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=== Born in Greenville === * [[Steve Azar]], country singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Steveazar |publisher=Steve Azer |url=http://www.steveazar.com/about-2/ |access-date=June 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203716/http://www.steveazar.com/about-2/ |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Eden Brent]], blues [[boogie-woogie]] musician, composer, and performer * [[Vivian Brown (meteorologist)|Vivian Brown]], meteorologist for [[The Weather Channel]] * [[Charles Chew]], (1922β1986), Illinois state senator; born in Greenville<ref>''Illinois Blue Book 1985β1986'', "Biographical Sketch of Charles Chew", p. 79</ref> * [[J. Blackfoot|John Colbert, a.k.a. J Blackfoot]], Soul singer with the Bar-Kays and Soul Children<ref>{{cite news|title=Stax star J Blackfoot Dies|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/nov/30/stax-star-j-blackfoot-dies/|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=30 November 2011|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120211639/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/nov/30/stax-star-j-blackfoot-dies/|archive-date=20 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Tommy Davidson]], actor/comedian * [[Ross Davis (baseball)|Ross Davis]], Negro league baseball player * [[Tyrone Davis]], blues musician * [[Johnny Dollar (blues musician)|Johnny Dollar]], (1941β2006), [[Chicago blues]] guitarist, singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirz.de/music/dollar.htm|title=Illustrated Johnny Dollar discography|website=Wirz.de|access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref> * [[Shelby Foote]], author and historian * [[Jimmie Giles]], NFL tight end with [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] * [[Quentin Groves]], an American football linebacker with the Jacksonville Jaguars * [[Brooks Haxton]], poet and professor at [[Syracuse University]] * [[Robert T. Henry]], [[World War II]] soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient * [[Jim Henson]], (1936β1990), puppeteer, television and film producer, creator of [[The Muppets]] * [[Corey Holmes]], all-star Canadian Football League player and Mayor of [[Metcalfe, Mississippi]] * [[Lucy Somerville Howorth]], feminist and [[New Deal]] lawyer * [[Carla Hughes]], convicted of murdering Avis Banks and her unborn baby.<ref name="Carla Prison">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/InmateDetails.asp?PassedId=153003|title=Carla Hughes|publisher=Mdoc.state.ms.us|access-date=February 23, 2015| archive-date= March 23, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120323022521/http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/InmateDetails.asp?PassedId=153003}}</ref> * [[Antonio Johnson (defensive tackle)|Antonio Johnson]], NFL player for the [[Indianapolis Colts]] * [[Germany Kent]], model and media personality * [[Cornelia Lampton]], pianist * [[Sam Chu Lin]], pioneering [[Chinese American]] journalist * [[John Ramsey Miller]], writer and journalist * [[Wilbert Montgomery]], former NFL running back, member of [[Philadelphia Eagles]] Hall of Fame * The Percy family, including U.S. Senator [[Le Roy Percy]] and his son, author [[William Alexander Percy]], lived here. [[Walker Percy]], another writer from the Percy family, and his brothers were raised by William Alexander Percy here after being orphaned. * [[Neil Ratliff]] (1936-1994), music librarian * [[Julia Evans Reed]], author, journalist and columnist * [[George Scott (first baseman)|George Scott]], [[MLB]] player for [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[New York Yankees]] * [[Carol Schwartz]], former member of [[Council of the District of Columbia]] * [[Nellie Nugent Somerville]], first woman elected to [[Mississippi Legislature]], mother of Lucy Somerville Howorth * [[LaToya Thomas]], former professional basketball player in [[WNBA]], first round draft pick of [[Cleveland Rockers]] * [[Heather McTeer Toney]], former mayor of Greenville and EPA regional administrator.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heather McTeer Toney|url=https://www.momscleanairforce.org/team/heather-mcteer-toney/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Moms Clean Air Force|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Walter Turnbull]], African American musician, founder of Boys Choir of Harlem * [[Frank White (baseball player)|Frank White]], professional baseball player * [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], singer of [[The Supremes]] * [[Benjamin Wright (composer)|Benjamin_Wright]], (born July 11, 1946) is an American record producer, composer and arranger.
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