Published On: 10.24.23 | 

By: Allanah Taylor

Famous Alabamians to inspire your Halloween costume creations

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Be it Gucci Mane or Michael Rooker, there's an array of famous Alabamians, past and present, that are prime subjects for Halloween costuming. (Getty Images)

Are you looking for a costume for Halloween with some local flavor? Dress up as your favorite Alabamian!

From actors to athletes to activists, our state is the birthplace of many familiar faces.

Take a look at our list of some of the most famous people born in Alabama.

Actors

1. Octavia Spencer

2. Courteney Cox

3. Debby Ryan

Debby Ryan (Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images)

4. Channing Tatum

5. Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox (Christopher Polk / Getty Images for Turner)

6. Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

Athletes

1. Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron (Encyclopedia of Alabama, courtesy Alabama Department of Archives and History)

2. Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm (A. Messerschmidt / Getty Images)

3. Bo Jackson

4. Charles Barkley

5. DeMarcus Cousins

6. Julio Jones

Julio Jones, (left) when he was with the Atlanta Falcons. (Atlanta Falcons)

7. Tua Tagovailoa

8. Bubba Wallace

Bubba Wallace (Talladega Superspeedway)

Musicians

1. Nat King Cole

Nat “King” Cole (Encyclopedia of Alabama, Alabama Music Hall of Fame)

2. Lionel Richie

3. Hank Williams

Hank Williams (contributed)

4. Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane (Bennett Raglin / Getty Images for ESSENCE)

5. Jimmy Buffett

6. Taylor Hicks

Taylor Hicks. (Shelley Lehner)

Activists and politicians

1. Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks (file)

2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, 1963. (Library of Congress)

3. John Lewis

Science and business

1. Mae Jemison

2. Tim Cook

Tim Cook (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

TV personalities

1. Stephen “tWitch” Boss

2. Hannah Brown

People from history

1. Helen Keller

Helen Keller, 1904 (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

2. Zelda Fitzgerald

Zelda Fitzgerald (Wikipedia / F. Scott Fitzgerald Archives)

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