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Ferdinand D. Bluford Ferdinand Douglass Bluford (August 4, 1882 – December 21, 1955) was an American educator, and the third president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Bluford headed the college for 30 years, serving longer than any pre ...

(1882-1955) U.S. educator *

Guion Bluford Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut in which capacity he became the second person of African descent to ...

(born 1942), U.S. astronaut *

Lucile Bluford Lucile Harris Bluford (July 1, 1911 – June 13, 2003) was a famous journalist and opponent of segregation in America's education system, and after whom the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is named. Early life Lucile B ...

(1911-2003) U.S. journalist *

Terry Bluford Moore Terry Bluford Moore (May 27, 1912 – March 29, 1995) was an American professional baseball center fielder, manager, and coach. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (–, –), and later coached for them (–, –). Moore managed the Philadel ...

(1912-1995) U.S. baseball player *

Albert Bluford Walker Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker (May 16, 1926 – December 12, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach. Career A native of Lenoir, North Carolina, Walker batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was li ...

(1926-1992) U.S. baseball player *

Floyd Bluford Henry III Floyd Bluford "Butch" Henry III (born October 7, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for five MLB teams from 1992 to 1999. Listed at and , he pitched and batted left-handed. Henry has also been a coach in ...

(born 1968) U.S. baseball player ;with this given name *

Bluford Duck Blue Duck, sometimes referred to as Bluford Duck (1858–1895), was an outlaw of the American Old West, probably best known for a photograph taken of him in the mid-1880s, in which he posed with Belle Starr, a famous female outlaw. Biography Bl ...

(1858-1895) Old West outlaw *

Bluford Wilson Bluford Wilson (November 30, 1841 – July 15, 1924) was a Union Army officer in the Civil War and a government official who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury. Early life Bluford Wilson was born near Shawneetown, Illinois on Nov ...

(1841-1924) Solicitor General of the United States of America

Places

Bluford, Illinois Bluford is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the village population was 688, down from 785 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Bluford ...

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The Bluford Series ''The Bluford Series'' is a widely read collection of contemporary American young adult novels set in the fictional inner-city high school of Bluford High in Southern California. Bluford is named for Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first African-Americ ...

, a series of young adult novels

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