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Jacksonville, FL
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.coj.net/
Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.myjaxchamber.com/ Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitjacksonville.com/ Population:
735617 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1791 County:
Duval County NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
MUSEUM
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harry Lee Anstead |
Judge |
4-Nov-1937 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| John D. Baker II |
Business |
7-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of Florida Rock Industries |
| Gary "U.S." Bonds |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Jun-1939 |
|
New Orleans |
| Pat Boone |
Singer |
1-Jun-1934 |
|
Lounge singer, 45-million records sold |
| Alan S. Boyd |
Government |
20-Jul-1922 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1967-69 |
| Corrine Brown |
Politician |
11-Nov-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Florida 5th |
| Danny Joe Brown |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1951 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Singer for Molly Hatchet |
| John Chaney |
Basketball |
21-Jan-1932 |
|
Temple Head Coach, 1982-2006 |
| Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Johnnetta B. Cole |
Educator |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
President of Spelman College, 1987-97 |
| Vince Coleman |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1960 |
|
St. Louis Cardinal, base stealer |
| Angela Corey |
Attorney |
31-Oct-1954 |
|
State Prosecutor, Florida 4th |
| Ander Crenshaw |
Politician |
1-Sep-1944 |
|
Congressman, Florida 4th |
| Alice Denham |
Author |
21-Jan-1927 |
27-Jan-2016 |
Sleeping with the Bad Boys |
| Ron DeSantis |
Politician |
14-Sep-1978 |
|
Congressman, Florida 6th |
| Fred Durst |
Musician |
20-Aug-1970 |
|
Lead singer of Limp Bizkit |
| David Duval |
Golf |
9-Nov-1971 |
|
Winner, 2001 British Open |
| Elizabeth Edwards |
Relative |
3-Jul-1949 |
7-Dec-2010 |
Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards |
| Craig Fugate |
Government |
14-May-1959 |
|
Director of FEMA |
| Don Fuqua |
Politician |
20-Aug-1933 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1963-87 |
| Ashley Greene |
Actor |
21-Feb-1987 |
|
Twilight |
| Ruth Hall |
Actor |
29-Dec-1910 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Monkey Business |
| Bob Hayes |
Football |
20-Dec-1942 |
18-Sep-2002 |
Sprinter, Cowboy, NFH Hall-of-Famer |
| Wanda Hendrix |
Actor |
3-Nov-1928 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Actress-wife of Audie Murphy |
| Sharpe James |
Politician |
20-Feb-1936 |
|
Mayor of Newark, 1986-2006 |
| James Weldon Johnson |
Author |
17-Jun-1871 |
26-Jun-1938 |
God's Trombones |
| Kelly Kelly |
Wrestling |
15-Jan-1987 |
|
Youngest WWE Diva |
| Paula Kelly |
Actor |
21-Oct-1943 |
|
Sweet Charity |
| Mase |
Rapper |
27-Aug-1974 |
|
Rapper-turned-pastor |
| Scott McKenzie |
Singer |
10-Jan-1939 |
18-Aug-2012 |
San Francisco |
| Catherine B. Reynolds |
Philanthropist |
c. 1957 |
|
Prominent benefactor |
| Theodore Roosevelt IV |
Business |
27-Nov-1942 |
|
Lehman Brothers |
| Tyler Shields |
Photographer |
29-Apr-1982 |
|
Unsubtle photographer |
| Rex Smith |
Singer |
19-Sep-1955 |
|
You Take My Breath Away |
| Ronnie Van Zant |
Musician |
15-Jan-1948 |
20-Oct-1977 |
Frontman of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Scooter Ward |
Musician |
7-May-1970 |
|
Frontman for the band Cold |
| John Archibald Wheeler |
Physicist |
9-Jul-1911 |
13-Apr-2008 |
The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission |
| Mark S. Wrighton |
Educator |
1949 |
|
Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Jack Youngblood |
Football |
26-Jan-1950 |
|
NFL Hall of Fame Defensive End |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte Broward |
Politician |
19-Apr-1857 |
1-Oct-1910 |
Governor of Florida, 1905-09 |
| C. Farris Bryant |
Politician |
26-Jul-1914 |
1-Mar-2002 |
Governor of Florida, 1961-65 |
| W. Haydon Burns |
Politician |
17-Mar-1912 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mayor of Jacksonville, 1949-65 |
| John Evander Couey |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1958 |
30-Sep-2009 |
Sex offender, killed Jessica Lunsford |
| Tillie Fowler |
Politician |
23-Dec-1942 |
2-Mar-2005 |
Congresswoman from Florida |
| Bob Hayes |
Football |
20-Dec-1942 |
18-Sep-2002 |
Sprinter, Cowboy, NFH Hall-of-Famer |
| Bowie Kuhn |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1926 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 |
| John W. Martin |
Politician |
21-Jun-1884 |
22-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Florida, 1925-29 |
| J. Frank Norris |
Religion |
18-Sep-1877 |
20-Aug-1952 |
Fundamentalist Baptist preacher |
| Henry Watterson |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1840 |
22-Dec-1921 |
Founder of Louisville Courier-Journal |
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