Hooray for Georgia!
From Stone Mountain
to MLK
to the 96 olympics
True Famous Born and Bred Georgians".
Some names listed multiple times in different catagories.
Music Industry:
Atlanta Rhythum Section (band)-Doraville, Georgia
B52's (band)-Athens, Georgia
Black Crows (band)-Atlanta, Georgia
R.E.M. (band)-Athens, Georgia
Widespread Panic (band)-Athens, Georgia
Wendy Lee Bagwell (singer,soldier)-Chamblee, Georgia
T. Graham Brown (singer)-Athens, Georgia
Ray Charles (musician, singer)-Albany, Georgia
Mattiwilda Dobbs (soprano)-Atlanta, Georgia
Pete Drake (musician,record producer)-Augusta, Georgia
Amy Grant (singer)-Augusta, Georgia
Roland Hayes (singer)-Curyville, Georgia
Fletcher Henderson (musician, songwriter)-Cuthbert, Georgia
Alan Jackson (singer)-Newnan, Georgia
Harry James (trumpeter)-Albany, Georgia
Gladys Knight (from Gladys Knight and the Pips) (singer)-Atlanta, Georgia
Brenda Lee (singer)-Atlanta, Georgia
Johnny Mercer (songwriter)-Savannah, Georgia
Blind Willie McTell (blues pioneer)-Thomson, Georgia
Jessye Norman (singer)-Augusta, Georgia
Jerry Reed (singer,actor)-Atlanta, Georgia
Otis Redding (singer)-Dawson, Georgia
Little Richard (musician,singer)-Macon, Georgia
Tommy Roe (singer,songwriter)-Atlanta, Georgia
Billy Joe Royal (singer)-Valdosta, Georgia
Ray Stevens (singer,songwriter)-Clarksdale, Georgia
Travis Tritt (singer)-Marietta, Georgia
Mark Wills (singer)-Blue Ridge, Georgia
Trisha Yearwood (singer)-Monticello, Georgia
Sports Industry:
Baseball Players (Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, etc.)-Born In Georgia
Jim Brown (football athlete, actor)-St. Simons Island, Georgia
Bill Elliot (racecar driver)-Dawsonville, Georgia
Walt Frazier (basketball hall of fame)-Atlanta, Georgia
Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) (wrestler, actor)-Augusta, Georgia
Larry Holmes (boxer)-Cuthert, Georgia
Bobby Jones (golfer)-Atlanta, Georgia
Products & Industries:
Chick-fil-A Dwarf House -Hapeville, Georgia
Coca~Cola (Coke)-Atlanta, Georgia
Indian Springs (Oldest State Park in United States)-Flovilla, Georgia
The Varsity- Atlanta, Georgia
Waffle House -Atlanta, Georgia
Actors & Actresses:
Claude Akins (actor)-Nelson, Georgia
Kim Basinger (actress)-Athens, Georgia
Jim Brown (football athlete,actor)-St. Simons Island, Georgia
Charles Coburn (actor)-Savannah, Georgia
Ossie Davis (actor,writer)-Cogdell, Georgia
Melvyn Douglas (actor)-Macon, Georgia
Jeff Foxworthy (comedian,actor)-Hapeville, Georgia
Lawrence Fishburne III (actor,playwright)-Atlanta, Georgia
Oliver Hardy (actor,comedian)-Harlem, Georgia
Miriam Hopkins (actress)-Bainbridge, Georgia
Stacy Keach (actor)-Savannah, Georgia
DeForest Kelley (actor)-Atlanta, Georgia
Jerry Reed (actor,singer)-Atlanta, Georgia
Burt Reynolds (actor)-Waycross, Georgia
Julia Roberts (actress)-Atlanta, Georgia
Nipsey Russell (actor, comedian)-Atlanta, Georgia
Joanne Woodward (actress,former Miss Georgia)-Thomasville, Georgia
Celebrities & Notables:
Robert Houstoun Anderson (brigadier general )-Savannah, Georgia
Henry Lewis Benning (jurist, statesman, soldier)-Columbia County, Georgia
Martha Berry (founder of Berry College)-Rome, Georgia
James Bowie (soldier)-Burke County, Georgia
Lucius D. Clay (general)-Marietta, Georgia
John Fremont (explorer)-Savannah, Georgia
Dr. John Henry "Doc" Holliday (gunslinger)-Griffin, Georgia
Jasper Johns (painter,sculptor)-Augusta, Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr. (civil rights leader)-Atlanta, Georgia
Spike Lee (director, producer)-Atlanta, Georgia
Crawford Long (doctor,founder of anesthesia)-Danielsville, Georgia
Juliette Gordon Low (founder of U.S. girl scouts)-Savannah, Georgia
Bert Parks (host of Miss America Pagent)-Atlanta, Georgia
Authors, Writers, & Poets:
Conrad Aiken (poet)-Savannah, Georgia
Erskine Caldwell (writer)-Moreland, Georgia
Ossie Davis (actor,writer)-Cogdell, Georgia
James Dickey (poet)-Atlanta, Georgia
Henry W. Grady (journalist)-Athens, Georgia
Lewis Grizzard (comedian,writer)-Fort Benning, Georgia
Joel Chandler Harris (writer,journalist)-Eatonton, Georgia
Sydney Lanier (writer,poet)-Macon, Georgia
Carson McCullers (author)-Columbus, Georgia
Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With The Wind)-Atlanta, Georgia
Janelle Taylor (romance novelist)-Athens, Georgia
Alice Walker (author)-Eatonton, Georgia
Political Industry:
James (Jimmy) E. Carter & wife Rosalyn (39th president,nobel prize winner)-Plains, Georgia
Rebecca Latimer Felton (1st woman appointed U.S.senator)-Decatur, Georgia
Joseph Rucker Lamar (secretary of state)-Cherokee County, Georgia
Zell Miller (governor,senator)-Young Harris, Georgia
Dean Rusk (U.S. Supreme Court)-Elbert, Georgia
Clarence Thomas (supreme court associate justice)-Pin Point (Savannah), Georgia
Georgia is definately on my mind!
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