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==Notable people== {{div col}} * [[Gaines Adams]], former defensive end for [[NFL]]'s [[Chicago Bears]] * [[Pinky Babb]], coached Greenwood High School for 39 years, is among top 20 nationally in high school football victories * [[Robert Brooks (American football)|Robert Brooks]], former NFL wide receiver for [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Denver Broncos]]. * [[Tomiko Brown-Nagin]], legal historian and professor at [[Harvard Law School]] of [[Harvard University]]<ref name="greenwoodtimes">{{cite web|url=http://greenwoodtimes.com/content/tomiko-brown-nagin|publisher=greenwoodtimes.com|title=Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin: Social Reform and the Law | Greenwood Times|access-date=2016-11-12|archive-date=November 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127015120/http://greenwoodtimes.com/content/tomiko-brown-nagin|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Ben Coates]], starting [[tight end]] for [[New England Patriots]] 1991β99, ranked fourth in receptions at that position in NFL all-time * [[The Fantastic Johnny C|Johnny Corley]], [[Soul music|soul singer]] best known for his 1967 hit ''Boogaloo Down Broadway'' * [[Leroy Jenkins (televangelist)|Leroy Jenkins]], Televangelist * [[William Jennings Bryan Dorn]], former U.S. and state representative * [[John W. Drummond]], South Carolina businessman and legislator * [[Armanti Edwards]], starting [[quarterback]] for [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football]] team, winner of 2008 & 2009 [[Walter Payton Award]] given to top [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|Football Championship Subdivision]] offensive player; drafted by [[Carolina Panthers]] with 3rd round, 25th pick in [[2010 NFL draft]] * [[John Gilliam]], former NFL wide receiver, four-time Pro Bowler * [[Allisha Gray]], 2017 [[WNBA]] Rookie of the Year * [[Keith Harling]], country music artist * [[Grainger Hines]], Greenwood native and actor, once married to [[Michelle Phillips]] of The Mamas and The Papas * [[William "Hootie" Johnson]], former chairman of Augusta National golf course * [[Gregg Marshall]], head coach of [[Wichita State University]]'s men's basketball program * [[Benjamin Mays]], minister, educator, scholar, social activist, mentor to Martin Luther King Jr, and president of Morehouse College * [[John McKissick]], national high school football leader in coaching victories, (Summerville, S.C., High School) * [[Sam Montgomery]], drafted by [[Houston Texans]] in third round of [[2013 NFL draft]] out of [[LSU Tigers|LSU]] * [[Josh Norman (cornerback)|Josh Norman]], drafted by [[Carolina Panthers]] in 2012 as cornerback out of [[Coastal Carolina University|Coastal Carolina]] * [[Marrio Norman]], football player * [[George Singleton]], author * [[Jerome Singleton]], [[Paralympic]] athlete * [[Chino Smith]], former Negro leagues player, named one of S.C.'s top 100 athletes by Sports Illustrated * [[D. J. Swearinger]], all-SEC conference safety for [[South Carolina Gamecocks]], drafted by [[Houston Texans]] * [[The Swingin' Medallions]], 1960s [[beach music]] group best known for their hit ''[[Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)]]'' * [[Willie James Tolbert]], executed for rape in 1949 * [[Bill Voiselle]], professional baseball player. {{div col end}}
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