Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

female, 55 years old
television talk show host, the oprah winfrey show, entrepreneur, black billionaire, American billionaire, influential woman…Miss Black Tennessee, tennesseestateuniversity
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the highest rated talk...
Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

female, deceased (1994)
athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Olympic competitor for the United States, From Tennessee, American, African American…tennesseestateuniversity
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23 1940 - November 12 1994) was an American athlete, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she became the...
Ed Jones

Ed Jones

male, 58 years old
Ed Lee "Too Tall" Jones, National Conference Pro Bowl player, omega psi phi, Diff'rent Strokes, National Football Conference, american football player…From Tennessee, tennesseestateuniversity, Tennessee State Tigers football player
Ed Lee "Too Tall" Jones (born February 23, 1951 in Jackson, Tennessee) was an American football player. He was given the nickname "Too Tall" due to...
Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

female
Nashville, Melbourne, Australia, from the United States, tennesseestateuniversity, 1959 Pan American Games, Athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Lucinda Williams Adams (born in Bloomingdale, Georgia) is an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for the United...

Gregory W. Henry

male
Astronomer, transit, extrasolar planet, American, tennesseestateuniversity, HD 209458 b
Gregory W. Henry is an astronomer and research scientist for Tennessee State University. In 1999, Henry led one of two teams that discovered the...

A.C. Wharton

male
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, bi-partisan, Democrat, Nashville, University of Mississippi, Memphis…tennesseestateuniversity
A C Wharton, Jr. is a Tennessee politician. Elected to a first term as Mayor of Shelby County in 2002, he was reelected easily in 2006. He is a...
Wyomia Tyus

Wyomia Tyus

female, 64 years old
Olympic gold medalist, Olympic silver medalist, from the United States, Olympic competitor for the United States, 1964 Summer Olympics, Beverly Hills High School…tennesseestateuniversity
Wyomia Tyus (born August 29, 1945 in Griffin, Georgia) is an American athlete, and the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m. Tyus,...

Thelma Harper

female
davidson county, Metropolitan Council, Tennessee Senate, the tennessean, politician, tennesseestateuniversity…Tennessee State Senator, tennessee general assembly
Thelma Harper is a Tennesseean politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 19th district, which is composed of part of Davidson County....
Ralph Boston

Ralph Boston

male, 70 years old
Olympic competitor for the United States, from the United States, track and field athlete, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics, National Collegiate Athletic Association…tennesseestateuniversity
Ralph Harold Boston (b. May 9 1939, is an American athlete. He was an all around athletic star, but he is best remembered for his successes in the...
Joe Gilliam

Joe Gilliam

male, deceased (2000)
African American, athlete, cocaine, pittsburgh steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers player, quarterback…Tennessee State Tigers football player, tennesseestateuniversity, From Tennessee, Tennessee A&I State University
Joe Gilliam was an American football player. =Biography= Joseph Gilliam, Jr. (born December 29, 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia) was the third of...