List of people from Macon, Georgia

Notable people from Macon, Georgia

Music

• The Allman Brothers (Southern rock band)
• Ben Johnston (composer)
• Bill Berry, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1970s
• Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers/Rolling Stones pianist)
• Claudine Clark (R&B musician/composer)
• Emmett Miller (minstrel show singer noted for a yodel-like falsetto voice)
• Jason Aldean (country music singer)
• Little Richard Penniman (singer, songwriter, and pianist; pioneer of rock and roll)
• Lucille Hegamin (singer and entertainer, and a pioneer African American blues music recording artist)
• Mark Heard (record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter)
• Mike Mills, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1960-1970s.
• Otis Redding (Soul musician)
• Phil Walden (record producer and music businessman)
• Randy Crawford (Jazz and R&B singer)
• Robert McDuffie (violinist)
• Rosa King (Jazz/blues saxophonist/singer)
• Young Jeezy (American rapper)

Actors

• Blake Clark (actor in several Adam Sandler films and Boy Meets World TV series)
• Carrie Preston
• Cassie Yates
• Jack McBrayer (30 Rock)
• Lisa Sheridan
• Luke Askew (Recurring actor in the series Walker, Texas Ranger)
• Melvyn Douglas (Theodora Goes Wild)
• Sam Edwards (Little House on the Prairie (TV series))
• Sam Hennings (C.S.I.)
• Shavar Ross

Sports

• Al Lucas (football player in the National Football League and Arena Football League)
• Bobby Bryant
• Charles Tidwell NASCAR pioneer
• Chip Minton 1994&98 Olympic Bobsled Team
• Cole Miller, UFC fighter and reality television star, raised in Macon and attended Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia).
• Elmore Smith (National Basketball Association player)
• George Foster (American football), NFL player for the Cleveland Browns
• Jerry Pate
• Jim Parker, NFL Hall of Famer, Baltimore Colts. Born in Macon
• Blue Moon Odom MLB Pitcher. Born in Macon
• John Rocker (MLB player)
• J.T. Thomas
• Antonio Pettigrew
• Ken Shamrock, UFC champion and former professional wrestler, was born and raised in Macon.
• Kevin Brown (MLB player; signed richest contract in baseball history to that point)
• Larry "Dream" Davidson (Umpire HOF)
• Le Kevin Smith, NFL player for the Denver Broncos
• Marc Mero
• Norm Nixon (National Basketball Association player)
• Jeff Malone
• Ron Fairly
• Sharone Wright
• Theron Sapp (University of Georgia and NFL football player)
• Tony Gilbert, NFL player for the Atlanta Falcons
• Vernon "Catfish" Smith
• Dave Bristol, former manager of the Cincinnati Red, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, and San Francisco Giants
• Durant Brooks, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
• Kevin Reimer, MLB player for the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers
• Gerald Fitch, former NBA player

Politics and government

• Augustus O. Bacon (U.S. Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate)
• Bruce S. Allen, first Honorary Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Charles Lafayette Bartlett, US Congressman
• Christopher N. Smith, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark
• P. B. S. Pinchback, Republican Governor of Louisiana for thirty-five days from 1872-1873
• Ronnie Thompson, Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1974 and gospel and Country singer
• William Shepherd Benson (an admiral in the United States Navy and the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), holding the post throughout World War I)

Other

• Mathuren Arthur Andrieu
• John Birch (missionary)
• [Samaria Mitcham Bailey] Human Rights Pioneer
• Sonny Carter (astronaut and professional soccer player)
• Catherine Brewer Benson (credited as the first woman to earn a college degree)
• Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr.
• Nancy Grace, talk show host
• Sidney Lanier
• John LeConte
• Joseph LeConte
• James Creel "Jim" Marshall, Mayor and U.S. Congressman
• [Wilbur "Chef" Mitcham], Renowned Chef Cook
• Neel Reid
• Gwyn Hyman Rubio
• William Sanders Scarborough
• Laurence Stallings
• Charles Tidwell NASCAR Driver Pioneer
• Alabama Vest (inventor of the kazoo)