Biographical Records
Notable People from Georgia
1,758 notable figures born in Georgia, showing page 15 of 36, ranked by historical prominence.
Paul Jones Semmes
1815 – 1863
military personnel
John Stephens Wood
1885 – 1968
politicianlawyer
John Collier
1884 – 1968
ethnologistsociologist
Paul Brown
1880 – 1961
politicianlawyer
Alfred B. Greenwood
1811 – 1889
politicianlawyerjudge
Moses Hadas
1900 – 1966
classical philologistliterary criticuniversity teacher
Lee Moses
1941 – 1998
singer-songwriter
Larry Leon Palmer
1948 – 2021
diplomat
Thomas Spalding
1774 – 1851
politician
Claud Derrick
1886 – 1974
baseball player
Jon Hunter Spence
1945 – 2011
literary criticjournalistwriter
Benjamin Purcell
1928 – 2013
politicianmilitary personnel
Harold S. Johnston
1920 – 2012
university teacherchemist
Kathryn Stripling Byer
1944 – 2017
poetwriter
Seaborn Roddenbery
1870 – 1913
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomas Flournoy Foster
1790 – 1848
politicianlawyer
George Welshman Owens
1786 – 1856
politicianlawyer
James E. Cobb
1835 – 1903
politicianlawyerjudge
Helen Woodrow Bones
1874 – 1951
editor
James C. Freeman
1819 – 1885
politician
Harris Hines
1943 – 2018
judge
Randall C. Berg, Jr.
1949 – 2019
lawyer
"Killer" Buddy Austin
1929 – 1981
professional wrestler
George Atkinson
1947 – 2025
American football player
Harold G. Clarke
1927 – 2013
politicianlawyerjudge
Robert Stell Heflin
1815 – 1901
politicianlawyerjudge
David Jackson Bailey
1812 – 1897
politicianlawyer
Caroline Love Goodwin
1875 – 1943
artistpolitician
Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson
1871 – 1950
diplomatpoliticiandentist
Lonne Elder III
1927 – 1996
stage actorplaywrightactor
Matt Snell
1941 – 2026
American football player
Charles S. Howard
1877 – 1950
entrepreneur
Joseph Lewis Hogg
1806 – 1862
military personnel
Michael A. Healy
1839 – 1904
military personnel
Lloyd Marshall
1914 – 1997
boxer
Charles Gordon Edwards
1878 – 1931
politicianlawyer
Bryant Thomas Castellow
1876 – 1962
politicianlawyerjudge
Samuel Rutherford
1870 – 1932
politicianlawyerjudge
Elias Cornelius Boudinot
1835 – 1890
army officerpoliticianlawyer
A. D. King
1930 – 1969
Christian minister
Claudius C. Wilson
1831 – 1863
military officer
Rose E. Collom
1870 – 1956
scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector
Bryan M. Thomas
1836 – 1905
military officer
Elizabeth O. King
1912 – 1966
bacteriologistmicrobiologist
Malcolm E. Beard
1919 – 2019
politician
Mary Logan Reddick
1914 – 1966
neuroembryologistuniversity teacher
Eugene Kurtz
1923 – 2006
composer
Wendell Logan
1940 – 2010
musicologistsaxophonisttrumpeter
James Arthur Williams
1930 – 1990
antiquarian sellerart dealer
Harold Houser
1897 – 1981
military officeradmiralgovernor