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<html> <head> <title>Savannah, GA</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Savannah, GA CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/">http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/</a> Chamber of Commerce: <a href="http://www.savannahchamber.com/" target=_blank>http://www.savannahchamber.com/</a>Visitors Bureau: <a href="http://www.savannahvisit.com/" target=_blank>http://www.savannahvisit.com/</a>Population: 131510 (2000 census)Founding Date: 12-Feb-1733County: <a href="/geo/315/000141889/">Chatham County</a> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/667/000079430/">Savannah College of Art and Design</a></td><td><center>1978</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/638/000166140/">Armstrong Atlantic State University</a></td><td><center>1935</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/507/000201901/">South University</a></td><td><center>1899</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/625/000166127/">Savannah State University</a></td><td><center>1890</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/134/000116783/">Gulfstream Aerospace</a></td><td><center>1958</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/450/000269640/">Dianna Agron</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1986</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Quinn Fabray on Glee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000048694/">Conrad Aiken</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1973</tt></td> <td>Earth Triumphant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000057009/">Big Boi</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>01-Feb-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>OutKast</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000129483/">Eva M. Clayton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from North Carolina, 1992-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000063935/">Charles Coburn</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td>The More the Merrier</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000026511/">Desiree Cousteau</a></td> <td><center>Pornstar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pretty Peaches, Inside Desiree Cousteau</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000051809/">Mike Curb</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lt. Governor of California, 1979-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000350282/">Billy Currington</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000163683/">Bucky Dent</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former MLB shortstop, Yankees manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000205796/">Michael J. Egan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Georgia State Senator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000049738/">John C. Fremont</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1890</tt></td> <td>Conqueror of California</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/101/000123729/">Thomas P. Gerrity</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Dean, Wharton School</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000050460/">William Joseph Hardee</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1815</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1873</tt></td> <td>Confederate Army General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000355637/">Omari Hardwick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ty Curtis on Dark Blue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/044/000173522/">Claude Harmon</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1989</tt></td> <td>Winner, 1948 Masters Tournament</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000069874/">Desmond Harrington</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ghost Ship</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000206405/">Alexander Heard</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-2009</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/460/000066262/">Miriam Hopkins</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1972</tt></td> <td>The Story of Temple Drake</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000086877/">Bob Inglis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from South Carolina, 1993-98, 2005-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000122879/">Al Jaffee</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Invented the Mad fold-in</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000172516/">Ernest E. Jones</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000131423/">James Keach</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Long Riders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/289/000024217/">Stacy Keach</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mike Hammer, also voice narrator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000160444/">Juliette Gordon Low</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td>Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000120351/">James G. Martin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/036/000114691/">James Alan McPherson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-2016</tt></td> <td>Elbow Room</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000085502/">Johnny Mercer</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1976</tt></td> <td>Accentuate the Positive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000044282/">Flannery O'Connor</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1964</tt></td> <td>A Good Man Is Hard To Find</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000160133/">Hal Scardino</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Indian in the Cupboard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000131702/">Diana Scarwid</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mommie Dearest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000206416/">Merriman Smith</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1970</tt></td> <td>UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000206464/">Kirk Varnedoe</a></td> <td><center>Curator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2003</tt></td> <td>Curator at MOMA, 1988-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000180408/">James Moore Wayne</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1790</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1867</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1835-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000128453/">Ellen Wilson</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1914</tt></td> <td>First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000120455/">Johnny Young</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Slovenia, 2001-04</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000048694/">Conrad Aiken</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1973</tt></td> <td>Earth Triumphant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000053218/">George Busbee</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-2004</tt></td> <td>Governor of Georgia, 1975-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000052006/">Button Gwinnett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1735</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1777</tt></td> <td>Most valuable signature</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000160444/">Juliette Gordon Low</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td>Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000164618/">Lachlan McIntosh</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1725</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1806</tt></td> <td>Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000205711/">King Oliver</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td>King Oliver Creole Jazz Band</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/603/000050453/">Casimir Pulaski</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1745</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1779</tt></td> <td>Polish General in the American Revolution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000085863/">Bobby Thomson</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-2010</tt></td> <td>1951 home run brought Giants to the Series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/296/000167792/">William B. 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