List of people from Augusta, Georgia explained

The city of Augusta, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Richmond County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Augusta, Georgia and includes people who were born or lived in Augusta for a nontrivial amount of time. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

Augusta was first used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of Augusta's location on the fall line. The city was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 (alternating for a period with Savannah, the first).

Actors

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Quinton Aaron	Actor (Michael Oher in The Blind Side)
	Laurence Fishburne	Actor (Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy)
	Hulk Hogan	Actor, professional wrestler; born in Augusta, raised in Tampa, Florida
	Kathryn McCormick	Step Up Revolution actress, So You Think You Can Dance contestant/All-Star
	Butterfly McQueen	Actress (Prissy in Gone with the Wind)
	Danielle Panabaker	Actress
	Khary Payton	Actor (Cyborg in Teen Titans, appeared in General Hospital)	^[1]
	Faith Prince	Actor
	Shay Roundtree	Actor (Drumline, Law and Order, Everybody Hates Chris, Kingpin)
	Catherine Taber	Actress
	Dub Taylor	Character actor

Arts and design

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Joseph Haygood Blodgett	Architect and builder	^[2]
	Jasper Johns	Artist
	Amos Mac	Photographer
	Jessye Norman	Opera singer
	Mary Telfair	Art collector, philanthropist

Athletics

Education

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Ignatius Alphonso Few	Methodist clergyman, founder of Emory University
	John Wesley Gilbert	African American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman	^[3]
	John Hope	Educator, founding member of the Niagara Movement
	Isaac S. Hopkins	Former professor and first President of Georgia Tech
	David M. Potter	Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University

Literature and journalism

Photo	Name	Notes	References
			^[4]
	Stephen Vincent Benét	Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
	Maria Louise Eve	Poet
	Elle and Blair Fowler	YouTube beauty gurus and writers
	Augustus Baldwin Longstreet	Lawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist
	Tom Poland	Author
	Abram Joseph Ryan	Poet
	Corbett Thigpen	Psychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve
	Frank Yerby	Novelist

African American pioneers

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Lucy Craft Laney	Opened the first school for black children in Augusta; namesake of Lucy Craft Laney High School and the Lucy Laney Black History Museum
	Ed McIntyre	First African American mayor of Augusta

Military

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Raymond O. Barton	Major general, US 4th Infantry Division commander on D-Day and Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
	Archibald Butt	Military aide to U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Taft; died on the RMS Titanic; namesake of the Butt Memorial Bridge
	William P. Duvall	U.S. Army major general; retired to Augusta	^[5]
	Aquilla James "Jimmie" Dyess	USMC lieutenant colonel, posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II; one of only nine known Eagle Scouts to receive the Medal of Honor; the only American to receive both the Carnegie Medal for civilian heroism and the Medal of Honor
	Lafayette McLaws	Major general of the Confederate Army, American Civil War
	Montgomery C. Meigs	Quartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War
	Edwin A. Pollock	General, United States Marines
	George D. Shea	Major general, United States Army	^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
	Joseph Wheeler	United States Army general in the Spanish–American War
	James Longstreet	Confederate general of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee

Music

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	James Brown	Soul musician, bandleader, songwriter, dancer, and record producer who was a major figure of 20th century music, often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul",^[10] and, in his over 50-year career, influenced the development of several music genres;^[11] namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown Arena
	Anna Gardner Goodwin	Composer of marches and religious music, born in Augusta
	Terri Gibbs	Country and western singer
	Wycliffe Gordon	Jazz trombonist
	Amy Grant	Singer-songwriter; born in Augusta; her family soon moved to Nashville, Tennessee	^[12]
		Country music songwriter; Grammy-nominated; two-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year; winner of four Triple Play Awards for three number one songs in a 12-month span
	Dave Haywood	Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
	Sharon Jones	Singer
	Charles Kelley	Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
	Josh Kelley	Musician
	Steve Morse	Guitarist
	Jessye Norman	Opera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre

Politics and government

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Ben S. Bernanke	Federal Reserve chairman
		Darrell Blocker	CIA agent, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer"	^[13]
	Alfred Cumming	First governor of Utah territory	^[14]
	William Henry Fleming	Politician and lawyer
	James Myles Hinton	Civil rights leader, NAACP leader, businessperson, minister
	Craig T. James	Politician
	Seaborn Jones	United States Congressman from Georgia
	George Walton	Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
	Ansley Wilcox	Lawyer and civil service commissioner
	Woodrow Wilson	Twenty-eighth President of the United States

Radio and television personalities

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Dan Miller	Journalist, TV personality
	Judy Woodruff	Television news anchor and journalist

Science and technology

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	Hervey M. Cleckley	Psychiatrist
	Roland A. Steiner	Archaeologist
	Susan Still Kilrain	Retired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut

See also

• List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

External links

• Cedar Grove cemetery — historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146051/ Internet Movie Database entry
2. "Joseph Haygood Blodgett," African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 ed. Dreck Spurlock Wilson (New York: Routledge, 2004): 58-60.
3. D. W. Culp (ed)Twentieth Century Negro Literature, Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro J. L. NICHOLS & CO., 1902, pp 190. Released as an ebook on July 6, 2006 EBook #18772 by The Project Gutenberg
4. News: Rod Beaton, USA Today sportswriter, dies at 59. Schudel. Matt. July 16, 2011. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.. January 12, 2022.

   News: Sportswriter was part of original staff of USA Today. Schudel. Matt. July 23, 2011. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 11.

5. Web site: William Penn Duvall in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Volumes III-VI . Thayer . Bill . Bill Thayer's Web Site . Bill Thayer . Chicago, IL . March 28, 2014 . July 23, 2022.
6. Book: U.S. Army Adjutant General . 1952 . Official Army Register . I . Washington, DC . U.S. Government Printing Office . 64 . Google Books.
7. News: June 14, 1945 . Veterans Mature, No Problem, New Barracks Chief Says . St. Louis Star-Times . St. Louis, MO . 3 . Newspapers.com.
8. Book: Sylvan . William C. . Smith . Francis G. . Greenwood . John T. . 2008 . Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges & the First U.S. Army . Lexington, KY . University Press of Kentucky . 396 . 978-0-8131-3866-4 . Google Books.
9. News: April 18, 1945 . Illness Fatal to W. T. Shea At Sanitarium . The Macon News . Macon, GA . 8 . Newspapers.com.
10. Web site: Doran. John. James Brown – 10 of the Best. The Guardian. 28 October 2015. October 31, 2015. theguardian_10best.
11. Wiegand, D. (December 26, 2006). James Brown: 1933–2006 – Godfather of Soul Changed Music at Frenetic Pace. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
12. Web site: Country Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT. https://web.archive.org/web/20040119230924/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/grant_amy/bio.jhtml. dead. January 19, 2004.
13. Web site: Darrell Blocker, the Black, Jewish 'spy whisperer' who could lead Biden's CIA. Ron. Kampeas. The Times of Israel. December 10, 2020.
14. Book: Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1963.