I think this list focuses mostly on people who were actually born in the state rather than those who were born somewhere else but grew up here. I broke the list down to the more recognizable people. Are you surprised by anyone listed? Famous Georgians Jim Brown actor, athlete, St. Simons Island Erskine Caldwell writer, Moreland James E. Carter U.S. president, Plains Ray Charles singer, Albany Ty Cobb baseball player, Narrows Charles Coburn movie and TV actor, Macon Ossie Davis actor, writer, Cogdell Rebecca Latimer Felton first appointed woman U.S. senator, Decatur Lawrence Fishburne III actor, Augusta Amy Grant singer, Augusta Oliver Hardy comedian, Harlem Joel Chandler Harris journalist, author, Eatonton Fletcher Henderson musician/songwriter, Cuthbert Hulk Hogan professional wrestler, Augusta Larry Holmes boxer, Cuthert Bobby Jones golfer, Atlanta Stacy Keach actor, Savannah DeForest Kelley actor, Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader, Atlanta Gladys Knight singer, Atlanta Juliette Gordon Low U.S. Girl Scouts founder, Savannah Blind Willie McTell blues pioneer, Thomson Margaret Mitchell author, Atlanta Otis Redding singer, Dawson Burt Reynolds actor, Waycross Little Richard singer, Macon Jackie Robinson baseball player, Cairo Nipsey Russell comedian, Atlanta Ray Stevens singer/songwriter, Clarksdale Clarence Thomas supreme court associate justice, Savannah Travis Tritt singer/songwriter, Marietta Joanne Woodward actress, Thomasville Trisha Yearwood singer, Monticello Complete List
