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Carl Harvey (born 1 October 1958) is a Jamaican born Canadian guitarist and record producer who recorded as a member of Crack of Dawn and The Aggrovators in the 1970s, and later became guitarist for Toots & the Maytals.
ca. 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar (.1) with case (.2a), played by Carl Harvey of Toots and the Maytals. The guitar has a wood body finished with three stripes in red, yellow and green. The neck and headstock are a natural wood tone.…
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Carl Onora Ikeme (born 8 June 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, making 207 appearances across all competitions. He was part of their teams that won the Championship…
1958–
Carl Anthony Jackson MVO (born 1958) is a British organist and music administrator. He was formerly director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court.
1970–
Carl Joe Williams (30 July 1970, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American visual artist based in New Orleans.
1978–
Carl Johanneson (born 1 August 1978) is a British former professional boxer. He held the British super featherweight title from 2006 to 2008. His nickname, "Ingemar" is a nod to the famous Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson and is the nephew of former Leeds…
1972–
Carl Jones is an American voice actor, screenwriter, animation producer, and studio executive. He is best known for his work on The Boondocks (TV series), Black Dynamite (TV series), and Good Times: Black Again, and as the co-founder of Martian Blueberry,…
1920–2016
Carl Eugene Kimmons (April 10, 1920 – August 4, 2016) was an American naval officer and World War II submariner who served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1970. Kimmons was the first person who had enlisted as a mess attendant to serve in every…
1961–
Carl Lee III (born February 6, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL draft, and played with the…
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Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper…
1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Carl Lewis mid-stride. The image is a low-angle image a Lewis on a track field. He is wearing a Santa Monica Track Club uniform, white socks, and white shoes. The background of the image features a part of a stadium with several stadium lights.
1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Carl Lewis. The image is from the shoulders up and features Lewis looking to the right of the photograph. Lewis appears to be shirtless. The background of the image is red.
1935–2015
Carl Russell Long (May 9, 1935 – January 12, 2015) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Negro league baseball and minor league baseball. Along with Frank Washington, Long broke the color barrier in the Carolina League city of…
1924–1997
Carl Maxey was an American trial lawyer and civil rights leader and former collegiate athlete. First rising to prominence as a standout boxer nicknamed "King Carl" for Gonzaga University, he went undefeated with a 32–0 record in his college career and…
1907–1995
Carl McClellan Hill (July 27, 1907, Norfolk, Virginia – April 4, 1995, Hampton, Virginia) was an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1962 to 1975, and as the 11th president of Hampton…
1981–
Carl Morgan (born 1981) is a former record producer of the rap group So Solid Crew. In October 2005, he was sentenced to 30 years for murder. He was tried before a jury for the murder of 24-year-old Colin Scarlett in Tooting, South London, in November 2004.
1943–
Carl N. Sidle (born 1943) is an American photographer and one of the three founders of the Southwest Black Artists Guild (SBAG).
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Carl Edward Nichols (born October 14, 1962) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher. He played parts of six seasons in the major leagues, from 1986 until 1991, for the Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros, appearing in a total of 96 games…
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Carl Oscar Sherman Sr. (born June 13, 1966) is an American politician who represented District 109 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 20th mayor of DeSoto, Texas from 2010 to 2016.
1959–
Carl Phillips (born 23 July 1959) is an American writer and poet. He is professor emeritus of English at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2023, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.
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Carl R. Polk (c. 1841–1926) was a farmer, state legislator, and judge in Arkansas. He was born a slave in Arkansas.
1961–
Carl Robert Pope, Jr. is an artist, working primarily in the mediums of photography and video. His work address issues related to race in America, specifically the social conditions of African Americans.
1952–
Carl Rose (born 25 November 1952) is a Canadian former soccer player who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also was a member of the Canadian squad at the 1975 Pan American Games.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was an American journalist, author and government official whose columns were syndicated across the U.S. At one point, he was the highest ranking African American in the United States government.
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