Flashcards: Businesspeople from Jackson, Mississippi

Brunson Green is a film producer and president of Harbinger Pictures.

Arthur Bernard Leaner (June 30, 1908–September 6, 1978), who was known professionally as Al Benson, was an African-American radio DJ, music promoter and record label owner in Chicago between the 1940s and 1960s.

Wirt Adams Yerger, Jr.

Reuben Webster Millsaps (May 30, 1833 - June 30, 1916) was an American businessman, financier and philanthropist.

Paul Aaron Brown (January 15, 1932 – July 3, 1996) was only the second Republican since Reconstruction to have served as mayor of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Seelig Bartel Wise, sometimes known as Bushie Wise (August 7, 1913 – September 4, 2004), was a cotton and soybean farmer and businessman from Clarksdale, Mississippi, who was the first Republican to serve in the Mississippi State Senate since Reconstruction.

Darwin Cordale Quinn (born October 7, 1987), professionally known as Lil' C (also known as C-Gutta), is an American hip hop record producer, songwriter and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.

Lillian Shedd McMurry (December 30, 1921 – March 18, 1999) was an American record producer and owner of Trumpet Records.

Garry Chalmers Simpson (February 16, 1914 – November 19, 2011) was an American director, writer, and producer for more than 30 years.

Lavell William Crump (born April 11, 1974), better known by his alias David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer, occasional actor and activist.

Neilson Hubbard is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer.

Robert Warren "Bob" Pittman (born December 28, 1953), is an American businessman.

Robert Edwin Russ (August 27, 1830 – January 9, 1902) was a planter and civic leader who founded Ruston, the parish seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

Rubel Lex Phillips, Sr.

Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Jr.

James Ray "Jimmy" Hart (born January 1, 1944) is an American professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE in a Legends deal.