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 PhotoNameNotesReferencesQuinton 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-StarButterfly McQueenActress (Prissy in Gone with the Wind)Danielle PanabakerActress Khary PaytonActor (Cyborg in Teen Titans, appeared in General Hospital)Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton Faith PrinceActor Shay RoundtreeActor (Drumline, Everybody Hates Chris, Kingpin)Catherine TaberActressDub TaylorCharacter actor

Arts and design PhotoNameNotesReferencesJoseph Haygood BlodgettArchitect and builder"Joseph Haygood Blodgett," African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 ed. Dreck Spurlock Wilson (New York: Routledge, 2004): 58-60. Jasper JohnsArtist Amos MacPhotographer Jessye NormanOpera singer Mary TelfairArt collector, philanthropist

Athletics PhotoNameNotesReferences William AveryProfessional basketball player Kendrell Bell Professional football player in the NFL Mike BoboOffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 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 Ray GuyRetired NFL player Arnold HarrisonFootball player, currently with UFL's Virginia DestroyersCharles Howell IIIProfessional golfer Leroy IrvinProfessional football player Beau JackWorld champion boxer Jimmie JohnsonNFL player, tight ends coach for the Minnesota Vikings 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 Parker Golfer on mini-tours, made cut at 2016 U.S. Open Kyle ParkerQuarterback for Clemson UniversityJamal ReynoldsDefensive end for the Florida State Seminoles and Green Bay Packers 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 Devonte Upson Basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League James Webb IIIBasketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Education PhotoNameNotesReferences Ignatius Alphonso FewMethodist clergyman, founder of Emory University John Wesley GilbertAfrican-American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergymanD. 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 John HopeEducator, founding member of the Niagara MovementIsaac S. HopkinsFormer professor and first president of Georgia Tech David M. PotterPulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University

Literature and journalism PhotoNameNotesReferences Rod Beaton Sports journalist for USA Today ; Stephen Vincent BenétWriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Maria Louise EvePoet Elle and Blair FowlerYouTube beauty gurus and writersAugustus Baldwin LongstreetLawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist Tom PolandAuthor Abram Joseph RyanPoet Corbett ThigpenPsychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve Cranston WilliamsNewspaperman and publisher 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 ForestArchibald ButtMilitary aide to U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Taft; died on the RMS Titanic; namesake of the Butt Memorial BridgeWilliam P. DuvallU.S. Army major general; retired to Augusta 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 WarMontgomery C. MeigsQuartermaster general of United States Army during the American Civil WarEdwin A. PollockGeneral, United States MarinesGeorge D. SheaMajor general, United States Army 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 PhotoNameNotesReferencesJames 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", in his over 50-year career, influenced the development of several music genres;Wiegand, D. (December 26, 2006). James Brown: 1933–2006 – Godfather of Soul Changed Music at Frenetic Pace. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2007. namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown ArenaAnna Gardner GoodwinComposer of marches and religious music, born in Augusta Terri GibbsCountry and western singerWycliffe GordonJazz trombonistAmy GrantSinger-songwriter; born in Augusta; her family soon moved to Nashville, Tennessee Ben Hayslip Country 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 JonesSingerCharles KelleySinger-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A Josh KelleyMusicianSteve MorseGuitaristJessye NormanOpera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre

Politics and government PhotoNameNotesReferencesRick AllenU.S. representative for GeorgiaBen BernankeFederal Reserve chairman Darrell BlockerCIA agent, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer" Alfred CummingFirst governor of Utah territory William H. FlemingPolitician and lawyerJames Myles HintonCivil rights leader, NAACP leader, businessperson, minister Craig JamesPolitician Seaborn JonesU.S. representative for GeorgiaAustin ScottU.S. representative for GeorgiaGeorge Walton Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence Ansley WilcoxLawyer and civil service commissionerWoodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth president of the United States

Radio and television personalities PhotoNameNotesReferencesDan MillerJournalist, TV personalityJudy WoodruffTelevision news anchor and journalist

Science and technology PhotoNameNotesReferencesHervey M. CleckleyPsychiatristRoland A. Steiner ArchaeologistSusan Still KilrainRetired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut

See also

List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

References

External links Cedar Grove cemetery — historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)