This is a list of people from Gadsden, Alabama, United States.
Activism
Patricia Swift Blalock, librarian and civil rights activist
Sweet Alice Harris, community organizer based in Watts, Los Angeles, California
James Hood, one of the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama
Art
Charles Clyde Ebbets, photographer
John Solomon Sandridge, painter, sculptor, artist
Athletics
Lou Allen, former NFL offensive lineman
Ron Billingsley, retired football player
Michael Boley, professional football linebacker
Dave Bustion, former professional basketball player
Chris Davis, mixed martial arts fighter
Alan Dunn, former professional baseball player
Jim Dunn, former professional baseball pitcher
Danny Ford, former college football coach for the Clemson University Tigers
Hersh Freeman, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
Jenks Gillem, former football player and coach
Bill Green, former basketball player for Colorado State University
Steve Grissom, NASCAR driver
Jim Guthrie, former driver in the Indy Racing League
Brick Haley, collegiate defensive line coach
Jerrell Harris, NFL linebacker
La'Donte Harris, former wide receiver for the Clemson Tigers
George Herring, former professional football quarterback and punter
Stacy Jones, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Dre Kirkpatrick, defensive back for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team Freddie Kitchens, Head Coach for the Cleveland Browns Aaron Pearson, football player Willie Scott, former professional basketball player Steve Shields, retired baseball player Ted Sizemore, former major league baseball player Warren Smith, former professional golfer Jason Smoots, sprinter Jerry Watford, football player Carnell Williams, running back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Business
Milton K. Cummings, former cotton broker and space-defense business executive
Education
Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University professor, author, and past president of the American Political Science Association Michael G. Scales, president of Nyack College
Government and law
James B. Allen, former United States Senator
Marion Blakey, former United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator H. Dean Buttram Jr., former United States federal judge Craig Ford, member of the Alabama House of Representatives Ira Roe Foster, Quartermaster General of Georgia, member of the Alabama Senate George C. Hawkins, member of both houses of the Alabama legislature; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1964 James D. Martin, former United States Representative, pioneer Republican political figure in Alabama Roy Moore, controversial "Ten Commandments" judge John Perkins Ralls, physician who served in the First Confederate Congress Emma Sansom, aided the Southern Confederacy during the Civil War Pat Swindall, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district from 1985 to 1989
Literature
Linda Howard, romance novelist
Jake Adam York, poet
Military
Isaac Foote Dortch, captain in the United States Navy who was awarded the Navy Cross for actions during World War I Edgar Huff, first African-American in the United States Marine Corps to be promoted to the rank of sergeant major William L. Sibert, United States Army major general, considered the "Father of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps" Gary D. Speer, U.S. Army lieutenant general