List of people from Demopolis, Alabama
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Demopolis, Alabama
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Demopolis, Alabama
Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 7,483 at the time of the 2010 United States Census....
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Athletics
- Tommy BrookerTommy BrookerWilliam Thomas “Tommy” Brooker is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player....
, professionalfootball player. - Robbie Jones, (Football) N.Y. Giants, Alabama Crimson Tide
- Paul PhillipsPaul Phillips (baseball)Paul Anthony Phillips is an American professional baseball catcher. He attended the University of Alabama. He is a first cousin of infielder Andy Phillips....
, major league baseball player. - Andy PhillipsAndy PhillipsGeorge Andrew "Andy" Phillips is the current assistant coach for The University of Alabama's baseball team. He has played for the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. Phillips was raised in Demopolis, Alabama, where he played baseball for the Demopolis Academy...
, major league baseball player. - Theo RatliffTheo RatliffTheophilus Curtis Ratliff , better known as Theo Ratliff, is an American professional basketball player who last played with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. Primarily a center, he was an excellent shot-blocker who has led the league three times in blocks per game...
, professional basketball player. - Emanuel ZandersEmanuel ZandersEmanuel Zanders was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Jackson State University....
(Football) New Orleans Saints, Jackson State
Business
- Jim RogersJim RogersJames Beeland Rogers, Jr. is an American investor, author, and occasional financial commentator. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc...
, financier and co-founder of the Quantum Fund. - Arthur George Gaston businessman, real estate tycoon, civil rights leader
Literature
- James HaskinsJames HaskinsJames Haskins was a prolific and award-winning author with more than one hundred books for both adults and children. Many of his books highlight the achievements of African Americans and cover the history and culture of Africa and the African American experience...
(1941-2005), author (Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, The Cotton Club, Black Music in America, Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions. For younger readers, The March on Washington, Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation). - Michelle RichmondMichelle RichmondMichelle Richmond is an American novelist and essayist.Richmond's first book, the story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, won the Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction in 2000 and was published by University of Massachusetts Press in 2001. Her first novel, Dream of the Blue...
(November 12, 1970), fiction writer and essayist (The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, Dream of the Blue Room). - Hudson StrodeHudson StrodeHudson Strode was an author and professor of creative writing at the University of Alabama. He taught at the University of Alabama from 1916 until his retirement in 1963. His creative writing classes gained international fame for the literary successes achieved by his students. Strode’s students...
(1892-1976) teacher of creative writing at the University of AlabamaUniversity of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
from 1924-1964, honored in by King Gustaf VI Adolf of SwedenGustaf VI Adolf of SwedenGustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...
for contributions strengthening the cultural relations between the United States and Sweden.
Science
- Samuel GinnSamuel GinnSamuel L. Ginn , a native of Anniston, Alabama, received a degree in industrial management from Auburn University in 1959. He is considered a pioneer in the wireless communications industry and is a retired chairman and CEO of Vodafone AirTouch, PLC. Ginn was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley for an...
, A pioneer in the wireless communications industry who served as chairman of VodafoneVodafoneVodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
and now serves as a member of the Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
Board of Trustees and is the namesake for AU’s Ginn College of Engineering. - Waldo SemonWaldo SemonWaldo Lonsbury Semon was a renowned American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama.Semon put his name into the history books for inventing vinyl, the world's second most used plastic. He found the formula for vinyl by mixing a few synthetic polymers, and the result was a substance that was elastic,...
, an inductee of the Inventor Hall of Fame and the inventor of vinylVinylA vinyl compound is any organic compound that contains a vinyl group ,which are derivatives of ethene, CH2=CH2, with one hydrogen atom replaced with some other group...
and holder of over a hundred patents, was born in Demopolis.