Saturday, April 28, 2007

Top 20 noteworthy people from your city

This includes people who have lived in your city, were born in your, or grew up in your city. (In order from most famous)
For MACON, GEORGIA
1 Cher-- Lived in Macon for two yrs. while married to Gregg Allman
2 Little Richard--Born/Raised (King of Rock?? Ever heard of him?)
3James Brown. Lived in Macon for some years and recorded many albums in Macon
4Duane Allman/Gregg Allman== The Allman Brother's Band. Recorded Eat A Peach and others at Capricorn Studios in Macon
5Otis Redding--Famous soul singer. Born/Raised in Mac-town
6Nancy Grace-Has her own show on CNN formerly of Court TV
7 Young Sleezy--A very popular rapper. Grew up in Macon and nearby Hawkinsville
8Jason Aldean--Country Music Star-- Grew up in Macon
9Sonny Carter--Famous Astronaut born/raised in the "Big M"
10Jeff Malone--Former NBA player. Born/raised/and currently resides in Macon
11 Sidney Lanier-- Famous civil war poet and flute player
12-Norm Nison--NBA player
13 Soong Ai Ling (wife of famous wealthy Chinese man HH. Kung), Soong Ching Ling, and Soong May Ling (wife of Chiang-Kai-Shek) all went to Wesleyan College (First all woman college in the U.S.)
14 Sam Mitchell- Went to college in Macon-- Head Coach of Toronto Raptors.
14Catherine Benson- First female in the world to earn a college degree @ Wesleyan
15 Neva Fickling-- Ms. America 1953
16 Phil Walden--Founder of Capricorn Studios. Died a few weeks ago.
17 Roy Fickling-- Founder of Fickling& Co. Real Estate.
18 Bernard Ramsey--Born and raised-- Merrill Lynch Executive
19 Toni Jenning-- Florida Liet. Governer.
20Wesley Duke-- Went to college at Mercer in Macon. Tight end for Denver Broncos-- 2005 AfC West Champions>

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