Sullivan, 1971 Heisman Trophy winner and former head football coach at Samford University Dabo Swinney, born in Birmingham, Clemson University head football coach Bryan Thomas, born in Birmingham, linebacker for New York Jets, graduated from Minor High School Dan Thomas, Major League Baseball player for Milwaukee Brewers Andre Tippett, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Tommy Tolleson, NFL player Virgil Trucks, born in Birmingham, Major League Baseball player Bob Veale, born in Birmingham, Major League Baseball player Dixie Walker, Major League Baseball player Peahead Walker, born in Birmingham, football coach Adam Warren, Major League Baseball pitcher Chris Woods, American player of gridiron football Al Worthington, born in Birmingham, Major League Baseball player John Zimmerman, professional pairs figure skater Other Mel Allen, radio and TV sports personality, primary play-by-play announcer for New York Yankees Mother Angelica, nun and founder of global Catholic network EWTN Robert Joseph Baker, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham Donald Beatty, aviator, explorer and inventor Angela Davis, activist Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005 Samantha Francis, contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 Victor Gold, journalist, formerly with The Birmingham News Hank Green, YouTube blogger, musician and entrepreneur Lola Hendricks, civil rights activist Patti Ruffner Jacobs, suffragist and social reformer James Meissner, World War I flying ace Artemus Ogletree, victim of 1935 unsolved murder in Kansas City Joseph Raya, archbishop and social activist Wallace Rayfield, architect Sonia Sanchez, poet, activist, and educator Jay Sebring, hair stylist, Charles Manson victim, ex-boyfriend of Sharon Tate Courtney Shropshire, founder of Civitan International Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist Haleigh Stidham, Miss Alabama USA 2006 Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995 Louise Wooster, famed madam See also List of people from Alabama References Birmingham Alabama Birmingham people