List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia in the United States has been the birthplace or residence of many famous people throughout its history. See also List of famous Atlantans for people who have lived in Atlanta, Georgia. Prominent Georgians include:
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- Abraham Baldwin
- Nadine Diffey Bascom
- Kim Basinger
- André "André 3000" Benjamin
- Martha Berry
- Julian Bond
- James Brown
- Joseph E. Brown
- Buckner & Garcia
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- Asa Griggs Candler
- Jimmy Carter
- Rosalynn Carter
- Spud Chandler
- Ray Charles
- Howell Cobb
- Matt and Mike Chapman
- Ty Cobb
- Charles Coburn
- Jackie Cochran
- Pat Conroy
- Harry Crews
- David Cross
- Charles Crisp
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- Dakota Fanning
- William Few
- Howard Finster
- Laurence Fishburne
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Walt Frazier
- John C. Fremont
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- Lyman Hall
- Oliver Hardy
- Joel Chandler Harris
- Nancy Hart
- Lucille Hegamin
- Bill Hicks (born in Valdosta, Georgia.)
- Hulk Hogan
- Doc Holliday
- Larry Holmes
- Evander Holyfield
- William Houstoun
- Holly Hunter
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- Mirabeau Lamar
- Peter Lawler
- Sidney Lanier
- Brenda Lee
- Spike Lee
- Natalia Livingston
- Crawford Long
- Juliette Gordon Low
- Bill Lowery
- Ludacris
- Lil' Jon
- Lil' Scrappy
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- Lester Maddox
- Carson McCullers
- William McIntosh
- Cynthia McKinney
- Blind Willie McTell
- Johnny Mercer
- Zell Miller
- Margaret Mitchell
- Johnny Mize
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- Flannery O'Connor
- James Oglethorpe (born in Britain, but founded the state.)
- Eugene Odum (faculty member of The University of Georgia.)
- Terrell Owens (lives in Georgia)
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- Bert Parks
- Antwan "Big Boi" Patton
- Dr. John Stith Pemberton
- Richard Penniman (Little Richard)
- Madeleine Peyroux
- William Pierce
- Dwight Phillips - athlete
- Robert Poydasheff-Mayor of Columbus, Georgia
- Kazimierz Pułaski (born in Poland)
- Pogo Possum
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- Ma Rainey
- Jeannette Rankin
- Otis Redding
- Jerry Reed
- Little Richard
- Travis Richter
- Julia Roberts
- Jackie Robinson
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- Tommy Roe
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (born and raised in New York; had second home in Georgia and died there)
- Billy Joe Royal
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- Junior Samples
- Ryan Seacrest
- Steven Soderbergh
- Moxley Sorrel
- Joe South
- Alexander Stephens
- Ray Stevens
- Michael Stipe
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- T.I.
- Alma Thomas
- Clarence Thomas
- Kenan Thompson
- Robert Toombs
- Gwen Torrence
- Travis Tritt
- Chris Tucker
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- Herschel Walker
- Douglass Watson
- James Moore Wayne
- John Wesley (born in the United Kingdom)
- Kanye West (raised in Chicago, Illinois)
- Devon Werkheiser
- Eli Whitney (born in Massachusetts)
- Dominique Wilkins
- Alicia Leigh Willis
- Joanne Woodward
- Lizz Wright
- Will Wright