Greer
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- Greer, ArizonaGreer, ArizonaGreer is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It lies at an elevation of approximately 8,500 feet in the White Mountains of Arizona, and is surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Greer was founded around 1879 by Mormon settlers from Utah...
- Greer, South CarolinaGreer, South CarolinaGreer is a city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, between the cities of Greenville and Spartanburg. The population was 25,515 at the 2010 census. It is projected to hit 30,000 within 4 years. Each day, more than three times that number of people pass...
- Greers Ferry, ArkansasGreers Ferry, ArkansasGreers Ferry is a city in Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 930 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greers Ferry is located at ....
- Greer County, TexasGreer County, TexasGreer County, was a county created by the Texas legislature on February 8, 1860 , was land claimed by both Texas and the United States.-Origin of the dispute:...
- Greer County, OklahomaGreer County, OklahomaGreer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 6,061. Its county seat is Mangum. From 1860 to 1896, the state of Texas claimed an area known as Greer County, Texas, which included present-day Greer County along with neighboring...
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Note: also used as a middle and first name- Andrew Sean GreerAndrew Sean GreerAndrew Sean Greer is an American novelist and short story writer.He is the bestselling author of The Story of a Marriage, which The New York Times has called an “inspired, lyrical novel,” and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named one of the best books of 2004 by the San Francisco...
, American novelist - Billy GreerBilly GreerBilly Greer is the current bass guitarist for the band Kansas. He joined the band in 1986 in time for the Power album. He had previously worked with vocalist Steve Walsh in the band Streets, and is currently working with his own band Seventh Key, as well as maintaining his status in Kansas.Billy...
, bassist - Bonnie GreerBonnie GreerBonnie Greer, OBE is an American-British playwright and critic.-Early life:Greer's father was born to a family of Mississippi sharecroppers. He was stationed in the UK during World War II and took part in the D-Day landings...
, American playwright and critic - Breaux GreerBreaux GreerBreaux Greer is a male American javelin thrower. He is an eight time American Champion and American record holder for the javelin with a throw of 91.29 meters, achieved on June 21, 2007 during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis...
, American javelin thrower - Charlie GreerCharlie GreerCharlie Greer was an American radio personality at WAKR in Akron, Ohio. At New York City's WABC Greer did middays and overnight. Given WABC's 50 thousand watt clear channel signal, Greer became a popular all-night disc jockey heard on more than 38 states punching his way through famous tongue...
, American radio personality - Dabbs GreerDabbs GreerRobert William "Dabbs" Greer was an American actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for some fifty years. His distinctive, southern-accented voice fitted well in shows featuring rustic characters, such as westerns...
, American actor - David Greer, British physicist and programmer
- David Hummell GreerDavid Hummell GreerDavid Hummell Greer was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop.-Biography:He was born in Wheeling, Virginia, , graduated at Washington College in 1862, and studied at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Gambier, Ohio...
, Episcopal Bishop of New York - George GreerGeorge GreerGeorge W. Greer was an American judge serving in the Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court, family law division, in Clearwater, Florida, who received national attention when he presided over the Terri Schiavo case....
, American judge (of the Terri Schiavo case) - Germaine GreerGermaine GreerGermaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century....
, feminist writer, activist and academic - Gordon GreerGordon GreerGordon Greer is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.-Career:Greer began his professional career with Clyde where he played only 33 games before securing a £250,000 move to English Premiership club Blackburn Rovers...
, Scottish footballer - Hal GreerHal GreerHarold Everett Greer is a retired American professional basketball player.He attended Douglass Junior and Senior High School in Huntington. He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958...
, American basketball player - Herschel Lynn GreerHerschel Lynn GreerHerschel Lynn Greer was a prominent businessman and the first president of Vols Inc., an ownership group organized in 1959 for the purpose of keeping the Nashville Vols minor league baseball franchise in Nashville, Tennessee.Greer worked in the financial sector, co-organizing Guaranty Mortgage...
, American businessman from Nashville, Tennessee - Jabari GreerJabari GreerJabari Amin Greer is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Tennessee....
, American football player - James A. GreerJames A. GreerJames Agustin Greer was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the Civil War.-Early years:...
, American naval officer - James GreerJames GreerJames Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, musician, and critic. He lives in Los Angeles but spends much of his time in France.-Career as a musician/critic:Greer was Senior Editor and Senior Writer at Spin magazine in NYC in the early 90s...
, American novelist and screenwriter - Jane GreerJane GreerJane Greer was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past.-Career:...
, American actress - Jim and Emily Greer, co-creators of KongregateKongregateKongregate is an online games hosting website owned by Gamestop Corporation, which allows users to upload user-created Adobe Flash or Unity3D games. It features an API that Flash and Unity developers can integrate into their games which allows users to submit high scores and in some games, earn...
- Judy GreerJudy GreerJudy Greer is an American actress, known for portraying a string of supporting female characters, including Kitty Sanchez on the Fox series Arrested Development and Cheryl on the animated comedy series Archer...
, American actress - Ken GreerKen GreerKen Greer is a Canadian guitarist and keyboardist. He was one of the founding members of the Canadian rock band Red Rider. He is the pedal steel guitarist whose soaring, searing lines give Red Rider its distinctive sound.-Biography:...
, Canadian musician - Mary K. GreerMary K. GreerMary K. Greer is the author of numerous books on tarot divination which focus on self-exploration and transformation. She has also presented at a number of conferences and run Tarot workshops in various parts of the world....
, writer - Miyu GreerMiyu Greeris a character in the anime and manga series My-HiME. She also exists in the alternate universe My-Otome, where she is known simply as Miyu. She is voiced by seiyū Kiyomi Asai in Japanese and Maizun Jayoussi in English.- My-HiME anime :...
, fictional character in My-HiME - Robin GreerRobin GreerRobin Greer is an American actress, noted for her roles in television soap operas.She played Sydney Price in the daytime series Ryan's Hope before switching to prime-time to play Dina Wells in Falcon Crest.-External links:...
, American actress - Rusty GreerRusty GreerThurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer III is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers...
, baseball player - Sonny GreerSonny GreerSonny Greer was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with Duke Ellington.Greer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and played with Elmer Snowden's band and the Howard Theatre's orchestra in Washington, D.C. before joining Duke Ellington, who he met in 1919...
, American jazz drummer - Steven M. GreerSteven M. GreerSteven M. Greer is an American physician and ufologist who founded the Orion Project and The Disclosure Project.-Biography:Greer claims that he is a contactee who has coined the term "close encounter of the fifth kind" to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.-The Disclosure...
, physician and ufologist - Stuart GreerStuart GreerStuart Greer is an American character actor. He began acting in college productions while a student at the University of Arkansas/Little Rock before being accepted into the Professional Workshop at Circle in the Square in New York where he studied from 1987 to 1989...
, American actor - William GreerWilliam GreerWilliam Robert Greer was an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known for having driven President John F...
, American presidential bodyguard
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- USS Greer (DD-145)USS Greer (DD-145)USS Greer was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer . In what became known as the "Greer Incident," she became the first U.S. Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War...
, American warship - Herschel Greer StadiumHerschel Greer StadiumHerschel Greer Stadium is a minor league baseball park located in Nashville, Tennessee, on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification, approximately two miles south of downtown...
, a baseball stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee