List of people from Augusta, Georgia
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 |
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| Quinton Aaron | Actor (Michael Oher in The Blind Side) | ||
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Laurence Fishburne | Actor (Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy) | |
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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) | ||
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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
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Jasper Johns | Artist | ||
| Amos Mac | Photographer | ||
| Jessye Norman | Opera singer |
Athletics
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| William Avery | Professional basketball player | ||
| Kendrell Bell | Professional football player in the NFL | ||
| Emerson Boozer | Running back for New York Jets | ||
| William "Happy Humphrey" Cobb | Professional wrestler | ||
| William Cunningham | Professional basketball player | ||
| Chick Donovan | Professional wrestler; born in LaGrange, grew up in Augusta | ||
| Charles "Chuck" Evans | NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens | ||
| Vernon Forrest | World champion boxer | ||
| Bill Fulcher | Coach and NFL player | ||
| Deon Grant | NFL player (New York Giants) | ||
| Todd Greene | Baseball player | ||
| Forrest Griffin | Mixed martial artist | ||
| Ray Guy | Retired NFL player | ||
| Arnold Harrison | Football player, currently with UFL's Virginia Destroyers | ||
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Charles Howell III | Professional golfer | |
| Leroy Irvin | Professional football player | ||
| Beau Jack | World champion boxer | ||
| Jimmie Johnson | NFL player, tight ends coach for the Minnesota Vikings | ||
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Bobby Jones | Most 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 Key | Gymnast, Junior U.S National Champion 2013 | ||
| Macay McBride | MLB player for Detroit Tigers | ||
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin | WNBA player (Minnesota Lynx) | ||
| Larry Mize | Professional golfer | ||
| Chad Mottola | MLB player for Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Chase Parker | Golfer on mini-tours, made cut at 2016 U.S. Open | ||
| Kyle Parker | Quarterback for Clemson University | ||
| Carlos Rogers | Professional football player for San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Jeff Sanders | Professional basketball player | ||
| Vaughn Taylor | Professional golfer | ||
| Ken Whisenhunt | Head coach of Arizona Cardinals | ||
| Rayonta Whitfield | Professional boxer, former world title challenger | ||
| Jonathan Williams | Professional football player in CFL | ||
| Paul Williams | Professional boxer, former WBO welterweight world champion |
Education
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Ignatius Alphonso Few | Methodist clergyman, founder of Emory University | [2] | |
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John Wesley Gilbert | African American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman | [3] |
| John Hope | Educator, founding member of the Niagara Movement | ||
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Isaac S. Hopkins | Former professor and first President of Georgia Tech | |
| David M. Potter | Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University |
Literature
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Stephen Vincent Benet | Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet | [4] | |
| File:Maria Louise Eve.png | Maria Louise Eve | Poet | |
| Elle and Blair Fowler | YouTube beauty gurus and writers | ||
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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet | Lawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist | [2] |
| Tom Poland | Author | ||
| Abram Joseph Ryan | Poet | ||
| Corbett Thigpen | Psychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve | [4] |
African American pioneers
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| 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 |
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| Raymond O. Barton | Major General, US 4th Infantry Division commander on D-Day and Battle of the Hurtgen Forest | ||
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Archibald Butt | Military aide to U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Taft; died on the RMS Titanic; namesake of the Butt Memorial Bridge | |
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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 | [2] | |
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Montgomery C. Meigs | Quartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War | [2] |
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Edwin A. Pollock | General, United States Marines | |
| Joseph Wheeler | United States Army General in the Spanish–American War |
Music
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| James Brown | Soul musician and bandleader; namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown Arena | [4] | |
| Terri Gibbs | Country and western singer | ||
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Wycliffe Gordon | Jazz trombonist | |
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Amy Grant | Singer/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 | ||
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Dave Haywood | Singer/songwriter; member of popular band Lady Antebellum | |
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Sharon Jones | Singer | |
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Charles Kelley | Singer/songwriter; member of popular band Lady Antebellum | |
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Josh Kelley | Musician | |
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Steve Morse | Guitarist | |
| Jessye Norman | Opera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre | [4] | |
| Pastor Troy | Rapper and record producer |
Politics and government
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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Ben S. Bernanke | Federal Reserve chairman | |
| Alfred Cumming | First governor of Utah territory | [2] | |
| William Henry Fleming | Politician and lawyer | ||
| Craig T. James | Politician | ||
| Seaborn Jones | United States Congressman from Georgia | [2] | |
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Buckner Stith Morris | Mayor of Chicago, 1838–1839 | |
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George Walton | Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence | |
| Ansley Wilcox | Lawyer and civil service commissioner | ||
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Woodrow Wilson | Twenty-eighth President of the United States |
Radio and television personalities
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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Dan Miller | Journalist, TV personality | |
| CJ Pearson | Freelance journalist and political commentator | ||
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Judy Woodruff | Television news anchor and journalist |
Science and technology
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Hervey M. Cleckley | Psychiatrist | ||
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Susan Still Kilrain | Retired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut |
See also
References
- ^ Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton
- ^ a b c d e f Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d Edward J. Cashin: Augusta, Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2007-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
- ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/grant_amy/bio.jhtml
External links
- Cedar Grove cemetery — historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)
