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Mt. Rushmore of Southern Icons

Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:42 pm
Posted by Hoodie
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:42 pm
Who's on your personal Mt. Rushmore of iconic personalities based in the American South? I'd say...

Elvis Presley
Dale Earnhardt
Bear Bryant
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair

Who've y'all got?

Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:44 pm to
Skynyrd
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Posted by CatfishJohn
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:45 pm to
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Bear Bryant


Hell no
Posted by OldHickory
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I’d put Hanks Williams’ picture on $100 dollar bills.
Posted by TigerBear1971
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:46 pm to


I mean, just try listening to Tuesdays Gone without thinking about a dead uncle or cousin
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:46 pm to
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Who've y'all got?



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Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:50 pm to
If not Bear Bryant, who might we carve into the mountain to represent SEC Football? It must be represented as it's such a big part of the culture...

For what it's worth, the fifth man in my rough draft was Burt Reynolds.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:52 pm to
quote:

Who's on your personal Mt. Rushmore of iconic personalities based in the American South? I'd say...

Elvis Presley
Dale Earnhardt
Bear Bryant
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair

Who've y'all got?


3 of 4 sports related? Surely we are better than that.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:53 pm to
Kid Rock is from Michigan
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:54 pm to
Have you never been to stone mountain?
Posted by jchamil
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:54 pm to
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Hell no


Elvis and Bear are probably on 95% of Southerners list for this
Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:55 pm to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:56 pm to
Master P
Mystikal
C Murder
Silkk the Shocker
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:57 pm to
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Kid Rock is from Michigan


he identifies as Alabamian. have some respect.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 3:58 pm to
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Have you never been to stone mountain?


I've not, though I'm Southern enough to know it's the birthplace of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
35947 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:00 pm to
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Robert E. Lee
Elvis Presley
Muhammad Ali

Honorable Mention
Dolly Parton
Bear Bryant
Bo Jackson
Bear Bryant
Jimmy Carter
James Madison
James Monroe
Bill Clinton
Huey P. Long
George Wallace
Johnny Cash
Herschel Walker
Gregg Allman
B.B. King
Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
Oprah Winfrey
Morgan Freeman


Is North Carolina the South?
Michael Jordan

This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 4:03 pm
Posted by Jake88
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:01 pm to
Louisville isn't Southern.
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