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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Florence, Alabama. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
State flag of Alabama Location of Alabama in the U.S. map This is a listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with the U.S. state of Alabama . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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Sister city Florence, Alabama, is frequently referred to as "the birthplace of the Blues". W. C. Handy was born in Florence and is generally regarded as the "Father of the Blues". Every year since 1982, the W. C. Handy Music Festival is held in the Florence/Sheffield/Muscle Shoals area, featuring blues, jazz, country, gospel, rock music and R&B.
The one-time Miami Dolphins coach and long-time University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban bought an art-deco inspired beachfront home on Jupiter Island in 2023 for $17.5 million. Mike Schmidt
Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census. [5]
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Confederate States Army general and Texas governor, 1887-91; graduate of Florence Wesleyan University, now the University of North Alabama. Robert Aderholt, U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th Congressional District; Miles C. Allgood (graduated 1898), United States Representative from Alabama (1923–1935)