Bessemer, Alabama

Bessemer is a city in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a suburb of Birmingham near Hueytown. The population was 29,672 at the 2000, but by the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had fallen to a population of 28,641.

Notable residents

 * Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver
 * Alex Bradford, composer, singer, arranger, and choir director
 * Mildred Brown, journalist
 * Earl Cochran Jr., NFL player
 * Thornton Dial, African-American folk artist
 * Virginia Hill, actress, mob courier and girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel
 * Frank House, born in Bessemer, major league baseball player
 * Bo Jackson, NFL football and MLB baseball player
 * Kerry Rhodes, NFL player
 * Diana Ross, singer
 * Demeco Ryans, NFL player
 * Glenn Shadix, American actor
 * Sun Ra, Avant-garde jazz musician and metaphysical progressive
 * Tim Ward, philanthropist
 * Corey White, NFL player
 * Jack Whitten, abstract painter
 * Andre Williams, singer and producer