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 and design

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Joseph Haygood Blodgett Architect and builder [2]
Jasper JohnsArtist
Amos MacPhotographer
Jessye NormanOpera singer
Mary TelfairArt collector, philanthropist

Athletics

PhotoNameNotesReferences
William AveryProfessional basketball player
Kendrell BellProfessional football player in the NFL
Mike BoboOffensive Analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs
Emerson Boozerformer running back for New York Jets
Bennie BriscoeProfessional boxer
William "Happy Humphrey" CobbProfessional wrestler
Luis CampusanoCatcher for the San Diego Padres
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; winner of the 1987 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club
Chad MottolaMLB player for Cincinnati Reds
Chase ParkerGolfer 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; member of the United States team in the 2006 Ryder Cup
Herschel WalkerProfessional football player; won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 and played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons
Ken WhisenhuntHead coach of Arizona Cardinals
Rayonta WhitfieldProfessional boxer, former world title challenger
Jonathan WilliamsProfessional football player in CFL
Paul WilliamsProfessional boxer, former WBO welterweight world champion

Education

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Ignatius Alphonso FewMethodist clergyman, founder of Emory University[3]
John Wesley GilbertAfrican American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman[4]
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 and journalism

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Rod BeatonSports journalist for USA Today[5]
Stephen Vincent BenétWriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[6]
Maria Louise EvePoet
Elle and Blair FowlerYouTube beauty gurus and writers
Augustus Baldwin LongstreetLawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist[3]
Tom PolandAuthor
Abram Joseph RyanPoet
Corbett ThigpenPsychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve[6]
Frank YerbyNovelist

African American pioneers

PhotoNameNotesReferences
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
William P. DuvallU.S. Army major general; retired to Augusta[7]
Aquilla James "Jimmie" 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[3]
Montgomery C. MeigsQuartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War[3]
Edwin A. PollockGeneral, United States Marines
George D. SheaMajor General, United States Army[8][9][10][11]
Joseph WheelerUnited States Army General in the Spanish–American War
James LongstreetConfederate general of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee

Music

PhotoNameNotesReferences
James BrownSoul musician, bandleader, songwriter, dancer, and record producer who was a major figure of 20th century music, often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul",[12] and, in his over 50 year career, influenced the development of several music genres;[13] namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown Arena[6]
Anna Gardner GoodwinComposer of marches and religious music, born in Augusta
Terri GibbsCountry and western singer
Wycliffe GordonJazz trombonist
Amy GrantSinger-songwriter; born in Augusta; her family soon moved to Nashville, Tennessee[14]
Ben HayslipCountry music songwriter; Grammy-nominated; two-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year; winner of four Triple Play Awards for three number one songs in a 12-month span
Dave HaywoodSinger-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
Sharon JonesSinger
Charles KelleySinger-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
Josh KelleyMusician
Steve MorseGuitarist
Jessye NormanOpera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre[6]

Politics and government

PhotoNameNotesReferences
Ben S. BernankeFederal Reserve chairman
Darrell BlockerCIA agent, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer"[15]
Alfred CummingFirst governor of Utah territory[3]
William Henry FlemingPolitician and lawyer
James Myles Hinton Civil rights leader, NAACP leader, businessperson, minister
Craig T. JamesPolitician
Seaborn JonesUnited States Congressman from Georgia[3]
George WaltonSigner 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
Roland A. SteinerArchaeologist
Susan Still KilrainRetired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut

See also

References

  1. ↑ Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton
  2. ↑ "Joseph Haygood Blodgett," African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 ed. Dreck Spurlock Wilson (New York: Routledge, 2004): 58-60.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Schudel, Matt (July 16, 2011). "Rod Beaton, USA Today sportswriter, dies at 59". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 12, 2022.; Schudel, Matt (July 23, 2011). "Sportswriter was part of original staff of USA Today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 11.Free access icon
  6. 1 2 3 4 Edward J. Cashin: Augusta, Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2007-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
  7. ↑ Thayer, Bill (March 28, 2014). "William Penn Duvall in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Volumes III-VI". Bill Thayer's Web Site. Chicago, IL: Bill Thayer. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ U.S. Army Adjutant General (1952). Official Army Register. Vol. I. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 64 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Veterans Mature, No Problem, New Barracks Chief Says". St. Louis Star-Times. St. Louis, MO. June 14, 1945. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Sylvan, William C.; Smith, Francis G. (2008). Greenwood, John T. (ed.). Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges & the First U.S. Army. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-8131-3866-4 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Illness Fatal to W. T. Shea At Sanitarium". The Macon News. Macon, GA. April 18, 1945. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Doran, John (28 October 2015). "James Brown – 10 of the Best". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  13. ↑ Wiegand, D. (December 26, 2006). James Brown: 1933–2006 – Godfather of Soul Changed Music at Frenetic Pace. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Country Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT".
  15. ↑ Kampeas, Ron (December 10, 2020). "Darrell Blocker, the Black, Jewish 'spy whisperer' who could lead Biden's CIA". The Times of Israel.
  • Cedar Grove cemetery — historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)
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