Notable People from Georgia

Henry Ossian Flipper

American soldier, formerly enslaved person, and first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point (1856–1940)

Duncan U. Fletcher

American politician (1859-1936)

Eugene Robert Black

American economist

Clifford Walker

American politician (1877–1954)

Gladys Hanson

American actress (1884–1973)

Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

American presidential daughter and activist (1887–1933)

Jane Anderson

American journalist; charged with being a Nazi propagandist but never convicted (1888–1972)

Paula Blackton

American actress (1881-1930)

Sam Flint

American actor (1882-1980)

Gid Tanner

American musician (1885–1960)

Ken Terrell

American actor (1904-1966)

Laurence Stallings

American writer (1894–1968)

William B. Hartsfield

American politician (1890–1971)

Lillian Gordy Carter

mother of U.S. president Jimmy Carter

Hugh Edward Blair

American linguist (1909-1967)

Horace Henderson

American musician (1904–1988)

Big Maceo Merriweather

American Chicago blues pianist and singer (1905–1953)

Marvin Griffin

American politician (1907–1982)

Bessie Jones

American folk musician and gospel singer

Jimmy Bivins

American boxer (1919–2012)

Buster Brown

American blues and R&B singer best known for his hit, "Fannie Mae" (1911–1976)

Hal Kanter

American screenwriter (1918–2011)

Charles Fernley Fawcett

American actor and filmmaker (1915-2008)

Buddy Moss

American East Coast blues guitarist (1914–1984)

Bert Parks

American actor and singer (1914-1992)

Ken Keyes Jr.

American spiritual writer (1921–1995)

Jack Davis

American cartoonist (1924–2016)

Donald Windham

American writer (1920–2010)

Marion Motley

Player of American football (1920-1999)

William Usery

American politician (1923-2016)

Ike Williams

American boxer

Beau Jack

American boxer (1921–2000)

Pete Drake

American musician (1932–1988)

Chips Moman

American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (1937–2016)

Jim Parker

American football player (1934-2005)

Jack Thomas Brinkley

American politician (1930-2019)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones

artist (1944-2011)

Luke Graham

American professional wrestler (1940-2006)

Charlie Norwood

American politician (1941–2007)

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)

Mac Collins

American politician (1944–2018)

Phil Hankinson

American basketball player (1951–1996)

Wayne Cooper

American basketball player (1956–2022)

Hilda Clayton

U.S. Army combat photographer (1991-2013)

Alfred Cumming

Governor of the Utah territory (1802-1873)

John Milton

Governor of Florida (1807-1865)

John Elliott

American politician (1773-1827)

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

American journalist (1790–1870)

William Pierce

American politician