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The following were removed from the article in June of 2012, due to a huge oversight and lack of references. The article was cleared completely out, with only a few people examples referenced and re-added to the list. Please note that this is a list of people (not bands, groups, organizations), and as such only individuals who have reputable sources that show they did live within the city should be re-added. Please remove any item below, that fails to meet notability guidelines, is not a specific individual or lacks any reputable sources for their habitation within the city limits of atlanta.

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  • Ray Charles, jazz, blues, soul, and rock-and-roll pianist, songwriter, and singer; born in Georgia, raised in Florida
  • Duke Pearson, jazz pianist and composer
  • Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist, composer and arranger

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Atlanta mayors edit

For a more comprehensive list, see List of mayors of Atlanta.

Scientists and technology figures edit

See also: List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni

Sports figures edit

Olympians edit

  • Dick Buerkle, 1976 Olympian featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated
  • Lindsey Vonn, 2006, 2010 Olympic skier. (part time resident of Atlanta, also lives in Germany and Vail, Colorado; born in Minnesota)
  • Gwen Torrance,1992 Olympics, won gold medals in the 200 meters and 4 x 100 meter relay, as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay
  • [Terrence R. Trammell]], a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics

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Historians edit

  • W. E. B. Du Bois, who taught at Atlanta University and lived in the city for 6 years, during which he wrote The Souls of Black Folk (1903), in which he identified, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line".
  • Franklin Garrett, Atlanta's official historian who wrote the massive Atlanta and Environs (1954), the best reference for the city's history
  • Douglas Brinkley, born in Atlanta, is a bestselling author of such books as The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf of Mexico (2006) and The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. He was also biographer of Rosa Parks and James Carter.

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Other edit

  1. ^ "Graham Jackson: Biography". MSN. Microsoft.
  2. ^ http://www.muzikdizcovery.com/2011/04/interview-with-producer-matt-malpass.html
  3. ^ "In Memory of Elbert Earl Patton, Jr". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Applebome, Peter. "William A. Emerson Jr., Editor in Chief of Saturday Evening Post, Dies at 86", The New York Times, August 26, 2009. Accessed August 30, 2009.
  5. ^ See references in the Frank Lebby Stanton article.
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