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The following is a list of notable Auburnites , people who have lived or are currently living in
Auburn, Alabama . Many on the list lived in the city while students at
Auburn University .
Academics
Donald J. Boudreaux - economist, chairman of
George Mason University Department of Economics
Charles Curran - theologian
John M. Darby - botanist
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. - economist, author
Francis Ernest Lloyd - botanist
Olav Kallenberg - mathematician
Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician
Carolina Henriette Mac Gillavry - chemist, crystallographer
Tibor R. Machan - philosopher, retired from Chapman University in 2014 and past research fellow at the
Hoover Institution
Samuel Mockbee - architect, founder of Auburn's
Rural Studio , 2004
AIA
Gold Medal
Mike Reed - computer scientist, director
United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology
Frederick Chapman Robbins - pediatrician, virologist,
Nobel Laureate in Medicine , 1956
Paul Rudolph - architect, chairman of
Yale Department of Architecture, 1958-1965
Joseph T. Salerno - economist
Mark Thornton - economist
Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - historian, author of
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History ,
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse and other books
Art and literature
Astronautics
Jan Davis - space shuttle astronaut,
STS-47 ,
STS-60
Hank Hartsfield - space shuttle astronaut,
STS-4 ,
STS-41-D ,
STS-61-A
Ken Mattingly - astronaut,
Apollo 16 ,
STS-4
Kathryn C. Thornton - space shuttle astronaut, 2nd American woman in space,
STS-33 ,
STS-73
Clifton Williams - astronaut,
Project Gemini
James S. Voss - space shuttle astronaut,
STS-44 ,
STS-53 ,
STS-69 ,
STS-101 ,
ISS
Athletics
Charles Barkley - professional
basketball player,
All-Star
Joe Beckwith - professional
baseball player
Brandon Boudreaux , professional
Canadian football player
Terry Bowden -
football coach, sports commentator
James Brooks - professional
football player,
All-Pro
Ronnie Brown - professional
football player
Kirsty Coventry - swimmer, gold medalist
2004 Olympics
Rashaan Evans -
NFL linebacker and first-round pick of the
Atlanta Falcons
Al Del Greco - professional
football player, radio sports personality
Vince Dooley -
football coach
Jason Dufner - PGA Professional Golfer & former walk-on at Auburn University
Rowdy Gaines - swimmer, gold medalist
1984 Olympics , world record holder, and television sports commentator
Harvey Glance - athlete, gold medalist
1976 Olympics
Jamie Hampton - professional
tennis player
John Heisman -
football coach
Tim Hudson - professional
baseball player, All Star pitcher
Stephen Huss - tennis player, 2005
Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion
Bo Jackson - professional
football and
baseball player,
All-Pro ,
All-Star ,
Heisman Trophy winner
Ralph Jordan -
football coach
Bill Kazmaier - powerlifter, three-time
World's Strongest Man
Joanne P. McCallie -
basketball coach
Will Muschamp - Head Coach University of Florida
Cam Newton - professional
football player,
Heisman Trophy winner in 2010, national champion
Frank Sanders - professional
football player
Maurice Smith -
decathlete
Red Smith - professional
baseball player, early 20th century
Takeo Spikes - professional
football player
Pat Sullivan - professional
football player,
Heisman Trophy winner in 1971, current coach of Samford University
Frank Thomas - professional
baseball player,
All-Star
Tommy Tuberville -
football coach
Osi Umenyiora - professional
football player,
All-Pro
DeMarcus Ware - professional
football player
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Marcus Washington - professional
football player,
All-Pro
Joe Whitt Jr. - professional
football coach
Cadillac Williams - professional
football player
Business
Timothy D. Cook -
Apple Computer Chief Executive Officer
Joe Forehand - Chairman,
Accenture
Kenneth R. Giddens - long term director of
Voice of America ; TV/radio station founder.
Samuel Ginn - wireless communications pioneer and former chairman,
Vodafone , board of directors,
Chevron , member of Auburn University's Board of Trustees
Charles D. Griffin - President,
CarboMedics Inc.
John M. Harbert - Founder and CEO Harbert Corporation 1949-1992
Elmer Beseler Harris - former CEO
Alabama Power
Joel Hurt - engineer,
Atlanta businessman
Bobby Lowder - Chairman and CEO of
Colonial BancGroup
Mark Spencer - President/CEO,
Digium , creator of
Asterisk PBX
Alvin Vogtle - President,
Southern Company ; his escape from
Stalag Luft III was portrayed in
The Great Escape (1963)
Entertainment
Military
Lloyd Austin - general, Chief of Staff
United States Central Command
James H. Lane -
Confederate general
James E. Livingston - general,
United States Marine Corps ,
Medal of Honor recipient
Richard Marcinko - founder
SEAL Team SIX , author,
talk radio host
Forrest S. McCartney - Retired Air Force General
Hal Moore - lieutenant general, portrayed by
Mel Gibson in '
We Were Soldiers ' (2002)
Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. - Commandant of the
United States Marine Corps , (1991-1995)
Hugh Shelton - retired general,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , 1997-2001
Holland Smith - general,
United States Marine Corps , "father of modern U.S.
amphibious warfare "
Johnny Micheal Spann -
CIA agent and first American killed in combat in the
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
Politics and government
Spencer Bachus -
US Representative , 1993–present
Jere Beasley -
Governor of
Alabama , 1972; Lieutenant Governor 1971-1979
Sidney Johnston Catts -
Governor of
Florida , 1917-1921
Lester Crawford - Commissioner of the
FDA , 2005
Robert Gibbs - 27th
White House Press Secretary
James Thomas Heflin - US Congressman,
Representative , 1904-1920;
Senator , 1920-1932
Fob James -
Governor of
Alabama , 1979-1983, 1995-1999
John McDuffie -
US Representative , 1919-1935,
Majority Whip 1931-1933
Harold Melton -
Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 2005–present
William Hall Milton -
US Senator , 1908-1909
Gordon Persons -
Governor of
Alabama , 1951-1955
Wilton Persons -
White House Chief of Staff , 1958-1961; major general,
U.S. Army
David Addison Reese -
US Representative , 1853-1855
William J. Samford -
Governor of
Alabama , 1900-1901
Joe Turnham - chairman, Alabama Democratic Party
Pete Turnham - former state representative
Other
References