- Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is regarded as one of America's greatest orators. King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, … - Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6 1980, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain) is a 7'0" (2.13 m) Spanish basketball player. Gasol played in the Spanish ACB League for FC Barcelona, where he had an average of 11.3 points per game. He now plays in the National Basketball Association for the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. Selected third overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, … - Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake, (born January 31 1981), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop-R&B singer and actor. He came to fame as the frontman of pop boy band 'N Sync and has won four Grammy Awards. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, "Justified", which sold over seven million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, "FutureSex/LoveSounds", was released in 2006 with the #1 U.S. hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", … - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years "The Queen Of Soul", but many also call her "Lady Soul," as well as the more affectionate "Sister Ree." She is renowned for her soul recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as one of the greatest vocalists ever, … - John Lee
John Lee is an American writer of thrillers, many of them set in Second World War settings, as well as non-fiction books. He is also a lecturer in journalism, distinguished by his conscious decision not to take up a doctorate despite having made all the preparations for it. He is married to Barbara Moore and regularly commutes between Memphis, Tennessee and Texas. - Kevin Love
Kevin Love, born in Des Moines, IA, is a former NASCAR driver. He ran five races in the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series season, all for Fiddleback Racing. He made his debut in the #67 Fiddleback truck in the spring '04 Martinsville race, starting 30th and finishing 27th at the tough track. In the race, he completed all but two laps, a tough task at the short track. He improved at his next start at Dover, finishing 24th and then again at Memphis, finishing 21st. - Graceland
Graceland is the name of the large white-columned estate that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It currently serves as a museum that was opened to the public in 1982, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991. On March 27, 2006, Gale Norton, United States Secretary of the Interior, designated Graceland a National Historic Landmark—joining the White House, the Alamo, … - Mike Bibby
Michael (Mike) Bibby (born May 13, 1978 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball point guard for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, and the son of former NBA and UCLA player and former USC basketball coach and current Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Henry Bibby. He is also the nephew of former Major League Baseball player Jim Bibby. Bibby is a native of Phoenix, Arizona (or Cherry Hill, New Jersey) and attended Shadow Mountain High School. - Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 - January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music that was recorded most notably at Sun Records in Memphis beginning in 1954. - Chips Moman
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (born 1936 in La Grange, Georgia) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. The nickname "Chips" apparently derives from his love of gambling. As a producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, Merrilee Rush and Box Tops in Memphis during the 1960s. As a songwriter, he is responsible for standards associated with Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Waylon Jennings and B. J. Thomas. - Harold Ford
I am a US House Representative for the state of TN. I am a Democrat. My religion is Baptist. I am Single. I received my BA from University of Pennsylvania. I received my JD from University of Michigan. I live in Memphis. I was born in Memphis, TN. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "167 North Main St., #369, Memphis, TN 38103". - Steve Cohen
Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee's ninth district. Prior to his election to the House in November 2006, Cohen was a Tennessee State Senator from Memphis. He is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman. - Harold Ford Jr.
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. Ford represented the state's, centered on Memphis, from 1997 to 2007. Ford did not seek reelection to his House seat in 2006 when he unsuccessfully sought the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Bill Frist. - Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of soul singer Carla Thomas ("B-A-B-Y") and keyboard player Marvell Thomas. A third daughter, Vaneese, a former French teacher, for years had a recording studio in upstate New York where she sang for television commercials. - Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins (born Joe Willie Perkins on July 7, 1913) is an American blues musician. Perkins was born in Belzoni, Mississippi. He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in Helena, Arkansas. Unable to play guitar, Perkins switched to the piano, and also switched from Robert Nighthawk's KFFA radio program to Sonny Boy Williamson's "King Biscuit Time". - Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard (born Jay Lindsey) is a prolific garage punk musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for his work in The Reatards, Lost Sounds, and his current solo career. - Craig Brewer
Craig Brewer is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie "Hustle & Flow" won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy award for Best Original Song, It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp. - John Thompson
John Thompson is the current defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team. Thompson was hired by head coach Ed Orgeron, who played under Thompson at Northwestern State. Thompson has also served as the defensive coordinator at Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Louisiana Tech, and Memphis. From 2003 to 2004, he was the head football coach at East Carolina, where he compiled a 3-20 record. His most recent coaching position, prior to Ole Miss, … - Mississippi John Hurt
"Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (July 2, 1892, Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, he learned to play guitar at age 9. He spent much of his youth playing old time music for friends and dances, earning a living as a farm hand into the 1920s. - Yo Gotti
Yo Gotti (born Mario Mims on May 19 1980) is a rapper from Frayser, Memphis, Tennessee. Formally with Kinfolk Kia Shine on the Rap Hustlaz label, Yo Gotti got recognition with the album "Life", and the hit single "Sell My Dope." He is currently signed to TVT Records, Prophet Entertainment, Cash Money Records and his own record company, Inevitable Entertainment. Yo Gotti is still with TVT and did not leave, as was rumored, for a solo deal with Cash Money Records. - Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas (born December 21 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. - R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, November 21 or November 23, 1926; d. Memphis, Tennessee, September 1, 2005) was a blues singer, songwriter and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. - Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson (March 4, 1913 - February 21, 1995) was a guitarist born in Senatobia, Mississippi, USA. He should not be confused with Blind Willie Johnson. Johnson was the guitarist in the first band led by Howlin' Wolf. When Wolf moved to Chicago, he could not convince Johnson to go with him. Johnson stayed on in Memphis. Willie Johnson died in Los Angeles. - Project Pat
Patrick Earl Houston (born 1972), better known as Project Pat, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee and close affiliate to Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. His stage name is likely a reference to Memphis' Cypress Gardens Projects. He is the older brother of rapper/producer Juicy J of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, a member of the Hypnotize Minds rap collective and often featured artist on Three 6 Mafia tracks. - Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd (born Eddie Lee Floyd, 25 June 1935, Montgomery, Alabama) is a soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s. Floyd was born in Alabama, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He founded The Falcons, which also featured "Sir" Mack Rice. They were forerunners to future Detroit vocal groups such as The Temptations and The Four Tops. - Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924-December 19, 1997) was a blues guitarist best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s. Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi, and was raised in Memphis. Rogers learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois (where he played with Junior Lockwood), … - Johnny Burnette
John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette was a Rockabilly pioneer. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He was the father of 1980s rockabilly singer Rocky Burnette. Johnny was born to Willie May and Dorsey Burnett Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee. - Dan Haren
Daniel John ("Dan") Haren is a baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. He is, along with Chad Gaudin and Joe Blanton, part of the "New Big Three", a name given to the A's 3 new young star pitchers that replaced Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder—the A's Big Three from 2000–2004. His dominant 2007 season has earned him the nickname Dan "The Baron" Haren - Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (September 1 1933 - June 5 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of the 20th century. He had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music (among others). - Bobby Bland
Bobby "Blue" Bland was born Robert Calvin Bland, January 27 1930, in Rosemark, Tennessee) and is an influencial African-American singer, and an original member of The Beale Streeters. He is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues". Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with blues and R&B. =Career= Bobby "Blue" Bland was born 27 January 1930, in Rosemark, Tennessee, USA. - Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska (born January 16, 1986, Warsaw) is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson and her favourite surface is hard. She recently reached the final of the WTA tournament in Memphis, in 2006, playing Sofia Arvidsson in the final. Speaks three languages: Polish, English and Russian. - William Bell
William Bell (born William Yarborough, 16 July 1939, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He was one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound, and is probably best known for his 1961 debut single, "You Don't Miss Your Water". With Booker T. Jones, Bell wrote the song, "Born Under a Bad Sign", which became a signature song for blues musician, Albert King. It was later popularized by the power trio, Cream. - Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was born John Ned Shines in Frayser, Tennessee. He spent most of his childhood in Memphis playing slide guitar at an early age in local “jukes” and for tips on the streets. His first musical influences were Blind Lemon Jefferson and Howlin’ Wolf, but he was taught to play the guitar by his mother. - Tommy West
Thomas "Tommy" Cleveland West (born on July 31, 1954, in Carrollton, Georgia) is the current Head Coach of Football at the University of Memphis. He also served as the head coach for Clemson University. He is married to the former Lindsay Watkins. The couple has one son, Turner. - Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (born July 11, 1990, Odense) is a Danish tennis player. As of July 9, 2007, she is 88th in the WTA rankings. Being born to Polish parents, she is trilingual, fluent in Polish as well as Danish and English. She has won several junior tournaments (including the 2005 Orange Bowl tennis championship), and made her debut on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Cincinnati's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open on July 19, 2005, … - Ryan Ludwick
Ryan Ludwick (born July 13, 1978 in Satellite Beach, Florida) is a baseball player on the St. Louis Cardinals. Ludwick was originally a second round draft choice of the Oakland Athletics in 1999. Ludwick was traded to the Rangers before the 2002 season, along with Gerald Laird, Jason Hart, and Mario Ramos, for first baseman Carlos Pena and pitcher Mike Venafro. Ludwick made his major league debut with the Rangers in 2002, … - Adrian Rogers
Adrian Pierce Rogers, Th.D., was an American pastor, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979-1980 and 1986-1988). Supporters have described him as the apostle Paul of Southern Baptists. Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and decided to enter into the Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church in West Palm Beach. - Chris Bell
Chris Bell (January 12, 1951 - December 27, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s. Chris Bell left the group after their first album, "#1 Record", but contributed some music and lyrics to their second LP, 1974's "Radio City". - James Carr
James Carr (June 13, 1942 - January 7th, 2001) Born to a Baptist preacher's family in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began singing in church and was performing in gospel groups and making tables on an assembly line in Memphis, Tennessee when he began recording in the mid-'60s for Goldwax Records, a small Memphis based label. Carr first made the R&B charts in 1966 with "You've Got My Mind Messed Up", followed by his most famous song "The Dark End of the Street", … - Dan Penn
Wallace Daniel Pennington (16 November 1941 -) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and sometime guitar player who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s including "Dark End of the Street" & "Do Right Woman" (with Chips Moman) and "Out of Left Field" & "Cry Like A Baby" (with Spooner Oldham). Penn has also produced hits such as "The Letter" by The Box Tops, amongst others. Though he is considered to be one of the great white soul singers, …
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