This is a list of individuals who are natives of, or are notable in association with, the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Academia Monnie T. Cheves, Samford University professor; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960; died in Birmingham in 1988 Frank Moore Cross, religious scholar Angela Davis, social activist and author Richard Nelson Frye, scholar of Iran and Central Asia Roland Frye, scholar Carol Garrison, ex-president of University of Alabama at Birmingham Zenkei Blanche Hartman, first abbess of the San Francisco Zen Center Freeman Hrabowski III, educator Herman H. Long, president of Talladega College and United Negro College Fund J. Gordon Melton, religious scholar Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. Emeritus Professor in psychology Edward Taub, behavioral neuroscientist and professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Julia Tutwiler, educator and social reformer Arts and literature Allen Barra, journalist, sportswriter John Beecher, activist poet Edgar Peters Bowron, art historian Joe David Brown, journalist, novelist Mark Childress, author Jon Coffelt, artist Clayton Colvin, artist Dennis Covington, journalist, writer George R. Ellis, author, art historian and director of Honolulu Academy of Arts Fannie Flagg, author Charles Gaines, novelist, screenwriter Charles Ghigna, poet, children's author Christopher Gilbert, poet Gail Godwin, novelist John Green, author Joe Hilley, novelist Caitlín R. Kiernan, novelist and paleontologist Kerry James Marshall, artist Harold E. Martin, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman Spider Martin, photojournalist Robert R. McCammon, novelist Kevin McGowin, novelist, reviewer Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walker Percy, author Howell Raines, New York Times editor James Redfield, novelist John Rhoden, sculptor Sonia Sanchez, poet Rowland Scherman, Grammy-award-winning photographer Melissa Springer, photographer Ann Waldron, author Margaret Walker, poet and author Daniel Wallace, novelist Mary Ware (1828 –1915), poet, prose writer John Weld, newspaper reporter, writer, Hollywood stunt man Tobias Wolff, author Business and economics Cynthia Bathurst, animal rights activist, former mathematical analyst, founder/director of Safe Humane Chicago and Court Case Dog Program Ashton B. Collins, Sr., inventor, creator of Reddy Kilowatt Newton Collins, businessman and community builder Samuel DiPiazza, former chairman and chief executive officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers A. G. Gaston, African-American businessman Franklin Potts Glass, Sr., newspaper editor Jay Grinney, president and chief executive officer of HealthSouth Corporation John M. Harbert, billionaire and founder of Harbert Corporation Elmer Harris, chief executive officer of Alabama Power Ron Holt, CEO and founder of Two Maids & A Mop Charles Linn, founder of First National Bank of Birmingham (AmSouth Bancorporation) Don Logan,