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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Hank Aaron
Baseball
5-Feb-1934   Hit 755 home runs over his career
Tommy Aaron
Golf
22-Feb-1937   Winner, 1973 Masters Tournament
William Andrews
Football
25-Dec-1955   Former Atlanta Falcons RB
Wally Butts
Football
7-Feb-1905 17-Dec-1973 UGA Head Coach, 1939-60
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Bobby Cox
Baseball
21-May-1941   Atlanta Braves manager, 1990-2010
Vince Dooley
Football
4-Sep-1932   Georgia Bulldogs Head Coach, 1964-88
John Heisman
Football
23-Oct-1869 3-Oct-1936 Namesake of the Heisman Trophy
Evander Holyfield
Boxing
19-Oct-1962   Ear chewed by Mike Tyson
Bobby Jones
Golf
17-Mar-1902 18-Dec-1971 Winner of 13 major championships
Nancy Lopez
Golf
6-Jan-1957   Pro golfer
Edwin Moses
Track and Field
31-Aug-1955   Olympic hurdler
Dale Murphy
Baseball
12-Mar-1956   National League MVP, 1982 and 1983
William Porter Payne
Business
13-Oct-1947   Gleacher Partners LLC
Jackie Robinson
Baseball
31-Jan-1919 24-Oct-1972 First negro in the major leagues
Sugar Ray Robinson
Boxing
3-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 Welterweight and Middleweight champ
Frank Sinkwich
Football
10-Oct-1920 22-Oct-1990 Winner, 1942 Heisman Trophy
Fran Tarkenton
Football
3-Feb-1940   That's Incredible!
Charley Trippi
Football
14-Dec-1922   NFL Hall of Fame QB/HB, Chicago Cardinals
Wyomia Tyus
Track and Field
29-Aug-1945   Olympic sprinter
Herschel Walker
Football
3-Mar-1962   NFL Running back, 1986-97
Dominique Wilkins
Basketball
12-Jan-1960   NBA Hall of Famer




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