Biographical Records

Notable People from Georgia

1,758 notable figures born in Georgia, showing page 30 of 36, ranked by historical prominence.

Abe White
American baseball player (1904–1978)
1904 – 1978
baseball player
Pleasant J. Philips
American general (1819-1876)
1819 – 1876
military officer
Guy Brewer
American politician
1904 – 1978
politician
Russ Lyon
American baseball player (1913-1975)
1913 – 1975
baseball player
Samuel Yates
American computational number theorist (1919-1991)
1919 – 1991
mathematiciancomputer scientist
Theodore Johnson
American politician
1904 – 1992
politician
Shelton B. Sutton, Jr.
United States Navy officer for whom two U.S. Navy ships were named (1919-1942)
1919 – 1942
military officer
Wally Fowler
American musician (1917–1994)
1917 – 1994
singer
Syr Law
actress
1901
film actoractor
Walter Wilson
American baseball player (1913-1994)
1913 – 1994
baseball player
William G. Thrash
William G. Thrash
United States Marine Corps General
1916 – 2011
military officer
Welborn G. Dolvin
Welborn G. Dolvin
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1916-1991)
1916 – 1991
lieutenant general
Zebedee Armstrong
Outsider artist best known for his doomsday calendars
1911 – 1993
artist
Sugar Cain
Sugar Cain
American baseball player (1907–1975)
1907 – 1975
baseball player
Stumpy Thomason
American football player (1906-1989)
1906 – 1989
American football player
Roy Carlyle
American baseball player
1900 – 1956
baseball player
Dorothea Trowbridge
American blues singer
1914
musiciansinger
Hugh Gillis
Hugh Gillis
former Georgia state legislator
1918 – 2013
politician
Lew Carpenter
baseball player
1913 – 1979
baseball player
Robert F. Travis
Robert F. Travis
American military officer (1904–1950); recipient of the Purple Heart medal
1904 – 1950
military officer
Octavia Walton Le Vert
Octavia Walton Le Vert
socialite, Civil War nurse, author
1811 – 1877
socialitewriter
Red Howell
American baseball player (1909–1950)
1909 – 1950
baseball player
Brian Powell
American baseball player (1973-2009)
1973 – 2009
baseball player
Joseph Hubbard Echols
American politician
1816 – 1885
politician
John Tillman Lamkin
American politician
1811 – 1870
politicianlawyer
John LeConte
John LeConte
American scientist
1818 – 1891
botanistphysicist
Casey Elliott
American stock car racing driver
1974 – 1996
racing driver
Ralph Avery
American painter (1907-1976)
1907 – 1976
painter
Chris Wright
Canadian football player (1972-2005)
1972 – 2005
Canadian football playerfilm editordirector
Cincinnati Red
Cincinnati Red
American professional wrestler (1974-2015)
1974 – 2015
professional wrestler
Claude Sitton
American journalist (1925–2015)
1925 – 2015
journalist
Peter Pund
American football player (1907–1987)
1907 – 1987
American football player
T. J. Fowler
American musician (1910-1982)
1910 – 1982
musician
Nellie Mae Rowe
African American artist (1900-1982)
1900 – 1982
dollmakerpainterartist
Wilburn Hill King
Wilburn Hill King
Confederate States Army Colonel (1839–1910)
1839 – 1910
politician
Dave Elder
American baseball player
1975 – 2023
baseball player
Dernell Stenson
American baseball player (1978-2003)
1978 – 2003
baseball player
Lowe Stokes
Lowe Stokes
American old-time musician (1898–1983)
1898 – 1983
old-time musicianfiddlermusician
George D. Shea
George D. Shea
U.S. Army major general
1894 – 1971
military personnel
William H. Heard
William H. Heard
American clergyman and diplomat (1850–1937)
1850 – 1937
religious figurediplomatpolitician
Emory Richardson
African-American actor in American films
1894 – 1965
actor
Josephine Wilkins
Josephine Wilkins
American civic leader and philanthropist (1893-1977)
1893 – 1977
women's rights activist
Jessica Daves
American author and editor
1898 – 1974
editing staff
Ken Holloway
American baseball player
1897 – 1968
baseball player
Hardy Strickland
American politician (1818-1884)
1818 – 1884
politician
J. Deryl Hart
J. Deryl Hart
American academic
1894 – 1980
surgeon
Lucy Craft Laney
Lucy Craft Laney
Founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia. (1854-1933)
1854 – 1933
suffragisteducator
John Donald Wade
American academic
1892 – 1963
biographerwriter
John Troup Shewmake
American politician
1828 – 1898
politicianlawyerjudge
Robert Johnson Henderson
Robert Johnson Henderson
Confederate States Army Colonel (1822–1891)
1822 – 1891
politician
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