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).
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
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
Soul 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
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
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^Kampeas, Ron (December 10, 2020). "Darrell Blocker, the Black, Jewish 'spy whisperer' who could lead Biden's CIA". The Times of Israel.
External linksEdit
— historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)
October 26, 2023
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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources 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 Contents 1 Actors 2 Arts and design 3 Athletics 4 Education 5 Literature and journalism 6 African American pioneers 7 Military 8 Music 9 Politics and government 10 Radio and television personalities 11 Science and technology 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksActors EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp Quinton Aaron Actor Michael Oher in The Blind Side nbsp Laurence Fishburne Actor Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy nbsp Hulk Hogan Actor professional wrestler born in Augusta raised in Tampa Florida nbsp Kathryn McCormick Step Up Revolution actress So You Think You Can Dance contestant All Star nbsp Butterfly McQueen Actress Prissy in Gone with the Wind nbsp Danielle Panabaker Actress nbsp Khary Payton Actor Cyborg in Teen Titans appeared in General Hospital 1 Faith Prince ActorShay Roundtree Actor Drumline Law and Order Everybody Hates Chris Kingpin nbsp Catherine Taber Actress nbsp Dub Taylor Character actorArts and design EditPhoto Name Notes ReferencesJoseph Haygood Blodgett Architect and builder 2 nbsp Jasper Johns ArtistAmos Mac Photographer nbsp Jessye Norman Opera singerMary Telfair Art collector philanthropistAthletics EditPhoto Name Notes ReferencesWilliam Avery Professional basketball playerKendrell Bell Professional football player in the NFLMike Bobo Offensive Analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs nbsp Emerson Boozer former running back for New York Jets nbsp Bennie Briscoe Professional boxerWilliam Happy Humphrey Cobb Professional wrestlerLuis Campusano Catcher for the San Diego PadresWilliam Cunningham Professional basketball playerChick Donovan Professional wrestler born in LaGrange grew up in AugustaCharles Chuck Evans NFL player for the Baltimore RavensVernon Forrest World champion boxerBill Fulcher Coach and NFL player nbsp Deon Grant NFL player New York Giants nbsp Todd Greene Baseball player nbsp Forrest Griffin Mixed martial artist nbsp Ray Guy Retired NFL player nbsp Arnold Harrison Football player currently with UFL s Virginia Destroyers nbsp Charles Howell III Professional golferLeroy Irvin Professional football playerBeau Jack World champion boxer nbsp Jimmie Johnson NFL player tight ends coach for the Minnesota Vikings nbsp 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 nbsp Bailie Key Gymnast Junior U S National Champion 2013Macay McBride MLB player for Detroit Tigers nbsp Taj McWilliams Franklin WNBA player Minnesota Lynx Larry Mize Professional golferChad Mottola MLB player for Cincinnati RedsChase Parker Golfer on mini tours made cut at 2016 U S OpenKyle Parker Quarterback for Clemson University nbsp Carlos Rogers Professional football player for San Francisco 49ersJeff Sanders Professional basketball playerVaughn Taylor Professional golfer nbsp Herschel Walker Professional football player nbsp Ken Whisenhunt Head coach of Arizona CardinalsRayonta Whitfield Professional boxer former world title challengerJonathan Williams Professional football player in CFL nbsp Paul Williams Professional boxer former WBO welterweight world champion Devonte Upson born 1993 basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueEducation EditPhoto Name Notes ReferencesIgnatius Alphonso Few Methodist clergyman founder of Emory University 3 nbsp John Wesley Gilbert African American trailblazer archaeologist clergyman 4 nbsp John Hope Educator founding member of the Niagara Movement nbsp Isaac S Hopkins Former professor and first President of Georgia TechDavid M Potter Pulitzer Prize winning professor at Stanford UniversityLiterature and journalism EditPhoto Name Notes ReferencesRod Beaton Sports journalist for USA Today 5 nbsp Stephen Vincent Benet Writer and Pulitzer Prize winning poet 6 nbsp Maria Louise Eve PoetElle and Blair Fowler YouTube beauty gurus and writers nbsp Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Lawyer Methodist clergyman and humorist 3 nbsp Tom Poland Author nbsp Abram Joseph Ryan PoetCorbett Thigpen Psychiatrist co author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve 6 Frank Yerby NovelistAfrican American pioneers EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp 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 MuseumEd McIntyre First African American mayor of AugustaMilitary EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp Raymond O Barton Major General US 4th Infantry Division commander on D Day and Battle of the Hurtgen Forest nbsp Archibald Butt Military aide to U S Presidents Roosevelt and Taft died on the RMS Titanic namesake of the Butt Memorial Bridge nbsp William P Duvall U S Army major general retired to Augusta 7 nbsp 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 nbsp Lafayette McLaws Major general of the Confederate Army American Civil War 3 nbsp Montgomery C Meigs Quartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War 3 nbsp Edwin A Pollock General United States Marines nbsp George D Shea Major General United States Army 8 9 10 11 nbsp Joseph Wheeler United States Army General in the Spanish American War nbsp James Longstreet Confederate general of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E LeeMusic EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp James Brown Soul 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 nbsp Anna Gardner Goodwin Composer of marches and religious music born in AugustaTerri Gibbs Country and western singer nbsp Wycliffe Gordon Jazz trombonist nbsp Amy Grant Singer songwriter born in Augusta her family soon moved to Nashville Tennessee 14 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 nbsp Dave Haywood Singer songwriter member of popular band Lady A nbsp Sharon Jones Singer nbsp Charles Kelley Singer songwriter member of popular band Lady A nbsp Josh Kelley Musician nbsp Steve Morse Guitarist nbsp Jessye Norman Opera singer namesake of Riverwalk Augusta s Jessye Norman Amphitheatre 6 Politics and government EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp Ben S Bernanke Federal Reserve chairman nbsp Darrell Blocker CIA agent nicknamed The Spy Whisperer 15 nbsp Alfred Cumming First governor of Utah territory 3 nbsp William Henry Fleming Politician and lawyerJames Myles Hinton Civil rights leader NAACP leader businessperson minister nbsp Craig T James PoliticianSeaborn Jones United States Congressman from Georgia 3 nbsp George Walton Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence nbsp Ansley Wilcox Lawyer and civil service commissioner nbsp Woodrow Wilson Twenty eighth President of the United StatesRadio and television personalities EditPhoto Name Notes References nbsp Dan Miller Journalist TV personality nbsp Judy Woodruff Television news anchor and journalistScience and technology EditPhoto Name Notes ReferencesHervey M Cleckley PsychiatristRoland A Steiner Archaeologist nbsp Susan Still Kilrain Retired United States Naval officer and NASA astronautSee also Edit nbsp State of Georgia portalList of mayors of Augusta GeorgiaReferences Edit Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton Joseph Haygood Blodgett African American Architects A Biographical Dictionary 1865 1945 ed Dreck Spurlock Wilson New York Routledge 2004 58 60 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 amp CO 1902 pp 190 Released as an ebook on July 6 2006 EBook 18772 by The Project Gutenberg 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 nbsp a b c d Edward J Cashin Augusta Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online 2007 02 19 Retrieved on 2008 08 22 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 U S Army Adjutant General 1952 Official Army Register Vol I Washington DC U S Government Printing Office p 64 via Google Books Veterans Mature No Problem New Barracks Chief Says St Louis Star Times St Louis MO June 14 1945 p 3 via Newspapers com Sylvan William C Smith Francis G 2008 Greenwood John T ed Normandy to Victory The War Diary of General Courtney H Hodges amp the First U S Army Lexington KY University Press of Kentucky p 396 ISBN 978 0 8131 3866 4 via Google Books Illness Fatal to W T Shea At Sanitarium The Macon News Macon GA April 18 1945 p 8 via Newspapers com Doran John 28 October 2015 James Brown 10 of the Best The Guardian Retrieved October 31 2015 Wiegand D December 26 2006 James Brown 1933 2006 Godfather of Soul Changed Music at Frenetic Pace San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved January 10 2007 Country Music Music News New Songs Videos Music Shows and Playlists from CMT Kampeas Ron December 10 2020 Darrell Blocker the Black Jewish spy whisperer who could lead Biden s CIA The Times of Israel External links EditCedar Grove cemetery historic black cemetery includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Augusta Georgia amp oldid 1164281952, wikipedia, wiki, 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