History · Jackson

Famous people from Jackson

16 notable people were born in Jackson, from 1840 to 1939.

FB

Fletcher Benton

1931–2019

American artist

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Ellen Powell Thompson

Ellen Powell Thompson

1840–1911

American teacher and botanist

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Strickland Gillilan

Strickland Gillilan

1869–1954

American writer

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Frank Crumit

Frank Crumit

1889–1943

American entertainer

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Stan Arthur

Stan Arthur

born 1935

United States Navy officer

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William G. Pickrel

1888–1966

American politician

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Effie Hoffman Rogers

Effie Hoffman Rogers

1855–1918

American educator and newspaper editor

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HJ

Herrick L. Johnston

1898–1965

American cryogenicist

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CM

Carlos Miller

1923–2012

American physiologist, co-discoverer of the first cytokinin

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Hal Yinger

1919–2000

American football and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and professor

HM

Homer Marshman

1898–1989

American football owner

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Asa Brainerd Isham

1844–1912

American soldier and physician

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David Horton

born 1939

Photographer and designer from the US

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DJ

David Hugh Jones

1900–1983

American composer, choir director, and organist

ER

Ernest Popeye Reed

1919–1985

American sculptor

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Also called Jackson home

CB

Colin Biros

College soccer player (2021–2022), Syracuse

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