Famous People

Tuscaloosa (1540 - ) A chief of the Choctaw tribe who is famous for leading a battle against conquistador Hernando de Soto. Born in What is now Tuscaloosa, AL (14)

Osceola (1804 - 1838) Seminole Indian leader. Born in Tallassee, AL (93)

Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron (1934 - ) Baseball player that holds the record for home runs and runs batted in. Born in Mobile, AL (1)

Nathaniel Adams "Nat King" Cole (1917 - 1965) Popular singer known as the man with the velvet voice and song "Unforgettable". Born in Montgomery, AL (2)

Mae Jemison (1956 - ) First African-American woman in space. Born in Decatur, AL (4)

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) Blind and deaf author and lecturer. Born in Tuscumbia, AL (5)

Harper Lee (1926 - ) Pulitzer Prize author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Born in Monroeville, AL (6)

Carl Lewis (1961 - ) Olympic Gold Medallist in track and field. Born in Birmingham, AL (15)

Joe Louis (1914 - 1981) World heavyweight boxing champion (1937 - 1949); lived in Detroit; Considered to be the greatest heavyweight of all time. Born in LaFayette, AL (279)

Willie Howard Mays (1931 - ) Famous baseball player. Born in Westfield, AL (8)

James Cleveland (Jesse) Owens (1913 - 1980) Track & Field athlete. Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Born in Oakville, AL (9)

Jesse Owens (193 - 1980) Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games; He won the gold medals in Track and Field. Born in Oakville, AL (456)

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) Civil rights leader who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Born in Tuskegee, AL (7)

Heather Whitestone (1973 - ) In 1995 served as the first Miss America chosen with a disability. Born in Dothlan, AL (10)

Hiram "Hank" Williams (1923 - 1953) Country Western singer. Born in Georgiana, AL (11)