List of Famous people born in Alabama, United States of America

Archibald Hill Carmichael

First Name Archibald
Last Name Carmichael
Born on June 17, 1864
Died on July 15, 1947 (aged 83)

Archibald Hill Carmichael was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937.

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Heather Whitestone

First Name Heather
Last Name Whitestone
Born on February 24, 1973 (age 53)

Heather Leigh Whitestone McCallum is a former beauty queen and conservative activist who was the first deaf Miss America title holder, having lost most of her hearing at age 18 months.

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John A. Winston

First Name John
Last Name Winston
Born on September 4, 1812
Died on December 21, 1871 (aged 59)

John Anthony Winston was the 15th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1853 to 1857. He was born in 1812 in Madison County, Alabama Territory, and became the first native born governor of Alabama. He was a son of William Winston and Mary Cooper of Tuscumbia Alabama. William was a son of Anthony Winston and Keziah Jones former residents of Buckingham County Virginia. John Anthony Winston married his first cousin, Mary Agness Jones, on August 7, 1832 in Madison County Alabama. He died December 21, 1871 in Mobile, Alabama and is buried in the Winston Family Cemetery near Gainesville in Sumter County Alabama. He had only one child, a daughter, Mary Agnes Winston. In January 1867 he presented his credentials to the United States Senate as Senator-elect from Alabama for the term 1867–1873, but was not permitted to take his seat.

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Emmet O'Neal

First Name Emmet
Last Name O'Neal
Born on September 23, 1853
Died on September 7, 1922 (aged 68)

Emmet O'Neal was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who was the 34th Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915. He was a reformer in the progressive mold, and is best known for securing the commission form of government for the cities of Alabama.

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William H. Kitchin

First Name William
Last Name Kitchin
Born on December 22, 1837
Died on February 2, 1901 (aged 63)

William Hodge Kitchin was an American lawyer, Confederate soldier and politician who served one-term U.S. Congressman from North Carolina as a Democrat. A white supremacist, Kitchin spent much of his political career attempting to curb African American advances within the state, although he briefly was a member of the Populists which worked with African Americans.

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Robert L. Williams

First Name Robert
Last Name Williams
Born on December 20, 1868
Died on April 10, 1948 (aged 79)

Robert Lee Williams was an American lawyer, judge, and the third governor of Oklahoma. Williams played a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution and served as the first Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice. He also served as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. As Governor, Williams oversaw the state's response to the United States Supreme Court's ruling against Jim Crow laws and its involvement in World War I. He instituted the Oklahoma State Board of Affairs, which provided central purchasing services to state agencies. Due to his direct administrative role and concentration of power, Williams counteracted the loss of executive power under Governor Lee Cruce.

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Charles Henderson

First Name Charles
Last Name Henderson
Born on April 26, 1860
Died on January 7, 1937 (aged 76)

Charles Henderson was the 35th Governor of Alabama from 1915 to 1919 and a member of the Democratic Party. Before serving as governor, Henderson was mayor of Troy, Alabama from 1886 to 1906 and played a key role in Troy’s business and civic development. After his term as governor, Henderson remained active in the community. In 1937, after a bout with influenza, Henderson suffered a stroke and died at age 76. The public high school and middle school in Troy bear his name.

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Billy "Green" Bush

First Name Billy
Last Name Bush

William Warren Bush is an American actor, usually credited as Billy "Green" Bush and sometimes as Billy Greenbush.

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Thomas H. Watts

First Name Thomas
Last Name Watts
Born on January 3, 1819
Died on August 16, 1892 (aged 73)

Thomas Hill Watts was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War.

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LeRoy Pope Walker

First Name LeRoy
Last Name Walker
Born on February 7, 1817
Died on August 23, 1884 (aged 67)

LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War.

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