Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

male, deceased (1889)
Jefferson Finis Davis, Defender of slavery, SouthernUnitedStates, United States Army officer, American, Treason…United States Senator, Confederate States of America, United States Secretary of War, southern, Confederate States political leader
Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to...
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

male, deceased (1850)
cause of death disputed, Defender of slavery, From Louisville, Kentucky, Old Rough and Ready, American, Kentucky politician…southern, United States Army, President of the United States, slavery in the united states, United States Whig Party
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. Known as "Old...
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

female, deceased (1896)
Beecher family, American women writer, Women novelist, Congregationalist, Uncle Tom's Cabin, from Hartford, Connecticut…SouthernUnitedStates
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was a white American abolitionist and novelist, whose "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery;...
Nat Turner

Nat Turner

male, deceased (1831)
American rebel slave, American, Rebel, revolutionary, slave, slavery…Rebellions in the United States, SouthernUnitedStates
Nat, remembered today as Nat Turner was an American slave whose failed slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, was the most remarkable...
Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

female, deceased (2001) (Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, A Worn Path, Columbia Business School, Mississippi University For Women, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, death by pneumonia…SouthernUnitedStates, The Fellowship of Southern Writers
Eudora Welty (b. April 13 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 23 2001, Jackson, Mississippi) was an award-winning author and photographer who...
Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks

female, 19 years old
golden record, American Idol, american idol winner, American Idol participant, Plus-size model, actress…SouthernUnitedStates, Southwestern United States
Jordin Brianna Sparks (born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer. On May 23, 2007, she was declared the winner of the...

Diplo

male
DJ Blaqstarr, Southern Gothic, Hollertronix, Music styles, Wesley Pentz, Bastard pop…southern literature, SouthernUnitedStates
Diplo, Diplodocus, Wes Gully, and Wes Diplo are all pseudonyms of Wesley Pentz, a Philadelphia-based producer and DJ. Together with DJ Low Budget,...
Grady McWhiney

Grady McWhiney

male, deceased (2006)
American military personnel of World War II, Centenary College of Louisiana alumni, Louisiana State University alumni, Columbia University alumni, centenary college, anglo-saxon…united states marine corps, SouthernUnitedStates, Confederate States of America
Grady McWhiney (July 15 1928 - April 18 2006) was a historian of the American south and the Civil War. McWhiney was born in Shreveport, Louisiana,...
Eric Robert Rudolph

Eric Robert Rudolph

male, 43 years old
convicted of murder, from Brevard County, Florida, American pro-life activist, roman, SouthernUnitedStates, homicide…Abortion-related violence in the United States, United States Army soldier, Terrorist incidents in the United States
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American anti-abortion and anti-gay extremist and...

Blowfly

male, 64 years old
American comedy musician, Songwriter, persona, studio, PARTIES, supervillain…SouthernUnitedStates
Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid (b. February 14, 1945 in Cochran, Georgia) who was a songwriter for many hit R&B...