Jimmy Dean
 Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10 1928 – June 13 2010) was an American country music singer television host actor and businessman. Although he may be best known today as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand he became a national television personality starting in 1957 rising to fame for his 1961 country crossover hit Big Bad John and his television series The Jimmy Dean Show which also gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure.