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Shannon Michelle Wilsey Longoria, commonly known by her stage name of Savannah, was an American pornographic actress, starring in more than 100 pornographic films during her career. One of the most high-profile porn stars of her time, she achieved notoriety within her short (1990 - 1994) career due to her on-screen presence as well as her off-screen life. Savannah reportedly took her stage name from "Savannah Smiles", a 1982 movie she enjoyed. - Savannah
Shannon Michelle Wilsey Longoria (October 9 1970 - July 11 1994), commonly known by her stage name of Savannah, was an American pornographic actress, starring in more than 100 pornographic films during her career. One of the most high-profile porn stars of her time, she achieved notoriety within her short (1990 - 1994) career due to her on-screen presence as well as her off-screen life. Savannah committed suicide in 1994 after an auto accident. - Savanna Samson
Savanna Samson (real name Natalie Oliveros in Rochester, New York) is an American pornographic actress. Her name sometimes leads to confusion with Savannah, the adult actress who committed suicide in 1994. - George Jones
George Jones (February 25, 1766 - November 13, 1838) was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Savannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in the American Revolutionary War and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship. He was later a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate, … - John Barrow
John Jenkins Barrow (born October 31, 1955), American politician, is currently a Democratic Congressman from Georgia's 12th District. The district stretches along the eastern portion of the state, from Augusta to Savannah. Barrow is a Blue Dog Democrat as well as a member of the New Democrat Coalition. - John Walton
John Walton (1738 - 1783) was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress. Though born in Virginia, Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia. He was elected as a delegate from St. Paul Parish to the Provincial Congress at Savannah in 1775, and then elected to the Continental Congress in 1778. He signed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of Georgia on July 24 1778. - Leighton Meester
Leighton Meester (born April 9, 1986 in Marco Island, Florida) is an American actress best known as "Savannah" in the former NBC drama "Surface". Other roles include guest starring as "Debbie Pendleton" on Season 4 of the FOX drama "24", as "Ali" in episode 3 and 4 of Season 3 of the FOX drama "House", as "Carrie Bishop" on Season 1 of the UPN drama "Veronica Mars", … - James Moody
James Moody (born March 26 1925) is a jazz saxophone and flute player. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. As he grew up in New Jersey, he was attracted to the saxophone after hearing George Holmes Tate, Don Byas, and Count Basie. He recorded his first album for Blue Note Records in 1948. He is best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvises vocals for that tune. - W.W. Law
Westley Wallace Law (January 1, 1923 - July 29, 2002) was a civil rights leader from Savannah, Georgia. He was president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP, where he led his community towards great strides in desegregation through nonviolent resistance from 1950 to 1976. After his time with the NAACP W.W. Law spent much of the rest of his life advocating for African-American history and culture in Savannah. - Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson is a Democrat politician running for Congress in the state of Georgia's First U.S. House District. Nelson served as an Airborne Infantry Officer during the Vietnam War and more than a decade in the Army Reserve and National Guard. Jim and his wife have four children and four grandchildren. He works as a United Methodist pastor in Savannah and has been serving churches in South Georgia for more than 10 years. - James Ford
James Ford is a freelance reporter for WPIX. He currently works for the station's primetime (10pm) newscast. Ford had been a reporter at WNYW (FOX 5) since June 2001, covering a wide variety of stories throughout the tri-state area and beyond, from breaking news to features. He has also appeared on FOX 5's coverage of news out of Washington, D.C., including reports on the 9/11 Commission, the Iraq War and the Beltway Sniper. - Bob Inglis
Robert "Bob" Durden Inglis, Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is a United States congressman. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Bluffton, South Carolina. He has twice been chosen to represent the South Carolina's 4th congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives. Inglis attended college at Duke University, from which he earned an undergraduate degree. He went on to gain his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. - Dustin McGowan
Dustin Michael McGowan (Born on March 24, 1982 in Savannah, Georgia, United States) is a baseball player, currently a pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays. He made his major-league debut on July 30, 2005 against the Texas Rangers and received a no decision in an impressive performance. He throws a fastball in the 94-96mph range and sometimes as fast as 98mph. He also throws a slider, curve and changeup. After spending some time in the Jays bullpen in early 2006, … - Shairon Martis
Shairon B. Martis is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for The Netherlands in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Martis is one of the top pitching prospects in the Washington Nationals organization. Martis was born in Wilemstad, Curaçao. He pitched a no-hitter on March 10, 2006 in the World Baseball Classic against Panama, in a game stopped in the 7th inning due to the mercy rule. He pitched in 11 games in 2005 with 5 starts. - Charles Perry
Charles Perry (1924-1969) was an African American author whose only published novel was "Portrait of a Young Man Drowning". He was born in Savannah, Georgia, but moved to Brooklyn when he was still in grade school. During the 1940s, he was a co-star of the hit radio series "New World A-Coming". "Portrait of a Young Man Drowning" draws heavily on Perry's first hand research of gangsters and juvenile delinquents in his own Brooklyn neighbourhood. - Florence Martus
Florence Martus, also known as The Waving Girl, took it upon herself to be the unofficial greeter of all ships that entered and left the Port of Savannah. Using handkerchief by day and lanterns by night, not a ship was missed in her 44 years on watch. A statue of Martus has been erected in Morrell Park on the riverfront in Savannah, Georgia. - James Keach
James Keach (born December 7, 1947 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach. - John Houstoun
John Houstoun (August 31, 1744 - July 20, 1796) was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. He was a delegate for Georgia in the Continental Congress in 1775. He was twice Governor of Georgia, in 1778, and again in 1784-1785. - Beth Toussaint
Beth Toussaint (born 25 September 1962) is an American actress, best known for her television performances. From 1988 to 1989, she was a regular cast member in the popular CBS prime time soap opera "Dallas" as "Tracey Lawton," the daughter of Carter McKay, (played by George Kennedy), who had a brief romance with Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy). - Ellen Craft
Ellen Craft (1826? - 1891? 1897 also appears in sources) was a slave in Macon, Georgia. Her escape from slavery was widely publicized and used by abolitionists in their struggle to abolish the institution. Ellen Craft was among the most famous of escaped slaves. She married William Craft in 1846. The daughter of a slave woman and her white master, she disguised herself as a white man, and her husband, William, posed as her body servant, … - Jim South
Jim South was a recruiter and agent in America’s pornography industry. South sold insurance in Dallas for a few years and moved to Los Angeles in 1968. He opened a fashion modeling agency first, then formed the World Modeling Talent Agency in Sherman Oaks, California in 1976. The agency represented many performers and models who worked in adult movies and magazines. - James Alan McPherson
James Alan McPherson (born September 16, 1943 in Savannah, Georgia) is a United States short story writer and essayist, and a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973. He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, for his short story collection, "Elbow Room". He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981. His work has appeared in twenty-seven journals and magazines, seven short-story anthologies, and "The Best American Essays". - Phoebe Pember
Phoebe Yates Levy Pember (August 18, 1823 - March 4, 1913) of Savannah, Georgia was the woman in charge of housekeeping and patient diet at one of the divisions of Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. She had the job at the age of 39, and over 15,000 patients were under her direct care during the war. Pember was born into an assimilated Charleston, South Carolina, family on August 18, 1823. - Constance M. Burge
Constance M. Burge is the creator of the "Charmed" television series and short-lived "Savannah" series. Burge was also a writer for "Judging Amy", "Ally McBeal" and "Boston Public". She also worked as a producer for several shows. - James Sturm
James Sturm is an American cartoonist, Xeric Award-winner, and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Sturm is also the founder of The National Association of Comics Art Educators (NACAE); an organization committed to helping facilitate the teaching of comics in higher education. Sturm became a big fan of comics as a child, starting with "Peanuts". - Dj Lord
DJ Lord (born Lord Aswod in Savannah, Georgia), is an internationally known DJ and turntablist. DJ Lord has been acknowledged in the competition circuit as one of the best turnablists in the United States. In 1999, DJ Lord joined the hip-hop group Public Enemy on their 40th World Tour replacing Terminator X. Soon after, DJ Lord had his own performance segment within the Public Enemy show. - Sir Hyde Parker
Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807), second son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1714-1782), entered the Royal Navy at an early age, and became lieutenant in 1758, having passed most of his early service in his fathers' ships. Five years later he became a post-captain, and from 1766 onwards for many years he served in the West Indies and in North American waters, particularly distinguishing himself in breaking the defences of the North River at New York in 1776. - Benjamin Andrew
Benjamin Andrew (1713 - December 16, 1790) was an American planter and statesman from Midway, Georgia. He represented Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788. Benjamin was the son of John Andrew and was born in Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1754 he moved to Georgia and started his plantation near Midway in what is now Liberty County. - Myles Horton
Myles Horton (July 5, 1905 - January 1990) was an American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement. A poor white from Savannah in western Tennessee, his social and political views were strongly influenced by radical Social Gospel theologian Reinhold Niebuhr under whom he studied at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. - Louis Wagner
Louis Wagner was a French race car driver who won the first ever United States and British Grands Prix. Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine-Saint-Denis. He began racing cars while in his teens and claimed victory in 1903 driving a Darracq in a voiturette class race at the Circuit des Ardennes at Bastogne, Belgium. - John S. Norris
John S. Norris (1804 - 1876) was an American architect. He was born and raised in New York City, where he began his career as a mason. He advanced to being a builder and eventually listed himself in the telephone directory as an architect. He went to Wilmington, [North Carolina]] in 1839, where he first supervised construction, and then received his first independent commission to design the Wilmington Custom House in 1843. - Bertice Berry
Dr. Bertice Berry (b. 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator. Berry grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. She graduated magna cum laude from Jacksonville University in Florida, and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Kent State University in Ohio, at the age of 26. She later worked as an entertainer, lecturer, and comedian. She was the host co-executive producer of her own nationally syndicated talk show, "The Bertice Berry Show", from 1993 to 1994. - Claude Harmon
Claude Harmon, Sr. (July 14, 1916 - July 23, 1989) was an American golfer. Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was the last ever club professional to win a major golf tournament, winning the 1948 Masters Tournament. He won the Masters by five shots and pocketed $2,500 for his efforts. Claude served as the pro at a New York area club, Winged Foot Golf Club, but in 1959, … - Samuel Hammond
Samuel Hammond (September 21, 1757 - September 11, 1842) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. He attended the common schools and served as a volunteer under Governor Dunmore against Native Americans. During the American Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Assistant Quartermaster at the siege of Savannah. - Hugh W. Mercer
Hugh Weedon Mercer (November 27, 1808 - June 9, 1877) was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hugh W. Mercer was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to a wealthy and well-known family. His grandfather and namesake Hugh Mercer of Pennsylvania had been a general under George Washington during the American Revolution. Mercer graduated from West Point in 1828, and served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Artillery, … - Judy Clay
Judy Clay (12 September, 1938 - 19 July, 2001) was an American soul and gospel singer, who achieved greatest success as a member of two recording duos in the 1960s. Born Judy Guions, in St. Pauls, North Carolina, she was raised by her grandmother in Fayetteville and began singing in church. After moving to Brooklyn in the early 1950s, she was adopted by Lee Drinkard Warrick of the Drinkard Singers. - Jason Shiell
Jason Shiell (born October 19, 1976 in Savannah, GA) is a right handed starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. Shiell made his major league debut on September 8, 2002 for the San Diego Padres. Also played for the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves organizations. - Janice McDonald
Janice McDonald (born 1958) is a former Miss South Carolina USA. A native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she is the daughter of Dorothy McDonald and the late Weyman McDonald. Janice was a 20 year old senior at the University of South Carolina, majoring in broadcast journalism, when she won the title of Miss South Carolina USA in 1979. During her year as Miss South Carolina USA she competed in the Miss USA Pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi, … - Samuel Dale
Samuel Dale (1772 - May 24, 1841) was an American soldier and pioneer. Dale was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Scots-Irish parents from Pennsylvania. As a boy, both he and his parents moved many times with westward border expansion, most notably in 1775 and 1783. With the death of his parents in December 1792, he was responsible for the welfare of eight younger children. From 1793-96 he served as a U.S. Government scout. - Susie Taylor
Susie Baker King Taylor (1848-1912) was the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. As the author of "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers", she was the only African American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. She was born in Liberty County on August 6, 1848.
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