Tavis Smiley
- Born
- 13 September 1964 (61 years)
- Place of birth
- Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
- Gender
- Male
Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
