president Jimmy Carter
• William Chen - poker player, World Series of Poker champion
• Elizabeth Caroline Dowdell - leader of women's patriotic and religious organizations
• Millard Fuller - founder of Habitat for Humanity
• Rheta Grimsley Johnson - syndicated newspaper columnist
• Lewis A. Pick - engineer, US Chief of Engineers 1949-1953
• Lew Rockwell - president of the Mises Institute
• Cynthia Tucker - syndicated columnist, editorial page editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Jimmy Wales - co-founder of Wikipedia
• Eric Harshbarger - puzzle designer