List of people from Georgia (U.S. state) explained

This is a list of notable people born in, or notable for their association with the U.S. state of Georgia.

Notable Georgians

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How good was 2 Chainz at basketball? . ESPN . 12 September 2012 . 10 December 2012 . 21 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121121035023/http://espn.go.com/blog/playbooksounds/post/_/id/3120/how-good-was-2-chainz-at-basketball . live .
  2. Web site: THE BREAK PRESENTS: 21 SAVAGE. XXL. October 9, 2015. June 8, 2022. June 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220615120500/https://www.xxlmag.com/the-break-presents-21-savage/. live.
  3. Web site: Quinton Aaron. Internet Movie Database. 21 July 2013. 24 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131024053338/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2466842/. live.
  4. Web site: Adams, Brock. Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. 21 July 2013. 21 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110921000356/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000031. live.
  5. Web site: Dianna Agron Biography. TV Guide. 21 July 2013. 30 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191130182646/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dianna-agron/bio/296389. live.
  6. Encyclopedia: Southerland. Randy. Cecil Alexander (b.1918). New Georgia Encyclopedia. 11 July 2013. 6 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120806025016/http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3757. dead.
  7. Book: Bonner, Judith H.. New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 21: Art and Architecture. 2013. University of North Carolina Press. Raleigh. 978-0807869949.
  8. News: Oreskes. Michael. Lee Atwater, Master of Tactics For Bush and G.O.P., Dies at 40. New York Times. 30 March 1991. 17 February 2017. 3 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212725/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEED91F3DF933A05750C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. live.
  9. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Mary_Ross_Banks Woman of the Century/Mary Ross Banks
  10. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Elia_Goode_Byington Woman of the Century/Elia Goode Byington
  11. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Elizabeth_Otis_Dannelly Woman of the Century/Elizabeth Otis Dannelly
  12. News: Jhabvala . Nicki . Jamin Davis began last season off the NFL's radar. In a few weeks, he could be a first-round pick. . The Washington Post . 30 April 2021 . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410070204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/09/jamin-davis-nfl-draft-prospect-linebacker/ . live .
  13. News: Caraviello. David. Another Elliott brings Dawsonville siren to life. NASCAR. April 19, 2014. February 14, 2016. May 31, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531154715/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/4/19/chase-elliott-bill-elliott-dawsonville-pool-room-siren-nationwide-victories.html. live.
  14. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Maria_Louise_Eve Woman of the Century/Maria Louise Eve
  15. Newman. Bruce. He Has Georgia On His Mind. Sports Illustrated. 28 July 1980. 14 March 2013. 2 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001625/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123646/index.htm. live.
  16. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Ellen_J._Dortch Woman of the Century/Ellen J. Dortch
  17. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Maude_Andrews_Ohl Woman of the Century/Maude Andrews Ohl
  18. Web site: Philip Trammell Shutze. The Cultural Landscape Foundation. 21 July 2013. 2 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502231748/http://tclf.org/pioneer/philip-trammell-shutze. live.
  19. Web site: 5 things to know about Titans kicker Sam Sloman. The Tennessean. 2021-02-04. 2023-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051104/https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2021/01/02/5-things-to-know-about-titans-kicker-sam-sloman/4068736001/. live.
  20. News: Maloney. Jennifer. In Focus: City's Humans. May 1, 2012. Oct 26, 2013. Wall Street Journal. November 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171111223400/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304811304577370611460259438#articleTabs%3Darticle. live.
  21. Web site: Torreano. Bradley. Dani Stevenson - Music Biography, Credits and Discography. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. April 30, 2013. February 12, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212101628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dani-stevenson-mn0000673744#discography. live.
  22. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Missouri_H._Stokes Woman of the Century/Missouri H. Stokes
  23. Web site: Sunny Suljić - Atlanta Actor. love2act.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625114802/http://love2act.com/new/sunny-suljic-o7317.html. 2016-06-25.
  24. Book: Moulton, Charles Wells. The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. https://books.google.com/books?id=syA6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA475. Public domain. 1. 1889. Charles Wells Moulton. Bella French Swisher. 2022-08-18. 2023-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051103/https://books.google.com/books?id=syA6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA475. live.
  25. Web site: Double Olympic 400m hurdles champion Angelo Taylor suspended from coaching for past sexual misconduct charges. May 22, 2019. www.insidethegames.biz. February 1, 2022. February 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220201111157/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1079539/double-olympic-400m-hurdles-champion-angelo-taylor-suspended-from-coaching-for-past-sexual-misconduct-charges. live.
  26. Web site: "Nomination of James L. Usry To Be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement" . 2013-03-14 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203655/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/032087h.htm . dead .
  27. Web site: Hill, Jr.. Melvin B.. Carl Vinson: A Legend in His Own Time. Georgia Galileo. Digital Library of Georgia. 14 March 2013. 15 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515215643/http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/c-vinson.htm. live.
  28. Web site: Buchanan. Jason. Lenny von Dohlen. Flixster. Rovi. 14 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130125005354/http://www.flixster.com/celebrity/lenny-von-dohlen/. 25 January 2013. dead.
  29. News: South Georgia's Adam Wainwright makes NL All-Star team for the first time. 15 March 2013. The Florida Times Union. 4 July 2010. 9 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100709223559/http://jacksonville.com/sports/2010-07-04/story/south-georgias-adam-wainwright-makes-nl-all-star-team-first-time. live.
  30. Web site: Birchmeier. Jason. Waka Flocka Flame Biography. allmusic.com. November 6, 2010. November 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109101242/http://allmusic.com/artist/waka-flocka-flame-p2061153/biography. live.
  31. Web site: Erik Walden Bio . GoBlueRaiders.com . 2008-04-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080430215310/http://www.goblueraiders.com/player.cfm/name/erik-walden/id/1998 . 2008-04-30 .
  32. News: Capricorn Records founder Walden dies. 15 March 2013. USA Today. 26 April 2006. 2 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000547/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-04-24-walden-obit_x.htm. live.
  33. Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia (1997) Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, John F. Blair Publishing, p165
  34. Web site: 20 Question with Butch Walker. Metal Sludge. November 2, 2011. February 1, 2000. February 6, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://metalsludge.tv/home-sick-firehouses-cj-snare-will-not-appear-with-group-this-week-andrew-freeman-named-replacement/?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=52. live.
  35. Web site: Walker hired as Braves hitting coach . AJC.com . 21 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111023145613/http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/10/21/walker-hired-as-braves-hitting-coach/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog . 23 October 2011 .
  36. Kirkpatrick. Curry. Walker: A Renaissance Man. Sports Illustrated. 2007-10-03. 2009-09-22. 2009-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003024222/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115704/1/index.htm. live.
  37. Web site: Hoppes . Lynn . After MMA, Herschel Walker thinks about public office . Espn.go.com . 2012-09-27 . 2012-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105205133/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5707367 . live .
  38. News: Carpenter. Chris. BETWEEN THE LINER NOTES John Waller: While I'm Waiting. 15 March 2013. Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.. 3 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130403070832/http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/carpenter_johnwaller_waiting.aspx. live.
  39. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1111192/index.htm Greenfeld, Karl. "The Long Way Home,"
  40. Web site: Hooker. Anne W.. Ward, Matthias. The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. 15 March 2013. 12 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120612033659/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa50. live.
  41. Web site: Danny Ware #28 . UGASports.com . University of Georgia . 6 August 2012 . 31 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331181244/https://uga.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=24083 . live .
  42. Flanders, Henry. The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court . Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874
  43. Web site: John Wesley and Savannah . Ross . Kathy W. . Stacey, Rosemary . 18 September 2007 . 19 January 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000119090526/http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/Methodism/wesley.html . dead .
  44. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/west.htm Allen West family genealogy site
  45. Web site: 14 March 2013. Kanye West Coming To Redbird.. Pantagraph. March 8, 2006. 28 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130428042047/http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_79bc1031-1dc9-511b-8444-243951568e4b.html. live.
  46. News: Mario West Makes Hawks Roster. 15 March 2013. Ramblin Wreck (Georgia Institute of Technology). 25 October 2007. 29 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829170930/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102507aaa.html. live.
  47. Harris, J. Gerald Jake Westbrook: sinkerball pitcher, steadfast saint The Christian Index (accessed August 1, 2010)
  48. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150414 Official Team Bio
  49. Web site: 41 - Philip Wheeler. Ramblin Wreck. Georgia Institute of Technology. 15 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208075259/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wheeler_philip00.html. 8 February 2012. dead.
  50. Book: Nestor, Sandy . 7 May 2015 . Indian Placenames in America . 1 . McFarland . 50 . 978-0786493395.
  51. Web site: Charlie Whitehurst. NFLDraftScout.com. CBS Sports. 15 March 2013. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701175859/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/historical/423552. live.
  52. "Ratting Out ", Muppet Central, 1999. Accessed 24 November 2009.
  53. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3497 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Eli Whitney in Georgia
  54. Web site: ESPN.com . 2013-11-19 . 2013-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131121105028/http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/15874/jj-wilcox . live .
  55. Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia: Dominique Wilkins (b. 1960) . 2013-03-15 . 2012-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008222704/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1988 . dead .
  56. Web site: Hounds in the NBA. Moberly Area Community College Sports Information website. 2012. 7 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130109234507/http://www.moberlygreyhounds.com/index.php/hounds-in-the-nba. 9 January 2013.
  57. Book: Fearn-Banks, Kathleen. Historical Dictionary of African-American Television. registration. 9 May 2012. 2006. Scarecrow Press. 9780810853355. 483–.
  58. http://louwilliamsfoundation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112&Itemid=132 Lou Williams Foundation
  59. https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0932265/bio/ Alicia Leigh Willis - Biography
  60. News: Rodney. Ho. A talk with Atlanta native Scott Wilson, who plays Hershel on 'The Walking Dead'. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2011-10-25. 2012-02-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226191530/http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/10/25/a-talk-with-atlanta-native-scott-wilson-who-plays-hershel-on-the-walking-dead/. 2012-02-26.
  61. News: Glenn . Lovell . Actor Anonymous : Scott Wilson hopes 'Dead Man Walking' will lead to the visibility that has long eluded him in films . . 1996-03-17 . 2012-02-15 . 2013-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233502/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-17/entertainment/ca-47869_1_scott-wilson . live .
  62. Book: White, William Allen. Woodrow Wilson – The Man, His Times and His Task. Chapter II: The Influence of Environment. 978-1-4067-7685-0. March 15, 2007. December 12, 2020. February 6, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXYqVxLyRrwC&q=Woodrow+Wilson:+The+Man,+His+Times+and+His+Task. live.
  63. Web site: Kitty Wilson-Evans, Inside Storytelling . . 31 October 2020 . 1 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022947/https://www.knowitall.org/video/kitty-wilson-evans-inside-storytelling . live .
  64. Web site: 30 - Blake Wood. Rambin Wreck. Georgia Tech. 15 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230640/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wood_blake00.html. 2 May 2014. dead.
  65. Web site: Joanne Woodward. Yahoo Movies. 2017-01-14. 2011-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522151149/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800047595/bio. live.
  66. Web site: Lizz Wright Biography. Rizik. Christopher. 2003–2010. SoulTracks.com. 2 November 2010. 5 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110105095156/http://www.soultracks.com/lizz_wright.htm. live.
  67. Web site: Lessons from Game Design. IT Conversations. Conversations Network Channel. 15 March 2013. 18 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218035833/http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail195.html. live.
  68. Web site: Jarius Wynn Bio. University of Georgia Athletics. UGA. 15 March 2013. 3 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503035703/http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=787053. dead.
  69. Web site: Erickson. Hal. Cassie Yates Biography. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. 14 March 2013. 22 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130122050812/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/cassie_yates/biography.php. live.
  70. Web site: Trisha Yearwood > Biography . Huey . Steve . . 2009-06-25 . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/trisha-yearwood-mn0000749476 . live .
  71. News: Hall of Fame Honorees: Frank Yerby. 14 March 2013. Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. 2006. 23 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130323083621/http://www.georgiawritershalloffame.org/honorees/biography.php?authorID=43. dead.
  72. Web site: Twitter / yingyangtwins: We're back on @Epic_Records . Twitter.com . 2012-12-12 . 2014-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140130183348/https://twitter.com/yingyangtwins/status/218741926239805441 . live .
  73. News: Horowitz. Steven J.. Home > News > Young Dro Changes Name To 3krazy Young Dro Changes Name To 3krazy. 14 March 2013. HipHopDX. 15 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121117235530/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21896/title.young-dro-changes-name-to-3krazy. 17 November 2012. dead.
  74. Web site: Young Jeezy. Reid. Shaheem. June 1, 2005. You Hear It First. MTV News. April 1, 2010. December 6, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206053108/http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/young_jeezy/. dead.
  75. Web site: Young Jeezy: Putting His Mouth Where His Money Is. Reid. Shaheem. August 1, 2005. MTV News. April 1, 2010. January 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107230142/http://www.mtv.com/bands/y/young_jeezy/young_jeezy_inw_050801/. dead.

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