List of people from the State of Georgia

Georgia in the United States has been the birthplace or residence of many famous people throughout its history. Prominent Georgians include:

• Hank Aaron (born in Alabama)
• Ivan Allen, Jr
• Abraham Baldwin
• Martha Berry
• Iris Faircloth Blitch
• Julian Bond
• Pierce Butler
• Jimmy Carter
• Rosalynn Carter
• Ray Charles
• Hannah Clarke
• Howell Cobb
• Ty Cobb
• Jackie Cochran
• Pat Conroy
• Harry Crews
• Charles Crisp
• William Few
• Howard Finster
• John C. Fremont
• Florence Gibbs
• Newt Gingrich (born in Pennsylvania)
• John B. Gordon
• Nathanael Greene
• Lewis Grizzard
• Lyman Hall
• Oliver Hardy
• Joel Chandler Harris
• Nancy Hart
• Lucille Hegamin
• Doc Holliday
• William Houstoun
• Bobby Jones
• Mammy Kate
• Fanny Kemble
• Martin Luther King, Jr
• Mirabeau Lamar
• Sidney Lanier
• Crawford Long
• Juliette Gordon Low
• William McIntosh
• Cynthia McKinney
• Helen Douglas Mankin
• Carson McCullers
• Gen. Lachlan McIntosh
• Zell Miller
• Margaret Mitchell
• Mary Musgrove
• Flannery O'Connor
• James Oglethorpe
• William Pierce
• Casimir Pulaski (born in Poland)
• Ma Rainey
• Jeannette Rankin
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (born and raised in New York; had second home in Georgia and died there)
• William T. Sherman
• Robert Toombs
• Joanna Troutman
• Carl Vinson
• Glenn Warner
• Gen. Anthony Wayne
• John Wesley (born in the United Kingdom)
• Eli Whitney (born in Massachusetts)

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state