Georgia's
Famous People
- Conrad
Aiken, poet, Savannah
- Claude
Akins, actor, Nelson
- Kim Basinger,
actress, Athens
- James
Bowie, soldier, Burke County
- James
Brown, soul singer, Augusta
- Jim Brown
actor, athlete, St. Simons Island
- Erskine
Caldwell, writer, Moreland
- James
E. Carter, U.S. President, Plains
- Ray Charles,
singer, Albany
- Lucius
D. Clay, banker, general, Marietta
- Ty Cobb,
baseball player, Narrows
- Charles
Coburn, movie and TV actor, Macon
- Ossie
Davis, actor, writer, Cogdell
- James
Dickey, poet, Atlanta
- Mattiwilda
Dobbs, opera soprano, Atlanta
- Melvyn
Douglas, actor, Macon
- Pete Drake,
musician/record producer, Augusta
- Bill Elliot,
race car driver, Dawsonville
- Rebecca
Latimer Felton, first appointed woman U.S. senator, Decatur
- Lawrence
Fishburne III, actor, Augusta
- Jeff Foxworthy,
Comedian, Conyers
- Henry
W. Grady, journalist, Athens
- Amy Grant,
singer, Augusta
- Oliver
Hardy, comedian, Harlem
- Joel Chandler
Harris, journalist, author, Eatonton
- Roland
Hayes, singer, Curyville
- Fletcher
Henderson, musician/songwriter, Cuthbert
- Hulk Hogan,
professional wrestler, Augusta
- John Henry
Doc Holliday, western hero, Griffin
- Evander
Holifield, boxer, Atlanta
- Larry
Holmes, boxer, Cuthert
- Miriam
Hopkins, actress, Bainbridge
- Holly
Hunter, actress, Conyers
- Alan Jackson,
Singer/Songwriter, Newnan
- Harry
James, trumpeter, Albany
- Jasper
Johns, painter, sculptor, Augusta
- Bobby
Jones, golfer, Atlanta
- Stacy
Keach, actor, Savannah
- DeForest
Kelley, actor, Atlanta
- Martin
Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, Atlanta
- Gladys
Knight, singer, Atlanta
- Joseph
R. Lamar, jurist, Elbert
- Sidney
Lanier, Poet, Macon
- Brenda
Lee, singer, Lithonia
- Jerry
Lee Lewis, Rock-n-Roll singer, Stone Mountain
- Juliette
Gordon Low, U.S. Girl Scouts founder, Savannah
- Carson
McCullers, author, Columbus
- Blind
Willie McTell, blues pioneer, Thomson
- Johnny
Mercer, songwriter, Savannah
- Margaret
Mitchell, author, Atlanta
- John Robert
Johnny Mize, baseball player, Demorest
- Jessye
Norman, opera singer, Augusta
- Otis Redding,
singer, Dawson
- Jerry
Reed, singer/songwriter/actor, Atlanta
- Burt Reynolds,
actor, Waycross
- Little
Richard, singer, Macon
- Julia
Roberts, actress, Smyrna
- Jackie
Robinson, baseball player, Cairo
- Tommy
Roe, singer/songwriter, Alpharetta
- Billy
Joe Royal, singer, Valdosta
- Dean Rusk,
Secretary of State, Cherokee Cty
- Nipsey
Russell, comedian, Atlanta
- Ray Stevens,
singer/songwriter, Clarksdale
- Janelle
Taylor, romance novelist, Athens
- Clarence
Thomas, Supreme Court Justice, Savannah
- Travis
Tritt, singer/songwriter, Marietta
- Ted Turner,
founder of CNN, Atlanta
- Alice
Walker, author, Eatonton
- Joanne
Woodward, actress, Thomasville
- Trisha
Yearwood, singer, Monticello
- Andrew
Young, former U.S. ambasador to the U.N., Atlanta
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