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Birmingham, AL
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.informationbirmingham.com/ Population:
242820 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1-Jun-1871 County:
Jefferson County; Shelby County SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles E. Adair |
Business |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Partner, Cordova Ventures |
| R. G. Armstrong |
Actor |
7-Apr-1917 |
|
Pruneface in Dick Tracy |
| Spencer Bachus |
Politician |
28-Dec-1947 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 6th |
| Mary Badham |
Actor |
7-Oct-1952 |
|
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Amber Benson |
Actor |
8-Jan-1977 |
|
Tara Maclay on Buffy |
| Bobby Bowden |
Football |
8-Nov-1929 |
|
FSU Head Football Coach |
| Tommy Bowden |
Football |
10-Jul-1954 |
|
Head Coach, Clemson University |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Lynne Carver |
Actor |
13-Sep-1909 |
12-Aug-1955 |
American character actress |
| E. Gary Cook |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Witco Corporation, 1996-99 |
| Courteney Cox |
Actor |
15-Jun-1964 |
|
Friends |
| John W. Daniels, Jr. |
Attorney |
11-Jun-1948 |
|
Partner, Quarles & Brady |
| Angela Davis |
Activist |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
Black Panther, teacher, professor |
| Elizabeth Dewberry |
Playwright |
1963 |
|
Break the Heart of Me |
| Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
| Fannie Flagg |
Comic |
21-Sep-1944 |
|
Fried Green Tomatoes |
| Louise Fletcher |
Actor |
22-Jul-1934 |
|
Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Vince Gibson |
Football |
27-Mar-1933 |
|
Former NCAA coach |
| Virgil Griffith |
Computer Programmer |
6-Mar-1983 |
|
Author of WikiScanner |
| Emmylou Harris |
Country Musician |
2-Apr-1947 |
|
Pieces of the Sky |
| Taylor Hicks |
Singer |
7-Oct-1976 |
|
American Idol in 2006 |
| Earl Hilliard |
Politician |
9-Apr-1942 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1993-2003 |
| Freeman A. Hrabowski |
Educator |
13-Aug-1950 |
|
President, University of Maryland Baltimore |
| Kate Jackson |
Actor |
29-Oct-1948 |
|
Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels |
| Bill Justis |
Musician |
14-Oct-1927 |
15-Jul-1982 |
Raunchy |
| Eddie Kendricks |
Singer |
17-Dec-1939 |
5-Oct-1992 |
The Temptations |
| Carl Lewis |
Track and Field |
1-Jul-1961 |
|
Olympian |
| Marvin L. Mann |
Business |
c. 1932 |
|
CEO of Lexmark, 1991-98 |
| Juanita Millender-McDonald |
Politician |
7-Sep-1938 |
22-Apr-2007 |
Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007 |
| Gail Patrick |
Actor |
20-Jun-1911 |
6-Jul-1980 |
Love Crazy |
| Hank Penny |
Musician |
18-Aug-1918 |
17-Apr-1992 |
Western swing bandleader |
| Walker Percy |
Author |
28-May-1916 |
10-May-1990 |
The Moviegoer |
| Charles Plosser |
Economist |
19-Sep-1948 |
|
President and CEO, Philadelphia Fed |
| Michael Powell |
Government |
23-Mar-1963 |
|
FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| Howell Raines |
Journalist |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Executive editor, NYT, resigned |
| James Redfield |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1950 |
|
The Celestine Prophecy |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Government |
14-Nov-1954 |
|
US Secretary of State |
| James E. Rogers |
Business |
20-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO of Duke Energy |
| Wayne Rogers |
Actor |
7-Apr-1933 |
|
Trapper John on M*A*S*H |
| Richard Shelby |
Politician |
6-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| Johnny Smith |
Guitarist |
25-Jun-1922 |
|
Eclectic guitarist, Walk, Don't Run |
| Gail Strickland |
Actor |
18-May-1947 |
|
First Monday |
| Pat Sullivan |
Football |
18-Jan-1950 |
|
Winner, 1971 Heisman Trophy |
| Andre Tippett |
Football |
27-Dec-1959 |
|
New England Patriots, Hall of Famer |
| Margaret Tutwiler |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 2001-03 |
| David M. Walker |
Government |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
US Comptroller General |
| Margaret Walker |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1915 |
30-Nov-1998 |
Jubilee |
| Paul Williams |
Singer |
2-Jul-1939 |
17-Aug-1973 |
The Temptations |
| Edward O. Wilson |
Biologist |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Father of Sociobiology |
| Tobias Wolff |
Author |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
The Barracks Thief |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bull Connor |
Government |
11-Jul-1897 |
10-Mar-1973 |
Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner |
| Eddie Kendricks |
Singer |
17-Dec-1939 |
5-Oct-1992 |
The Temptations |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| L. Mendel Rivers |
Politician |
28-Sep-1905 |
28-Dec-1970 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70 |
| James K. Vardaman |
Government |
26-Jul-1861 |
25-Jun-1930 |
The Great White Chief |
| Richard Yates |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1926 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Revolutionary Road |
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