22 Notable alumni of
University of North Alabama
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The University of North Alabama is 1731st in the world, 607th in North America, and 571st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the University of North Alabama sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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George Lindsey
- Occupations
- film actordub actorscreenwritertelevision actor
- Biography
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George Smith Lindsey was an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.
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Ted Yoho
- Occupations
- veterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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Theodore Scott Yoho is an American politician, veterinarian, and businessman, who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 3rd congressional district from 2013 until 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Janoris Jenkins
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Janoris Jenkins, nicknamed "Jackrabbit", is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football for the North Alabama Lions and Florida Gators and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. Jenkins had his most success as a member of the New York Giants, who he played four seasons with and made a Pro Bowl, and also had stints with the New Orleans Saints, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers.
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.
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Darryl Worley
- Occupations
- musiciansinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last (2000), I Miss My Friend (2002), Have You Forgotten? (2003), and Darryl Worley in 2004. After the label closed in 2005, he moved to 903 Music, an independent label owned by Neal McCoy, releasing Here and Now in 2006, shortly before that label's closure. His most recent studio release is 2009's Sounds Like Life via Stroudavarious Records, owned by James Stroud.
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Robert Aderholt
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Brown Aderholt is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of Tuscaloosa County north of the Black Warrior River, as well as Birmingham's far northern suburbs in Walker County and the southern suburbs of Huntsville and Decatur.
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Patterson Hood
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Patterson David Hood is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers.
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David Hood
- Occupations
- bass guitaristsession musician
- Biography
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David Hood is an American musician, hailing from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, He is known for playing the bass guitar and trombone, and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
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Annette Taddeo
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Annette Joanne Taddeo-Goldstein is a Colombian-American politician and businesswoman who served as a member of the Florida Senate from the 40th district from 2017 to 2022. She was an unsuccessful candidate for several elections starting in 2008 and was Charlie Crist's running mate in the 2014 Florida gubernatorial election. She was formerly a Democratic candidate in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election, but withdrew to run for Congress in Florida's 27th congressional district to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent María Elvira Salazar. In 2024, she ran for Miami-Dade County Clerk and was defeated by incumbent Republican Juan Fernandez-Barquin.
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James Edward Moore
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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James Edward Moore was a United States Army four-star general who served as the United States High Commissioner of the Ryukyus after World War II.
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Edward A. O'Neal
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officersolicitor
- Biography
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Edward Asbury O'Neal was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and the 26th Governor of Alabama.
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Clay Bennett
- Occupations
- journalistcomics artist
- Biography
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Clay Bennett is an American editorial cartoonist. His cartoons typically present liberal viewpoints. Currently drawing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Bennett is the recipient of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
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Thomas Sigismund Stribling
- Occupations
- crime fiction writerscience fiction writerlawyerwriternovelist
- Biography
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Thomas Sigismund Stribling was an American writer. Although he acquired a law degree and practiced law for a few years, his career was mainly that of an author of fiction. Known first for adventure stories published in fiction magazines, he later published novels of social satire set mainly in the southern USA. His best-known work is the Vaiden trilogy, set in Florence, Alabama. The first volume is The Forge (1931). He won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933 for the second novel of this series, The Store. The last, set during the 1920s, is The Unfinished Cathedral (1934). Both the second and third novels were chosen as selections by the Literary Guild.
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Ronnie Flippo
- Enrolled in the University of North Alabama
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in accounting
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronnie Gene Flippo /ˈflɪpoʊ/ is an American politician and accountant who served seven terms as a United States Congressman from Alabama from 1977 to 1991.
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Evan Oglesby
- Occupations
- American football player
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Evan Shawntell Oglesby is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, and Miami Dolphins. He was signed by the Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at the University of North Alabama.
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John Gregg
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- politician
- Biography
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John Gregg was an American politician who served as a deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. He served as a brigade commander officer of the Confederate States Army and was killed in action during the Siege of Petersburg.
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Miles C. Allgood
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Miles Clayton Allgood was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama.
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Edward B. Almon
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Edward Berton Almon was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
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Charles McClain
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Charles McClain is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at the University of North Alabama.
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Richard G. Smith
- Years
- 1929-2019 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Richard G. Smith was director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from September 26, 1979, to August 2, 1986. Born in Durham, N.C., in 1929, Smith was educated in Alabama schools. After graduation from Decatur High School, he attended Florence State College and Auburn University. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Auburn in 1951.
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Michi Meko
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Michi Meko is an American multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and the Atlanta Artadia Award as well as a finalist for the 2019 Hudgens Prize. His work incorporates the visual language of naval flags and nautical wayfinding, combined with romanticized objects of the American South. Throughout his various platforms, his work engages contradictions and paradoxes that he uncovers through examining his personal history, African American folk traditions, and narratives that confront or circumvent established narratives.
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Thomas L. Maddin
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Thomas L. Maddin was an American physician. He treated African-American slaves in Alabama in the antebellum era. He served as the director of a hospital for the Confederate States Army in Nashville, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Nashville and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
