text: Faulkner State Community College – has a campus in Fairhope that provides adult education, undergraduate courses, non-credit and community service programs
  The University of South Alabama – has a branch campus in Fairhope providing graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in education, counseling, nursing and business alongside non-credit and community service programs
  Notable people
  Maude Balln, civil rights activist
  Pinky Bass, photographer
  Bob Baumhower, football player and businessman
  Rick Bragg, writer
  Jimmy Buffett, singer and songwriter
  Grayson Capps, singer songwriter
  Eugenia S. Chapman, educator and Illinois state representative
  Dave Edwards, musician
  Grant Enfinger, professional race car driver
  Fannie Flagg (Patricia Neal), author and actress
  Abbi Glines, writer
  Winston Groom, novelist (Forrest Gump)
  Fred Nall Hollis (Nall), artist
  Marie Howland, 19th century utopian and journalist
  Marietta Johnson, educator and reformer
  David King, former NFL defensive back
  Leon Lett, football player
  Dean Mosher, artist, author and historian
  George M. Murray, bishop in the Episcopal Church
  Burton Ritchie, entrepreneur
  Philip Rivers, former NFL quarterback
  Janie Shores, Alabama Supreme Court justice
  Anis Shorrosh (1933–2018), Palestinian Evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
  Eddie Stanky, former Major League Baseball player and manager
  Dave Stapleton, former baseball player
  Thompson Square, country music duo
  Bill Varney, film sound editor
  Bob Weltlich, former college basketball coach