List of Maconites

Notable people from Macon, Georgia

Music

*Young Jeezy (American rapper)
*Luc Rugah (currently signed to Young Jeezy's label [ [http://www.corporatethugzent.com/ Corporate Thugz Entertainment] ] )
*Jason Aldean (country music singer)
*The Allman Brothers (Southern rock band)
*Mark Heard (record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter)
*Lucille Hegamin (singer and entertainer, and a pioneer African American blues music recording artist)
*Robert McDuffie (violinist)
*Emmett Miller (minstrel show singer noted for a yodel-like falsetto voice)
*Little Richard Penniman (singer, songwriter, and pianist; pioneer of rock and roll)
*Otis Redding (Soul musician)
*Phil Walden (record producer and music businessman)
*Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers/Rolling Stones pianist)
*Rosa King (Jazz/blues saxophonist/singer)
*Ben Johnston (composer)
*Claudine Clark (R&B musician/composer)
*Randy Crawford (Jazz and R&B singer)
*Mike Mills, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1960-1970s.
*Bill Berry, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1970s

Actors

*Blake Clark (actor in several Adam Sandler films and "Boy Meets World" TV series)
*Luke Askew (Recurring actor in the series "Walker, Texas Ranger")
*Shavar Ross
*Eugene Butler (Recurring role in ER)
*Melvyn Douglas ("Theodora Goes Wild")
*Sam Edwards ("Little House on the Prairie (TV series)")
*Sam Hennings ("C.S.I.")
*Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock")
*George Reed
*Cassie Yates
*Lisa Sheridan
*Carrie Preston

ports

*Larry "Dream" Davidson (Umpire HOF)Fact|date=March 2008
*John Courson Jr. (American Football/ESPN Announcer)Fact|date=March 2008
*Kevin Brown (MLB player; signed richest contract in baseball history to that point)
*Al Lucas (football player in the National Football League and Arena Football League)
*Chip Minton 1994&98 Olympic Bobsled Team
*Norm Nixon (National Basketball Association player)
*Elmore Smith (National Basketball Association player)
*Jim Parker, NFL Hall of Famer, Baltimore Colts. Born in Macon [ [http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/greats/osu-m-footbl-parker.html CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports ] ]
*John Rocker (MLB player)
*Theron Sapp (University of Georgia and NFL football player)
*Ken Shamrock (former professional wrestler and MMA fighter)
*Ron Fairly
*Jim Parker (American Football)
*Cole Miller, UFC fighter and reality television star, raised in Macon and attended Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia).
*Ken Shamrock, UFC champion, was born and raised in Macon.
*J.T. Thomas
*Jerry Pate
*Sharone Wright
*Tony Gilbert
*George Foster (American football)
*Marc Mero
*Bobby Bryant
*Vernon "Catfish" Smith
*Le Kevin Smith New England Patriots

Politics and government

*William Shepherd Benson (an admiral in the United States Navy and the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), holding the post throughout World War I)
* Augustus O. Bacon (U.S. Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate)
*Bruce S. Allen, first Honorary Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
*Charles Lafayette Bartlett, US Congressman
*P. B. S. Pinchback, Republican Governor of Louisiana for thirty-five days from 1872-1873
*Christopher N. Smith, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark
*Ronnie Thompson, Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1974 and gospel and Country singer [Buddy Kelly Moore, "'Machine Gun Ronnie' Thompson: A Political Biography" (1976), Master's thesis at Georgia College & State University at Milledgeville, Georgia]

Other

*Mathuren Arthur Andrieu
*John Birch (missionary)
*Sonny Carter (astronaut and professional soccer player)
*Catherine Brewer Benson (credited as the first woman to earn a college degree)
*Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr.
*Nancy Grace, talk show host
*Sidney Lanier
*John LeConte
*Joseph LeConte
*Neel Reid
*William Sanders Scarborough
*Laurence Stallings
*Alabama Vest (inventor of the kazoo) [ [http://www.franklincountycitizen.com/articles/2006/01/26/opinion/opinion03.txt Franklin County Citizen] ]

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