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Georgia in the United States has been the birthplace or residence of many famous people throughout its history. Prominent Georgians include:
- Hank Aaron (born in Alabama)
- Ivan Allen, Jr
- Abraham Baldwin
- Martha Berry
- Iris Faircloth Blitch
- Julian Bond
- Pierce Butler
- Jimmy Carter
- Rosalynn Carter
- Ray Charles
- Hannah Clarke
- Howell Cobb
- Ty Cobb
- Jackie Cochran
- Pat Conroy
- Harry Crews
- Charles Crisp
- William Few
- Howard Finster
- John C. Fremont
- Florence Gibbs
- Newt Gingrich (born in Pennsylvania)
- John B. Gordon
- Nathanael Greene
- Lewis Grizzard
- Lyman Hall
- Oliver Hardy
- Joel Chandler Harris
- Nancy Hart
- Lucille Hegamin
- Doc Holliday
- William Houstoun
- Bobby Jones
- Mammy Kate
- Fanny Kemble
- Martin Luther King, Jr
- Mirabeau Lamar
- Sidney Lanier
- Crawford Long
- Juliette Gordon Low
- William McIntosh
- Cynthia McKinney
- Helen Douglas Mankin
- Carson McCullers
- Gen. Lachlan McIntosh
- Zell Miller
- Margaret Mitchell
- Mary Musgrove
- Flannery O'Connor
- James Oglethorpe
- William Pierce
- Casimir Pulaski (born in Poland)
- Ma Rainey
- Jeannette Rankin
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (born and raised in New York; had second home in Georgia and died there)
- William T. Sherman
- Robert Toombs
- Joanna Troutman
- Carl Vinson
- Glenn Warner
- Gen. Anthony Wayne
- John Wesley (born in the United Kingdom)
- Eli Whitney (born in Massachusetts)
