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Jimmie Davis
Name at birth: James Houston DavisJimmie Davis had an unusual dual career as a politician and a country music singer. A budding radio singer and guitarist throughout the 1930s, he recorded the…Davy Crockett
David "Davy" Crockett was a frontiersman, politician and folk hero from Tennessee who joined Texas forces in 1836 and was killed in battle at the Alamo. Crockett was raised in eastern Tennessee and…Al Davis
Name at birth: Allen DavisAl Davis was the combative head coach, general manager and owner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders for nearly 50 years. He built the Raiders in his own tough and rebellious image…Miles Davis
Name at birth: Miles Dewey Davis, Jr.In the 1940s, Miles Davis went off to New York City to study music at Julliard. He ended up playing jazz with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie instead, soon…Robertson Davies
Name at birth: William Robertson DaviesOne of the great figures in Canadian literature, Robertson Davies is best-known for the Deptford trilogy of books, Fifth Business (1970, The Manticore (1972)…Ossie Davis
Name at birth: Raiford Chatman DavisModern audiences know Ossie Davis from his many appearances in Spike Lee movies, from Do the Right Thing (1988) to She Hate Me (2004). But Davis has made hundreds…Brewer's: Davy
I'll take my davy of it. I'll take my “affidavit” it is true. Davy (Snuffy). David Wilson. (See Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, chap. iii. and note.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Viola Davis
Actress Viola Davis has worked steadily on stage and screen since the late 1990s, winning a Tony Award for the leading role in King Hedley II (2001), an Oscar nomination for a supporting role in…Angela Davis
Writer and activist Angela Davis first came to national prominence in the late 1960s, and for two months in 1970 she was on the F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. She has since earned her…Davis Cup
1996 Final1997 Early RoundsSemifinalsFinal France defeated Sweden, 3-2, in Malmo, Sweden to capture the 1996 Davis Cup. It was the eighth championship for the French and their first since…Trending
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