List of people from Augusta, Georgia

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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

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Quinton AaronActor (Michael Oher in The Blind Side)
Laurence FishburneActor (Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy)
Hulk HoganActor, professional wrestler; born in Augusta, raised in Tampa, Florida
Kathryn McCormickStep Up Revolution actress, So You Think You Can Dance contestant/All-Star
Butterfly McQueenActress (Prissy in Gone with the Wind)
Danielle PanabakerActress
Khary PaytonActor (Cyborg in Teen Titans, appeared in General Hospital)[1]
Faith PrinceActor
Shay RoundtreeActor (Drumline, Law and Order, Everybody Hates Chris, Kingpin)
Catherine TaberActress
Dub TaylorCharacter actor

Arts

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Jasper JohnsArtist
Jessye NormanOpera singer

Athletics

PhotoNameNotesReferences
William AveryProfessional basketball player
Emerson BoozerRunning back for New York Jets
William "Happy Humphrey" CobbProfessional wrestler
William CunninghamProfessional basketball player
Chick DonovanProfessional wrestler; born in LaGrange, grew up in Augusta
Charles "Chuck" EvansNFL player for the Baltimore Ravens
Vernon ForrestWorld champion boxer
Bill FulcherCoach and NFL player
Deon GrantNFL player (New York Giants)
Todd GreeneBaseball player
Forrest GriffinMixed martial artist
Ray GuyRetired NFL player
Arnold HarrisonFootball player, currently with UFL's Virginia Destroyers
Charles Howell IIIProfessional golfer
Leroy IrvinProfessional football player
Beau JackWorld champion boxer
Jimmie JohnsonNFL player, tight ends coach for the Minnesota Vikings
Bobby JonesMost successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level; founder and designer of Augusta National Golf Club and co-founder of the Masters Tournament
Bailie KeyGymnast, Junior U.S National Champion 2013
Macay McBrideMLB player for Detroit Tigers
Taj McWilliams-FranklinWNBA player (Minnesota Lynx)
Larry MizeProfessional golfer
Chad MottolaMLB player for Cincinnati Reds
Chase Parker Golfer on mini-tours, made cut at 2016 U.S. Open
Kyle ParkerQuarterback for Clemson University
Carlos RogersProfessional football player for San Francisco 49ers
Jeff SandersProfessional basketball player
Vaughn TaylorProfessional golfer
Ken WhisenhuntHead coach of Arizona Cardinals
Jonathan Williams (defensive lineman)Professional football player in CFL

Education

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Ignatius Alphonso FewMethodist clergyman, founder of Emory University[2]
John Wesley GilbertAfrican American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman[3]
John HopeEducator, founding member of the Niagara Movement
Isaac S. HopkinsFormer professor and first President of Georgia Tech
David M. PotterPulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University

Literature

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Stephen Vincent BenetWriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[4]
Elle and Blair FowlerYouTube beauty gurus and writers
Augustus Baldwin LongstreetLawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist[2]
Tom PolandAuthor
Abram Joseph RyanPoet
Corbett ThigpenPsychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular, nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve[4]

African American pioneers

PhotoNameNotesReferences
A.R. JohnsonSchoolteacher; namesake of A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School
Lucy Craft LaneyOpened the first school for black children in Augusta; namesake of Lucy Craft Laney High School and the Lucy Laney Black History Museum
Ed McIntyreFirst African American mayor of Augusta

Military

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Raymond O. BartonMajor General, US 4th Infantry Division commander on D-Day and Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Archibald ButtMilitary aide to U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Taft; died on the RMS Titanic; namesake of the Butt Memorial Bridge
Aquilla James "Jimmy" DyessUSMC 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 McLawsMajor general of the Confederate Army, American Civil War[2]
Montgomery C. MeigsQuartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War[2]
Edwin A. PollockGeneral, United States Marines
Joseph WheelerUnited States Army General in the Spanish–American War

Music

PhotoNameNotesReferences
James BrownSoul musician and bandleader; namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown Arena[4]
Terri GibbsCountry and western singer
Wycliffe GordonJazz trombonist
Amy GrantSinger/songwriter; born in Augusta; her family soon moved to Nashville, Tennessee[5]
Ben Hayslip Country music songwriter; 15 number one songs to date; two-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year; winner of three Triple Play Awards for three number one songs in a 12-month span
Dave HaywoodSinger/songwriter; member of popular band Lady Antebellum
Sharon JonesSinger
Charles KelleySinger/songwriter; member of popular band Lady Antebellum
Josh KelleyMusician
Steve MorseGuitarist
Jessye NormanOpera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre[4]
Pastor TroyRapper and record producer

Politics and government

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Ben S. BernankeFederal Reserve chairman
Alfred CummingFirst governor of Utah territory[2]
William Henry FlemingPolitician and lawyer
Craig T. JamesPolitician
Seaborn JonesUnited States Congressman from Georgia[2]
Buckner Stith MorrisMayor of Chicago, 1838–1839
George Walton Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Ansley WilcoxLawyer and civil service commissioner
Woodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth President of the United States

Radio and television personalities

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Dan MillerJournalist, TV personality
Judy WoodruffTelevision news anchor and journalist

Science and technology

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Hervey M. CleckleyPsychiatrist
Susan Still KilrainRetired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut

See also

References

  1. Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
  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. 1 2 3 4 Edward J. Cashin: Augusta, Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2007-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
  5. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/grant_amy/bio.jhtml

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