Biographical Records
Notable People from Georgia
1,758 notable figures born in Georgia, showing page 14 of 36, ranked by historical prominence.
Goode Bryan
1811 – 1885
military personnel
Richard C. Starr
1924 – 1998
botanistmycologist
Richard Jessup
1925 – 1982
novelistchildren's writerscreenwriter
Sam Wyche
1945 – 2020
American football coachAmerican football player
Robert Eads
1945 – 1999
Ed Johnson
1944 – 2016
basketball coachbasketball player
Lawrence Dennis
1893 – 1977
peace activistpolitical theoristfinancial adviser
Garland T. Byrd
1924 – 1997
politician
Anne Firor Scott
1921 – 2019
historianwriter
Charles H. Fahy
1892 – 1979
public prosecutor generaljuristlawyer
William Moore
1893 – 1951
librettistguitaristsinger
Richard Ray
1927 – 1999
politician
Moses Hadas
1900 – 1966
classical philologistliterary criticuniversity teacher
Harlan Erwin Mitchell
1924 – 2011
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
1903 – 1964
lawyerpolitician
Daniel L. Haynes
1889 – 1954
actor
Edward Eugene Cox
1880 – 1952
politicianlawyerjudge
Tomlinson Fort
1787 – 1859
politician
Braswell Deen
1893 – 1981
politician
Hubie Ginn
1947 – 2023
American football player
Zadok Casey
1796 – 1862
politician
Charlie Bowdre
1848 – 1880
cowboy
Floyd Adams, Jr.
1945 – 2014
aldermanpolitician
Eric Taylor
1949 – 2020
singer-songwritersinger
Frank Bey
1946 – 2020
blues singer
Julian Larcombe Schley
1880 – 1965
engineerpolitician
Thomas Milton Rivers
1888 – 1962
bacteriologistvirologistbiologist
Robert H. Anderson
1835 – 1888
military personnel
Nathaniel Job Hammond
1833 – 1899
politicianlawyer
Claude Clark
1915 – 2001
printmakerart educatordraftsperson
Milton A. Candler
1837 – 1909
juristpoliticianlawyer
Victor Scheinman
1942 – 2016
roboticist
Henry C. Wayne
1810 – 1883
military personnel
Charley Lincoln
1900 – 1963
guitaristmusiciansinger
James Earl Carter Sr.
1894 – 1953
member of a board of educationfarmerbusinessperson
Ellis L. Johnson
1938 – 2024
university teachermathematiciancomputer scientist
John Carpenter Carter
1837 – 1864
military officer
Myles Horton
1905 – 1990
educatorteacher
Henry Dickerson McDaniel
1836 – 1926
juristgovernorpolitician
Lionel W. McKenzie
1919 – 2010
university teachereconomist
David Lang
1838 – 1917
shop assistantslave drivercounty surveyor
Claude Harmon
1916 – 1989
golfer
Rufus E. Lester
1837 – 1906
politicianlawyer
Lillyn Brown
1885 – 1969
musiciansingeractor
Paul Jones Semmes
1815 – 1863
military personnel
Frank Barnett
1933 – 2016
juristgovernorpolitician
Roy Lee Johnson
1938 – 2024
songwriterguitaristsinger-songwriter
John Stephens Wood
1885 – 1968
politicianlawyer
John Collier
1884 – 1968
ethnologistsociologist
Paul Brown
1880 – 1961
politicianlawyer