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James Brown (1933 - )
Singer, often called "the
Godfather of Soul;" raised in
Augusta.
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Jimmy Carter (1924 - )
39th president of the United
States; born in Plains.
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Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961)
Baseball player in the Hall of
Fame; born in Banks City.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929 - 1968) Civil rights
leader and winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize; born in Atlanta.
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Gladys
Knight (1946 - ) Singer and
winner of four Grammy awards;
born in Atlanta.
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Juliette Low (1860 -
1927) Founder of the Girl Scouts
of America; born in Savannah.
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Margaret Mitchell (1900
- 1949) Author of Gone with
the Wind (1936) that won a
Pulitzer Prize; born in Atlanta.
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Little Richard (1932 - )
Singer, considered to be "the
architect of rock and roll",
born in Macon. |
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Jackie Robinson (1919 -
1972) The first African American
baseball player in the major
leagues; born in Cairo.
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Sequoya (1770 - 1843)
Invented the first alphabet of
the Native American language;
lived in New Echota.
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Travis Tritt (1963 - )
Famous County/Western singer and
songwriter; born in Marietta.
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Ted Turner (1938 - )
Media Mogul. Owner of the
Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta
Hawks.
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Trisha Yearwood (1964 -
) Country-western singer; born
in Monticello.
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Alice Walker (1944 - )
Author of many books including
the Pulitzer Prize-winning
The Color Purple, born in
Eatonton. |
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Conrad Aiken poet,
Savannah
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James Bowie soldier,
Burke County
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Jim Brown actor,
athlete, St. Simons Island
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Erskine Caldwell
writer, Moreland
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James E. Carter U.S.
president, Plains
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Ray Charles singer,
Albany
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Lucius D. Clay
banker, general, Marietta
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Charles Coburn movie
and TV actor, Macon
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Ossie Davis actor,
writer, Cogdell
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James Dickey poet,
Atlanta
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Mattiwilda Dobbs
soprano, Atlanta
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Melvyn Douglas actor,
Macon
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Pete Drake
musician/record producer,
Augusta
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Rebecca Latimer Felton
first appointed woman U.S.
senator, Decatur
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Lawrence Fishburne III
actor, Augusta
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Henry W. Grady
journalist, Athens
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Amy Grant singer,
Augusta
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Oliver Hardy
comedian, Harlem
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Joel Chandler Harris
journalist, author, Eatonton
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Roland Hayes singer,
Curyville
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Fletcher Henderson
musician/songwriter, Cuthbert
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Hulk Hogan
professional wrestler,
Augusta
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John Henry Doc Holliday
western hero, Griffin
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Larry Holmes boxer,
Cuthert
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Miriam Hopkins
actress, Bainbridge
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Harry James
trumpeter, Albany
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Jasper Johns painter,
sculptor, Augusta
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Bobby Jones golfer,
Atlanta
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Stacy Keach actor,
Savannah
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DeForest Kelley
actor, Atlanta
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Joseph R. Lamar
jurist, Elbert
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Brenda Lee singer,
Lithonia
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Carson McCullers
author, Columbus
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Blind Willie McTell
blues pioneer, Thomson
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Johnny Mercer
songwriter, Savannah
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John Robert Johnny Mize
baseball player, Demorest
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Jessye Norman singer,
Augusta
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Otis Redding singer,
Dawson
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Jerry Reed
singer/songwriter/actor,
Atlanta
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Burt Reynolds actor,
Waycross
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Tommy Roe
singer/songwriter, Alpharetta
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Billy Joe Royal
singer, Valdosta
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Dean Rusk secretary
of state, Cherokee Cty
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Nipsey Russell
comedian, Atlanta
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Ray Stevens
singer/songwriter, Clarksdale
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Janelle Taylor
romance novelist, Athens
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Clarence Thomas
supreme court associate justice,
Savannah
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Alice Walker author,
Eatonton
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Joanne Woodward
actress, Thomasville
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Famous People of
Georgia