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==Notable people== The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Toccoa. * [[Paul Anderson (weightlifter)|Paul Anderson]] (1932β1994) β 1955 World weightlifting champion, 1956 gold medal winner in [[Olympic weightlifting]]; resident of Toccoa<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sctech.edu/about/location_flint.php| title=Toccoa| publisher=Georgia Department of Community Affairs| access-date=September 5, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005235253/http://www.sctech.edu/about/location_flint.php| archive-date=October 5, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Fair|first1=John D.|title=Paul Anderson (1932-1994)|date=2016|publisher=New Georgia Encyclopedia|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/paul-anderson-1932-1994|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201143316/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/paul-anderson-1932-1994|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Howard "Doc" Ayers]] (1922β2020) - [[Coach (sport)#American football|football coach]] at the [[University of Georgia]] * [[Dan Biggers]] (1931β2011) β actor * [[James Brown]] (1933β2006) β singer, songwriter, dancer, and bandleader<ref name="Hay">{{cite journal|last1=Hay|first1=Fred|title=Music Box Meets the Toccoa Band: The Godfather of Soul in Appalachia|journal=Black Music Research Journal|date=2003|volume=23|issue=1β2|pages=103β133|doi=10.2307/3593211|jstor=3593211}}</ref> * [[Bobby Byrd]] (1934β2007) β musician, songwriter, and record producer * [[Dee Clark]] (1938β1990) β singer * [[McKenzie Coan]] (born 1996) - swimmer and 2016 gold medal winner in the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] * [[Ida Cox]] (1896β1967) β [[blues]] singer and [[vaudeville]] performer<ref>{{cite book|last1=Freeman|first1=Greg|title=Ida Cox (1896-1967)|date=2013|publisher=New Georgia Encyclopedia|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ida-cox-1896-1967|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321045949/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ida-cox-1896-1967|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Dale Davis (basketball)|Dale Davis]] (born 1969) β former professional basketball player * [[The Famous Flames]] - [[The Famous Flames|R & B]] group * [[DeForest Kelley]] (1920β1999) β actor<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/deforest-kelley-info.aspx| title=DeForest Kelley| publisher=BuddyTV.com| access-date=March 31, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101223254/http://www.buddytv.com/info/deforest-kelley-info.aspx| archive-date=November 1, 2014| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[R. G. LeTourneau]] (1888β1969) β inventor and Christian philanthropist * [[Herb Maffett]] (1907β1994) - [[College Football All-American|All-American]] football player at the [[University of Georgia]] * [[Ethan Martin]] (born 1989) β professional [[baseball]] player * [[Evan Oglesby]] (born 1981) β professional [[American football|football]] player * [[Tauren Poole]] (born 1989) - professional football player * [[Ralph E. Reed Jr.]] (born 1961) β political activist * [[Oral Roberts]] (1918β2009) β pastor and [[televangelist]]<ref>[http://comm.iphc.rg/blog1.php/2009/12/18/oralrobertspassing/ Oral Roberts: A Son of the IPHC]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Kimberly Schlapman]] (born 1969) β member of the country music band [[Little Big Town]] * [[Ramblin' Tommy Scott]] (1917β2013) - [[country music|country]] and [[rockabilly]] musician<ref>Smith-Miles, Charmaine, "''Last of his Kind''", Independent-Mail, Anderson, S.C., Monday November 2, 2009, page 4A.</ref> * [[Billy Shaw]] (born 1938) β former [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] and [[National Football League|NFL]] football player; [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] member * [[Aaron Shust]] (born 1975) β Christian singer and three time [[Dove Award]] winner * [[Jerry Kenneth "Ken" Swilling]] (born 1970) β football player and a safety on the [[Georgia Tech]] [[1990 NCAA Division I-A football season|1990 National Championship Team]] * [[Pat Swilling]] (born 1964) β professional football player and politician * [[The Watkins Family]] - [[Southern gospel]]/[[bluegrass music]] performers * [[William T. Wofford]] (1824β1884) - [[American Civil War|Civil War]] general
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