Maceo
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Maceo may refer to:
- Antonio Maceo GrajalesAntonio Maceo GrajalesLt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence....
(1845-1896), Cuban general - Sam MaceoSam MaceoSalvatore Maceo, also known as Sam Maceo, was a businessman, community leader, and organized crime boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States. Because of his efforts, Galveston Island became a nationally known resort town during the early and mid 20th century, a period known as Galveston's Open...
and Rosario MaceoRosario MaceoRosario Maceo , also known as Papa Rose or Rose Maceo, was a Sicilian immigrant and organized crime boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States. Because of his efforts and those of his brother Sam, Galveston Island became a nationally known resort town during the early and mid 20th century,...
, organized crime bosses of Galveston, Texas from the 1920s through the 1940s - Maceo AndersonMaceo AndersonMaceo Anderson expressed an interest in dancing at the age of three. As a child, he used to sneak into the Lafayette Theatre to watch performances with his young friends. He and his friends would practice dance routines...
(1910-2001), American tap dancer - Maceo BastonMaceo BastonMaceo Demond Baston is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-College career:After graduating from Dallas' H. Grady Spruce High School, Baston played college basketball at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was part of an all-star recruiting class that...
(born 1976), American professional basketball player - Big Maceo MerriweatherBig Maceo MerriweatherBig Maceo Merriweather was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, active in Chicago in the 1940s.-Career:...
(1905-1953), American blues pianist and singer - Maceo ParkerMaceo ParkerMaceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
(born 1943), American saxophonist - Maceo PinkardMaceo PinkardMaceo Pinkard was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of...
(1897–1962), American composer, lyricist and music publisher, best known for composing "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Maceo RigtersMaceo RigtersMaceo Rigters is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for Gold Coast United in the Australian A-League. His previous clubs include Heerenveen, Dordrecht, NAC Breda and Blackburn Rovers...
(born 1984), Dutch footballer - A. Maceo WalkerA. Maceo WalkerA. Maceo Walker was an African-American businessman who served as president of the Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee.-Biography:...
(1909-1994), African-American businessman - Maceo, AntioquiaMaceo, AntioquiaMaceo is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia....
, Colombia, a town and municipality - Maceo, KentuckyMaceo, KentuckyMaceo is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. Maceo is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 2830 and Kentucky Route 405, near U.S. Route 60, northeast of Owensboro. Maceo has a post office with ZIP code 42355....
, an unincorporated community
See also
- Nacio Herb BrownNacio Herb BrownNacio Herb Brown was an American writer of popular songs, movie scores, and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s.-Biography:...
(1896-1964), American song writer