22 Notable alumni of
University of North Alabama

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The University of North Alabama is 1707th in the world, 606th 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.

  1. George Lindsey

    George Lindsey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1928-2012 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    television actorscreenwriterdub actorfilm actor
    Biography

    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.

  2. Ted Yoho

    Ted Yoho
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politicianveterinarian
    Biography

    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.

  3. Janoris Jenkins

    Janoris Jenkins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Janoris Jermain Jenkins, nicknamed "Jackrabbit", is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at North Alabama and Florida 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 4 seasons with and made a Pro Bowl, and also had stints with the New Orleans Saints, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers.

  4. Lawrence Sullivan Ross

    Lawrence Sullivan Ross
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1838-1898 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  5. Darryl Worley

    Darryl Worley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    singersinger-songwritermusician
    Biography

    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.

  6. Robert Aderholt

    Robert Aderholt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  7. Patterson Hood

    Patterson Hood
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriter
    Biography

    Patterson David Hood is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers.

  8. David Hood

    David Hood
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    session musicianbass guitarist
    Biography

    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.

  9. Annette Taddeo

    Annette Taddeo
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    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 challenge incumbent María Elvira Salazar. She was once again defeated.

  10. James Edward Moore

    James Edward Moore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1902-1986 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    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.

  11. Edward A. O'Neal

    Edward A. O'Neal
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1818-1890 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    politiciansolicitormilitary officer
    Biography

    Edward Asbury O'Neal was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and the 26th Governor of Alabama.

  12. Clay Bennett

    Clay Bennett
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    comics artistjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  13. Ronnie Flippo

    Ronnie Flippo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Enrolled in the University of North Alabama
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science in accounting
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  14. Evan Oglesby

    Evan Oglesby
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Evan Shawntell Oglesby is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at the University of North Alabama.

  15. Thomas Sigismund Stribling

    Thomas Sigismund Stribling
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1881-1965 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerscience fiction writercrime fiction writershort story writer
    Biography

    Thomas Sigismund Stribling was an American writer. Although he passed the bar and practiced law for a few years, he quickly began to focus on writing. First known for adventure stories published in pulp fiction magazines, he enlarged his reach with novels of social satire set in Middle Tennessee and other parts of the South. 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 in the 1920s, is The Unfinished Cathedral (1934). Both the second and third novels were chosen as selections by the Literary Guild.

  16. John Gregg

    John Gregg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1828-1864 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  17. Miles C. Allgood

    Miles C. Allgood
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1878-1977 (aged 99)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Miles Clayton Allgood was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama.

  18. Edward B. Almon

    Edward B. Almon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1860-1933 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    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.

  19. Charles McClain

    Charles McClain
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Charles "Swag" McClain is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at the University of North Alabama.

  20. Richard G. Smith

    Richard G. Smith
    Years
    1929-2019 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    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.

  21. Michi Meko

    Michi Meko
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    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.

  22. Thomas L. Maddin

    Thomas L. Maddin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1826-1908 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Thomas L. Maddin was an American physician. He treated black 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.