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→Notable People from Alabama
*[[Hank Aaron]], who held the Major League Baseball record for most home runs hit until 2007, is from Mobile.
*[[Hank Aaron]], who held the Major League Baseball record for most home runs hit until 2007, is from Mobile.
*[[James B. Allen]], U.S. Senator, 1969-1978
*[[Hugo Black]], Senator from Alabama who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt and served on the Court from 1937 to 1971, was born in Ashland.
*[[Hugo Black]], Senator from Alabama who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt and served on the Court from 1937 to 1971, was born in Ashland.
*[[Truman Capote]], author of ''In Cold Blood'', lived in Monroeville, though he was born in New Orleans. During his time in Monroeville he was good friends with [[Harper Lee]], author of ''To Kill A Mockingbird''.
*[[Truman Capote]], author of ''In Cold Blood'', lived in Monroeville, though he was born in New Orleans. During his time in Monroeville he was good friends with [[Harper Lee]], author of ''To Kill A Mockingbird''.
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
*[[Joe Louis]], a boxer who is the only famous athlete to be buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery|Arlington Cemetery]], lived in Lafayette.
*[[Joe Louis]], a boxer who is the only famous athlete to be buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery|Arlington Cemetery]], lived in Lafayette.
*[[Elvin McCary]], Republican former state representative and state senatior
*[[Bert Nettles]], former state representative from Birmingham
*[[Rosa Parks]], a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
*[[Rosa Parks]], a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
*[[Walker Percy]], novelist and thinker strongly influenced by Catholicism, was born in Birmingham.
*[[Walker Percy]], novelist and thinker strongly influenced by Catholicism, was born in Birmingham.