Born in Jackson
Jackson
Capital and largest city of Mississippi, United States
Jackson as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. American basketball player, American actor (1921-1989), American actress): Casey Prather, Douglass Watson, Geneva Carr and some more.
Celebrities from JacksonCelebrities from Jackson
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Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)
*April 13th, 1909 †July 23rd, 2001, Jackson
68 Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
*December 4th, 1955
.jpg "David Ellefson")
63 Steve Fossett
American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer
*April 22nd, 1944 †September 3rd, 2007, Lima
89 Wink Martindale
American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer
*December 4th, 1934
_(cropped).jpg "Cynthia Geary")
80 Dan Coats
5th Director of National Intelligence, former United States Senator from Indiana
*May 16th, 1943
_(1)_cropped.jpg "Lauren Pritchard")
72 Christopher Jones
American stage, movie, and television actor (1941-2014)
*August 18th, 1941 †January 31st, 2014, Los Alamitos
64 Ezra Abbot
American librarian and biblical scholar (1819-1884)
*April 28th, 1819 †March 21st, 1884, Cambridge
42 Valerie June
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
*January 10th, 1982
70 Potter Stewart
US Supreme Court justice from 1958 to 1981
*January 23rd, 1915 †December 7th, 1985, Hanover
.JPG "Kendall Anthony")
.jpg "Antonio Gibson")
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71 Ellen Powell Thompson
American teacher and botanist (1840-1911)
*November 30th, 1839 †March 12th, 1911, Washington, D.C.
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Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (1937-2007)
*November 30th, 1937 †March 19th, 2007, Belleville 79
Abe Woodson
American football player (1934–2014)
*February 15th, 1934 †February 8th, 2014, Las VegasBirthdays of famous people
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