baseball player and manager B. B. Comer (1848–1927) – Governor of Alabama 1907–1911, U. S. Senator 1920 Father James Coyle (1873–1921) – assassinated priest of St. Paul's church George Gordon Crawford (1869–1936) – Industrialist and second graduate of Georgia Tech Russell McWhortor Cunningham (1855–1921) – Governor of Alabama 1904–1905 Spud Davis (1904–1984) – professional baseball player and manager Henry T. DeBardeleben (1874–1948) – Coal magnate William Henry Denson (1846–1906) – U. S. Representative 1893–1895 Eddie Dent (1887–1974) – professional baseball player Joe Domnanovich (1919–2009) – professional football player Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr. (1921–2002) – World War II veteran – Medal of Honor recipient William Dudley Geer (1922–2003) – first Dean of the School of Business at Samford University Milton L. Grafman (1907–1995) – Former Rabbi of Temple Emanuel and civil rights figure John Grenier (1930–2007) – Alabama Republican Party chairman Sam Hairston (1920–1997) – Major League baseball player Art Hanes (1916–1997) – Mayor of Birmingham 1961–1963 Lum Harris (1915–1996) – professional baseball manager (Houston Astros & Atlanta Braves) Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993) – Musician, trumpeter, composer Cliff Holman (1929–2008) – Birmingham television celebrity George Huddleston (1869–1960) – U. S. Representative 1915–1937 George Huddleston, Jr. (1920–1971) – U. S. Representative 1955–1965 Patti Ruffner Jacobs (1875–1935) – social reformer Joseph Forney Johnston (1843–1913) – Governor of Alabama 1896–1900, U. S. Senator 1907–1913 Eddie Kendricks (1939–1992) – singer, co-founder of The Temptations Larry Langford (1946–2019) – Alabama politician Dee Miles (1909–1976) – Major League baseball player John P. Newsome (1893–1961) – U. S. Representative 1943–1945 Louise O. Charlton (1889–1967) – Federal Commissioner and judge, 1924–1965 Luther Patrick (1894–1957) – U. S. Representative 1937–1943 John C. Persons (1888-1974) - lawyer and U.S. Major General Sun Ra (1914–1993) – Jazz musician Erskine Ramsay (1864–1953) – Inventor, engineer, philanthropist Rufus N. Rhodes (1856–1910) – founder of the Birmingham News Bo Russell (1916–1997) – professional football player Ed Salem (1928–2001) – professional football player and restaurateur Albert Lee Smith, Jr. (1931–1997) – U.S. representative from Alabama's 6th congressional district from 1981 to 1983 Fred Sington (1910–1998) – professional football player Jesse F. Stallings (1856–1928) – U. S. Representative 1893–1901 Pat Sullivan (1950–2019) – Football player and coach. Oscar Underwood (1862–1929) – U. S. Senator 1915–1927 Dixie Walker (1887–1965), Fred "Dixie" Walker's father Dixie Walker (1911–1982) – Major League baseball player Frank S. White (1847–1922) – U. S. Senator 1914–1915 Abraham Woods (1928–2008) – minister and civil rights