List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia in the United States has been the birthplace or residence of many famous people throughout its history.__NOTOC__

Prominent Georgians

A

*James Abercrombie
*Rhett Akins
*Edward Porter Alexander
*George T. Anderson
*Robert Houston Anderson
*Luke Appling (born in North Carolina)

B

*B-52's (members Cindy Wilson,Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson)
*Champ Bailey
*Abraham Baldwin
*Francis S. Bartow
*Kim Basinger
*Cullen A. Battle
*Buck Belue
*André "André 3000" Benjamin
*Henry L. Benning
*John Berry (born in South Carolina)
*Martha Berry
*Norman Blake
*Eric A. Boe
*Julian Bond
*Neal Boortz
*Big Bossman
*John S. Bowen
*Keith Brooking
*Alton Brown
*James Brown
*Joseph E. Brown
*Kevin Brown
*Goode Bryan
*Buckner & Garcia
*Blacklight Posterboys
*Big Boi
*Boondox

C

*Asa Griggs Candler
*Jean Carne
*Jimmy Carter
*Rosalynn Carter
*Spud Chandler
*Ray Charles
*Howell Cobb
*Matt and Mike Chapman
*Ty Cobb
*Charles Coburn
*Jackie Cochran
*Pat Conroy
*Harry Crews
*David Cross
*Charles Crisp

D

*Jack Davis (cartoonist)
*William Crosby Dawson
*Bucky Dent
*Richard Dent
*Diana DeGarmo
*Melvyn Douglas
*J.D. Drew
*Jermaine Dupri
*Pat Dye

E

*Bobbie Eakes
*Teresa Edwards
*Jason Elam born in (Florida)
*Bill Elliott
*Clement A. Evans

F

*Dakota Fanning
*Elle Fanning
*William Few
*Howard Finster
*Laurence Fishburne
*Jeff Foxworthy
*Jeff Francoeur
*Walt Frazier
*John C. Fremont

G

*Josh Gibson
*Kelli Giddish
*Newt Gingrich
*John Brown Gordon
*Nancy Grace
*Amy Grant
*Nathanael Greene
*James Gregory
*Forrest Griffin (born in Ohio)
*Marquis Grissom
*Lewis Grizzard
*Jasmine Guy
*Button Gwinnett (born in England)

H

*Lyman Hall
*Oliver Hardy
*Gale Harold
*Ciara Harris
*Joel Chandler Harris
*Nancy Hart
*Garrison Hearst
*Lucille Hegamin
*Ed Helms
*Bill Hicks (born in Valdosta, Georgia.)
*Hulk Hogan
*Doc Holliday
*Sterling Holloway Actor and legendary Hollywood and Disney voice of such characters as Winnie the Pooh
*Larry Holmes
*Evander Holyfield
*Miriam Hopkins
*William Houstoun
*Tim Hudson
*Holly Hunter

J

*Beau Jack
*Alan Jackson
*Millie Jackson
*Brian Gerard James
*Jasper Johns
*Herschel V. Johnson
*Bobby Jones
*Benn Jordan, electronic musician. Born in Georgia, raised in Chicago.
*Wally Joyner

K

*John Kasay
*Mammy Kate
*Stacy Keach
*Fanny Kemble
*DeForest Kelly
*Walt Kelly
*Joe Kennedy
*Martin Luther King, Jr.
*Gladys Knight
*Ray Knight
*Wayne Knight

L

*Mirabeau Lamar
*Peter Lawler
*Sidney Lanier
*Chuck Leavell
*Brenda Lee
*Spike Lee
*Natalia Livingston
*Crawford Long
*James Longstreet (born in South Carolina)
*Juliette Gordon Low
*Chris Lowell
*Bill Lowery
*Ludacris
*Lil' Jon
*Lil' Scrappy

M

*Lester Maddox
*Manuel Maloof
*Nick Markakis
*Clint Mathis
*Jack McBrayer
*Brian McCann
*Carson McCullers
*William McIntosh
*Cynthia McKinney
*Blind Willie McTell
*Johnny Mercer
*Zell Miller
*Margaret Mitchell
*Johnny Mize
*Monica
*Shawn Mullins

N

*Jennifer Nettles
*Jessye Norman

O

*Flannery O'Connor
*James Oglethorpe (born in Britain, but founded the state.)
*Eugene Odum (faculty member of The University of Georgia.)
*Terrell Owens (lives in Georgia)

P

*Danielle Panabaker
*Albert Parker
*Bert Parks
*Gram Parsons (born in Florida)
*Antwan "Big Boi" Patton
*George Foster Peabody
*Dr. John Stith Pemberton
*Richard Penniman (Little Richard)
*Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover Home Edition & Trading Spaces)
*Madeleine Peyroux
*William Pierce
*Dwight Phillips — athlete
*Mac Powell-singer Third Day
*Powers, Harriet (1837-1910), African American slave quilt artist
*Robert Poydasheff — mayor of Columbus, Georgia
*Kazimierz Pułaski (born in Poland)
*Pogo Possum

R

*Ma Rainey
*Jeannette Rankin
*Amy Ray
*Paul Rea
*Otis Redding
*Jerry Reed
*Dan Reeves
*Burt Reynolds
*Little Richard
*Travis Richter
*Julia Roberts
*Pernell Roberts
*Chris Robinson
*Jackie Robinson
*Sugar Ray Robinson
*Tommy Roe
*Franklin D. Roosevelt (born and raised in New York; had second home in Georgia and died there)
*Ed Roland
*Kelly Rowland
*Billy Joe Royal

*Emily Saliers
*Junior Samples
*Ryan Seacrest
*Diana Scarwid
*Lindsay Scott
*Shannon Sharpe
*Sterling Sharpe
*Danny Shirley (singer)(Confederate Railroad)
*Josh Smith
*Lillian Smith
*Steven Soderbergh
*Reed Sorenson
*Moxley Sorrel
*Joe South
*Laurence Stallings
*Alexander Stephens
*Ray Stevens
*Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
*Doug Stone
*A.J. Styles
*Pat Swilling
*Raven-Symone
*Sean Paul (Youngbloodz)
*Ashley Stratton

T

*T.I.
*Fran Tarkenton (born in Virginia)
*Tut Taylor
*Bill Terry
*Alma Thomas
*Clarence Thomas
*Joshua Thomas
*Frank Thomas
*Rozonda Thomas
*Kenan Thompson
*Robert Toombs
*Gwen Torrence
*Travis Tritt
*Chris Tucker
*Melanie Thornton

V

*Carl Vinson

W

*Phil Walden
*Alice Walker
*Butch Walker
*Herschel Walker
*George Washington Walser, POW after Siege of Vicksburg; (died in Quanah, Texas).Fact|date = August 2008
*Hines Ward
*Douglass Watson
*James Moore Wayne
*John Wesley (born in the United Kingdom)
*Kanye West (raised in Chicago, Illinois)
*Devon Werkheiser
*Eli Whitney (born in Massachusetts)
*Dominique Wilkins
*Gerald Wilkins
*Alicia Leigh Willis
*Joanne Woodward
*Lizz Wright
*Will Wright

Y

*Trisha Yearwood
*Steve Young (musician)
*Young Jeezy
*Young Dro
*Yung Joc

ee also

*List of people from Atlanta, Georgia
*List of people from Augusta, Georgia
*List of people from Savannah, Georgia

References