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List of people from Demopolis, Alabama

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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Demopolis, Alabama:

Art

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Athletics

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Literature

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  • Wyatt Rainey Blassingame, author of more than 600 short stories and articles for national magazines, four adult novels and dozens of juvenile nonfiction books
  • James Haskins (1941-2005), author (Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, The Cotton Club, Black Music in America, Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions, The March on Washington, Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation)[7]
  • Michelle Richmond (born 1970), fiction writer and essayist (The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, Dream of the Blue Room)
  • Hudson Strode (1892–1976), teacher of creative writing at the University of Alabama 1924–1964, honored by King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden for contributions strengthening cultural relations between the United States and Sweden[8]

Politics

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Science

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  • Waldo Semon, inductee of the Inventor Hall of Fame, inventor of vinyl, holder of over a hundred patents, born in Demopolis[10]

References

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  1. ^ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Pub. Consultants. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-891647-58-1.
  2. ^ Rubin, Adam (2008-06-26). "Ex-Yankee Andy Phillips joins Mets for Subway Series". Daily News. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. ^ "Mets Transactions July 2008". Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  4. ^ http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20101223/NEWS/101229875/1011?p=1&tc=pg Phillips ‘back home’ with Crimson Tide
  5. ^ Denver Post http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2009/11/20/rockies-bring-back-catcher-paul-phillips/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Vetter, Jason (January 18, 1998). "Adventurer from Marengo Wanders into the Big Money: Jim Rogers started out selling peanuts at Little League games, then made a bonanza on Wall Street". Mobile Register.
  7. ^ Watkins, Mel. "James Haskins, an Author on Black History, Dies at 63," New York Times (July 11, 2005). Accessed Apr. 28, 2009.
  8. ^ "Alabama Academy of Honor: Hudson Strode". www.archives.state.al.us. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  9. ^ 'Public Officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1991-1992,' Massachusetts General Court: 1991, Biographical Sketch of Bill Owens, pg. 70
  10. ^ "WALDO SEMON (1898-1999)". Inventor of the Week. Michigan Institute of Technology. November 1999. Archived from the original on 2003-03-02. Retrieved 2007-12-13.