Editing Dalton, Georgia (section)

==Notable people==

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* [[Morris Almond]], professional basketball player<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycitizen.news/sports/dalton-born-guard-drafted-by-jazz/article_54acbdc9-a683-5fef-9ff0-a05db40332f3.html|title=Dalton-born guard drafted by Jazz|last=Cerniglia|first=Keith A.|date=2007-06-29|work=[[The Daily Citizen (Dalton)]]|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jim Arnold (American football)|Jim Arnold]], former NFL punter
* [[Mitchell Boggs]], former professional baseball player<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stlsportspage.com/CARDSBASEBALL/tabid/91/entryid/11438/mitchell-boggs-convinced-the-wbc-did-not-cause-career-decline.aspx|title=Mitchell Boggs Convinced The WBC Did Not Cause Career Decline|last=Rob Rains|author-link=Rob Rains|date=2017-03-08|work=StL Sports Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513013533/http://www.stlsportspage.com/CARDSBASEBALL/tabid/91/entryid/11438/mitchell-boggs-convinced-the-wbc-did-not-cause-career-decline.aspx|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* [[William Ragsdale Cannon]], Bishop of the United Methodist Church and Dean of Candler School of Theology at Emory University
* [[Lane Davies]], American actor
* [[Susan Dennard]], author of The Witchlands series<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/novice-author-dennard-gets-publishing-deal/article_2694007a-c012-5a81-8745-84efc0639b10.html|title=Novice author Dennard gets publishing deal|last=Jonesjamiejones@daltoncitizen.com|first=Jamie|website=The Daily Citizen|date=24 April 2011 |language=en|access-date=2018-12-21}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Dwight]], baseball player in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Eddie Dwight|url=http://www.nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum/history/players/dwight.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.nlbemuseum.com}}</ref>
* [[Jahmyr Gibbs]], NFL running back for the [[Detroit Lions]]
* [[Bobby Gill]], NASCAR driver
* [[Stephen E. Gordy]], Virginia politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=69253&fh_id=10343|title=Obituary for Colonel (Ret.) Stephen E. Gordy at Love Funeral Home|date=2006-10-27|website=Meaningful Funerals|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513013730/https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=69253&fh_id=10343|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* [[Andy Foster (sports commissioner)|Andy Foster]], California State Athletic Commissioner
* [[Will N. Harben]], Author<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/will-harben-1858-1919/|title=Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century.}}</ref>
* [[John Junkins]], professor and former interim president of [[Texas A&M University]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/whitfield-county-native-leads-texas-a-m-through-pandemic-as-interim-president/article_868da457-1b32-585a-991f-1f720593ce53.html
|title=Whitfield County native leads Texas A&M through pandemic as interim president|date= April 21, 2021|publisher= Dalton Daily Citizen|access-date= April 19, 2023|first= Ryan|last= Anderson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207061800/https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/whitfield-county-native-leads-texas-a-m-through-pandemic-as-interim-president/article_868da457-1b32-585a-991f-1f720593ce53.html|archive-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Tammy Jo Kirk]], NASCAR driver<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycitizen.news/dalton-area-has-a-strong-motorcycle-racing-pedigree/article_4b68cff0-081d-5667-9271-f7cb9ce712b3.html|title=Dalton area has a strong motorcycle racing pedigree|last=Holsomback|first=Rick|date=2014-04-19|work=[[The Daily Citizen (Dalton)]]|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Robert Loveman]], poet<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/georgia/story/2009/aug/19/loveman-lane-residents-cling-to-historic-name/231332/|title=Loveman Lane residents cling to historic name|last=Jackson|first=Kelly|date=2009-08-19|work=[[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513013907/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/georgia/story/2009/aug/19/loveman-lane-residents-cling-to-historic-name/231332/|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* [[Marla Maples]], actress and former wife of [[Donald Trump]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/things-know-about-donald-trump-wife-marla-maples/P41ae67kPgLaUGQI7lUPHL/|title=7 things to know about Donald Trump's ex-wife, Marla Maples|date=2017-01-20|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014034/https://www.ajc.com/news/things-know-about-donald-trump-wife-marla-maples/P41ae67kPgLaUGQI7lUPHL/|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref> (native of nearby Cohutta)
* [[Harlan Erwin Mitchell]], United States representative from Georgia<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2011/sep/14/former-us-rep-and-dalton-native-harlan-mitchell-di/58858/|title=Former U.S. Rep. and Dalton native Harlan Mitchell dies|date=2011-09-14|work=[[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014157/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2011/sep/14/former-us-rep-and-dalton-native-harlan-mitchell-di/58858/|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* [[Deborah Norville]], television anchor and journalist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/19/the-hometown-of-the-killer-blondes/296a0137-9d11-43a4-8cbf-696bd6d3ffa2/|title=The Hometown of the Killer Blondes|last=Harris|first=Art|date=1990-02-19|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* [[Steve Prohm]], head men's basketball coach at [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State University]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/iowa-state-cyclones-basketball-steve-prohm-coach-fred-hoiberg-georges-niang-121015|title=If anyone can follow 'The Mayor' at Iowa State, it's Steve Prohm|last=Forgrave|first=Reid|date=2015-12-10|work=[[Fox Sports]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014414/https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/iowa-state-cyclones-basketball-steve-prohm-coach-fred-hoiberg-georges-niang-121015|archive-date=2018-05-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Harry Simpson|Harry Leon "Suitcase" Simpson]], African American major league baseball player<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2009/oct/25/dalton-honors-sports-pioneer-suitcase-simpson/239971/|title=Dalton honors sports pioneer 'Suitcase' Simpson|last=Jackson|first=Kelly|date=2009-10-25|work=[[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014508/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2009/oct/25/dalton-honors-sports-pioneer-suitcase-simpson/239971/|archive-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* [[Marian McCamy Sims]], author<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marian McCamy Sims |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/marian-mccamy-sims-1899-1961/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624151033/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/marian-mccamy-sims-1899-1961/ |archive-date=2023-06-24 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Dale Singleton]], motorcycle racer
* [[Linda Vaughn]], Miss Hurst Shifter