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List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)

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This is a list of notable people born in, or notable for their association with the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Notable Georgians

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  • 2 Chainz, rapper{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/playbooksounds/post/_/id/3120/how-good-was-2-chainz-at-basketball |publisher=ESPN |title=How good was 2 Chainz at basketball? |date=12 September 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012 |archive-date=21 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121035023/http://espn.go.com/blog/playbooksounds/post/_/id/3120/how-good-was-2-chainz-at-basketball |url-status=live }}
  • 21 Savage; born in London, rapper{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/the-break-presents-21-savage/|title=THE BREAK PRESENTS: 21 SAVAGE|publisher=XXL|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615120500/https://www.xxlmag.com/the-break-presents-21-savage/|url-status=live}}

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File:Kim Basinger (2105860771) crop.JPG]]

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File:Ron Blomberg 1972.jpg]]

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File:Joelle Carter - April 2015 (cropped).jpg]]

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=D=

File:LTC Ray Davis 1952.jpg, highly decorated United States Marine Corps general who served in the Pacific, Korean, and Vietnam Wars]]

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File:Bill Elliott Champion 1985.jpg driver Bill Elliott]]

  • Bobbie Eakes, actress
  • Nick Eason, professional football defensive end
  • Sam Edwards, actor
  • Teresa Edwards, basketball player
  • Terrence Edwards, Canadian football player
  • Jason Elam, professional football placekicker; born in Florida
  • eLDee, musician, record label executive
  • Chase Elliott, NASCAR driver{{cite news|last=Caraviello|first=David|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/4/19/chase-elliott-bill-elliott-dawsonville-pool-room-siren-nationwide-victories.html|title=Another Elliott brings Dawsonville siren to life|publisher=NASCAR|date=April 19, 2014|access-date=February 14, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531154715/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/4/19/chase-elliott-bill-elliott-dawsonville-pool-room-siren-nationwide-victories.html|url-status=live}}
  • Bill Elliott, NASCAR driver
  • Jeri Ellsworth, computer chip designer
  • Corri English, actress
  • Ellia English, actress
  • Evan Engram, professional football player
  • Mike Erwin, actor
  • Clement A. Evans, Civil War general
  • Maria Louise Eve, poet[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Maria_Louise_Eve Woman of the Century/Maria Louise Eve] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818163427/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Maria_Louise_Eve |date=2022-08-18 }} via Wikisource
  • Adam Everett, former MLB shortstop

=F=

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File:Future - Openair Frauenfeld 2019 01 (cropped).jpg]]

=G=

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=H=

File:Joel Chandler Harris ("Uncle Remus").jpg stories collector Joel Chandler Harris]]

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File:Evander Holyfield LA 2011.jpg]]

=I=

  • Tommy Irvin, longest-serving state Commissioner of Agriculture in U.S.
  • Dana Ivey, actress
  • Mike Ivie, baseball player{{cite magazine|last=Newman|first=Bruce|title=He Has Georgia On His Mind|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=28 July 1980|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123646/index.htm|access-date=14 March 2013|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001625/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123646/index.htm|url-status=dead}}

=J=

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File:Martin Luther King Jr NYWTS.jpg]]

=L=

File:Spike Lee at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg]]

File:Ludacris 2008.jpg]]

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File:Nick Markakis on July 29, 2015.jpg]]

File:Brian McCann in 2017 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Zell B Miller.jpg]]

File:Margaret Mitchell NYWTS.jpg author Margaret Mitchell]]

=N=

File:Jennifer Nettles 2008-11-06.jpg]]

File:Cam Newton 2014.jpg]]

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File:Ty Pennington.jpg]]

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=R=

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File:Julia Roberts (43838880775).jpg]]

File:Raven-SymonéDec10.jpg]]

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File:Morgan Saylor September 2015.jpg]]

File:Ryan Seacrest 2013.jpg]]

File:Josh Smith 2014.jpg]]

File:Michael Stipe of REM photographed by Kris Krug.jpg of R.E.M.]]

File:Louise Suggs 1958.JPG]]

=T=

File:Fran Tarkenton January 2010.jpg]]

File:Demaryius Thomas 2014.JPG]]

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File:Chris Tucker 2012.jpg]]

File:Young Thug - Openair Frauenfeld 2019 20.jpg]]

=U=

  • Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • James L. Usry, mayor of Atlantic City{{Cite web |url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/032087h.htm |title="Nomination of James L. Usry To Be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement" |access-date=2013-03-14 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203655/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/032087h.htm |url-status=dead }}

=V=

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  • Carlos Valdes, actor and singer
  • Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin
  • Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, artist and architect, women's rights activist
  • Fernando Velasco, football player; born in New York
  • Carl Vinson, U.S. Representative, "father of the Two-Ocean Navy"{{cite web|last=Hill, Jr.|first=Melvin B.|title=Carl Vinson: A Legend in His Own Time|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/c-vinson.htm|work=Georgia Galileo|publisher=Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=14 March 2013|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515215643/http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/c-vinson.htm|url-status=live}}
  • Lenny Von Dohlen, actor{{cite web|last=Buchanan|first=Jason|title=Lenny von Dohlen|url=http://www.flixster.com/celebrity/lenny-von-dohlen/|work=Flixster|publisher=Rovi|access-date=14 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125005354/http://www.flixster.com/celebrity/lenny-von-dohlen/|archive-date=25 January 2013|url-status=dead}}

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File:Herschel Walker crop 2014.jpg]]

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File:President Woodrow Wilson by Harris & Ewing, 1914-crop2.jpg]]

  • Adam Wainwright, baseball player{{cite news|title=South Georgia's Adam Wainwright makes NL All-Star team for the first time|url=http://jacksonville.com/sports/2010-07-04/story/south-georgias-adam-wainwright-makes-nl-all-star-team-first-time|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=The Florida Times Union|date=4 July 2010|archive-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709223559/http://jacksonville.com/sports/2010-07-04/story/south-georgias-adam-wainwright-makes-nl-all-star-team-first-time|url-status=live}}
  • Rick Waits, baseball player, pitching coach
  • Waka Flocka Flame, rapper; born in New York City{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Waka Flocka Flame Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/waka-flocka-flame-p2061153/biography|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=November 6, 2010|archive-date=November 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109101242/http://allmusic.com/artist/waka-flocka-flame-p2061153/biography|url-status=live}}
  • Erik Walden, football player{{cite web |url=http://www.goblueraiders.com/player.cfm/name/erik-walden/id/1998 |title=Erik Walden Bio |publisher=GoBlueRaiders.com |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430215310/http://www.goblueraiders.com/player.cfm/name/erik-walden/id/1998 |archive-date=2008-04-30 }}
  • Phil Walden, music producer{{cite news|title=Capricorn Records founder Walden dies|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-04-24-walden-obit_x.htm|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=26 April 2006|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000547/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-04-24-walden-obit_x.htm|url-status=live}}
  • Alice Walker, authorTouring the Backroads of North and South Georgia (1997) Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, John F. Blair Publishing, p165 {{ISBN|978-0-89587-171-8}}
  • Benjamin Walker, actor, stand-up comedian
  • Butch Walker, musician{{cite web|title=20 Question with Butch Walker|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=52|publisher=Metal Sludge|access-date=November 2, 2011|date=February 1, 2000|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://metalsludge.tv/home-sick-firehouses-cj-snare-will-not-appear-with-group-this-week-andrew-freeman-named-replacement/?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=52|url-status=live}}
  • Greg Walker, baseball player{{cite web|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/10/21/walker-hired-as-braves-hitting-coach/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog |title=Walker hired as Braves hitting coach |work=AJC.com |date=21 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023145613/http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/10/21/walker-hired-as-braves-hitting-coach/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog |archive-date=23 October 2011 }}
  • Herschel Walker, football player{{cite magazine|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Curry|title=Walker: A Renaissance Man|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=2007-10-03|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115704/1/index.htm|access-date=2009-09-22|archive-date=2009-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003024222/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115704/1/index.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Hoppes |first=Lynn |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index?id=5707367 |title=After MMA, Herschel Walker thinks about public office |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=2012-09-27 |archive-date=2012-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105205133/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5707367 |url-status=live }}
  • Summer Walker, singer
  • Travon Walker, football player
  • Aria Wallace, actress{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}
  • John Waller, musician{{cite news|last=Carpenter|first=Chris|title=BETWEEN THE LINER NOTES John Waller: While I'm Waiting|url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/carpenter_johnwaller_waiting.aspx|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.|archive-date=3 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403070832/http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/carpenter_johnwaller_waiting.aspx|url-status=live}}
  • Susan Walters, actress and model{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}
  • Hines Ward, football player; born in South Korea[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1111192/index.htm Greenfeld, Karl. "The Long Way Home,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409095441/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1111192/index.htm |date=2010-04-09 }} Sports Illustrated, May 15, 2006.
  • Matthias Ward, lawyer; U.S. Senator from Texas{{cite web|last=Hooker|first=Anne W.|title=Ward, Matthias|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa50|work=The Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612033659/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa50|url-status=live}}
  • DJ Ware, football player{{cite web |url= http://uga.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=24083 |title= Danny Ware #28 |work= UGASports.com |publisher= University of Georgia |access-date= 6 August 2012 |archive-date= 31 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160331181244/https://uga.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=24083 |url-status= live }}
  • Raphael Warnock, US Senator
  • Fredi Washington, actress
  • Douglass Watson, actor
  • James Moore Wayne, judgeFlanders, Henry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eEQEAAAAYAAJ&q=Flanders,+Henry.+The+Lives+and+Times+of+the+Chief+Justices+of+the+United+States+Supreme+Court The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://books.google.com/books?id=eEQEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Flanders,+Henry.+The+Lives+and+Times+of+the+Chief+Justices+of+the+United+States+Supreme+Court&source=bl&ots=TlVq46f3l1&sig=xFW-bezy_iOIcXW3X8l-bbzddk8&hl=en&ei=kh1TS5atOIzkNc3DuYkJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA |date=2023-02-06 }}. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874
  • James Webb III (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Keenan Webb, also known as DJ Suede the Remix God, music producer
  • Spencer Wells, geneticist, anthropologist
  • Devon Werkheiser, actor and musician{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}
  • John Wesley, Savannah theologian; born in the United Kingdom{{cite web | url = http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/Methodism/wesley.html | title = John Wesley and Savannah | last = Ross | first = Kathy W. | author2 = Stacey, Rosemary | access-date = 18 September 2007 | archive-date = 19 January 2000 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000119090526/http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/Methodism/wesley.html | url-status = dead }}
  • Allen West, politician[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/west.htm Allen West family genealogy site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626095541/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/reps/west.htm |date=2012-06-26 }}. Ancestry.com. Accessed July 4, 2012.
  • Kanye West, recording artist; raised in Chicago, Illinois{{cite web|access-date=14 March 2013|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_79bc1031-1dc9-511b-8444-243951568e4b.html|title=Kanye West Coming To Redbird.|work=Pantagraph|date=March 8, 2006|archive-date=28 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428042047/http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_79bc1031-1dc9-511b-8444-243951568e4b.html|url-status=live}}
  • Mario West, basketball player; born in Alabama{{cite news|title=Mario West Makes Hawks Roster|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102507aaa.html|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=Ramblin Wreck (Georgia Institute of Technology)|date=25 October 2007|archive-date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829170930/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102507aaa.html|url-status=live}}
  • Jake Westbrook, baseball playerHarris, J. Gerald [http://www.christianindex.org/4192.article Jake Westbrook: sinkerball pitcher, steadfast saint] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723220445/http://www.christianindex.org/4192.article |date=2011-07-23 }} The Christian Index (accessed August 1, 2010)[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150414 Official Team Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410005843/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150414 |date=2013-04-10 }} stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com (accessed August 1, 2010)
  • Philip Wheeler, football player{{cite web|title=41 - Philip Wheeler|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wheeler_philip00.html|work=Ramblin Wreck|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208075259/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wheeler_philip00.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • Zack Wheeler, baseball player
  • Corey White, football player
  • Mary Jarrett White, first woman to vote in the state of Georgia{{cite book |first=Sandy |last=Nestor |date=7 May 2015 |title=Indian Placenames in America |volume=1 |publisher=McFarland |page=50 |isbn=978-0786493395}}
  • Charlie Whitehurst, football player; born in Wisconsin{{cite web|title=Charlie Whitehurst|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/historical/423552|work=NFLDraftScout.com|publisher=CBS Sports|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701175859/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/historical/423552|url-status=live}}
  • Steve Whitmire, puppeteer"[http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/whitmire1.shtml Ratting Out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618053040/http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/whitmire1.shtml |date=2018-06-18 }}", Muppet Central, 1999. Accessed 24 November 2009.
  • Eli Whitney, inventor; born in Massachusetts[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3497 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Eli Whitney in Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405160012/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3497 |date=2013-04-05 }}. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  • Laura Slade Wiggins, actress, singer, musician
  • J. J. Wilcox, football player{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15874/jj-wilcox |title=ESPN.com |access-date=2013-11-19 |archive-date=2013-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121105028/http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/15874/jj-wilcox |url-status=live }}
  • Dominique Wilkins, basketball player{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1988 |title=New Georgia Encyclopedia: Dominique Wilkins (b. 1960) |access-date=2013-03-15 |archive-date=2012-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008222704/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1988 |url-status=dead }}
  • Gerald Wilkins, basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.moberlygreyhounds.com/index.php/hounds-in-the-nba|title=Hounds in the NBA|publisher=Moberly Area Community College Sports Information website|year=2012|access-date=7 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109234507/http://www.moberlygreyhounds.com/index.php/hounds-in-the-nba|archive-date=9 January 2013}}
  • Ellis E. Williams, actor; comedian{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}
  • Gary Anthony Williams, comedian{{cite book|last=Fearn-Banks|first=Kathleen|title=Historical Dictionary of African-American Television|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000fear|url-access=registration|access-date=9 May 2012|year=2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810853355|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000fear/page/483 483]–}}
  • Louis Williams, basketball player; born in Tennessee[http://louwilliamsfoundation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112&Itemid=132 Lou Williams Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308060658/http://louwilliamsfoundation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112&Itemid=132 |date=2012-03-08 }}
  • Porsha Williams, TV personality
  • Alicia Leigh Willis, actress[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0932265/bio/ Alicia Leigh Willis - Biography]
  • Garry Wills, author, journalist, and historian
  • Cindy Wilson, singer-songwriter; founding member of the new wave band The B-52s
  • Ricky Wilson, guitarist; founding member of the new wave band The B-52s
  • Scott Wilson, actor{{cite news|first=Rodney|last=Ho|title=A talk with Atlanta native Scott Wilson, who plays Hershel on 'The Walking Dead'|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/10/25/a-talk-with-atlanta-native-scott-wilson-who-plays-hershel-on-the-walking-dead/|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=2011-10-25|access-date=2012-02-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226191530/http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/10/25/a-talk-with-atlanta-native-scott-wilson-who-plays-hershel-on-the-walking-dead/|archive-date=2012-02-26}}{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Lovell |title=Actor Anonymous : Scott Wilson hopes 'Dead Man Walking' will lead to the visibility that has long eluded him in films |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-17-ca-47869-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1996-03-17 |access-date=2012-02-15 |archive-date=2013-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233502/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-17/entertainment/ca-47869_1_scott-wilson |url-status=live }}
  • Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXYqVxLyRrwC&q=Woodrow+Wilson:+The+Man,+His+Times+and+His+Task|title=Woodrow Wilson – The Man, His Times and His Task|last=White|first=William Allen|chapter=Chapter II: The Influence of Environment|isbn=978-1-4067-7685-0|date=March 15, 2007|access-date=December 12, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXYqVxLyRrwC&q=Woodrow+Wilson:+The+Man,+His+Times+and+His+Task|url-status=live}} raised in Augusta; practiced law in Atlanta
  • Kitty Wilson-Evans, historical interpreter{{cite web |url=https://www.knowitall.org/video/kitty-wilson-evans-inside-storytelling |title=Kitty Wilson-Evans, Inside Storytelling |publisher=South Carolina Educational Television |access-date=31 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022947/https://www.knowitall.org/video/kitty-wilson-evans-inside-storytelling |url-status=live }}
  • Blake Wood, baseball player{{cite web|title=30 - Blake Wood|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wood_blake00.html|work=Rambin Wreck|publisher=Georgia Tech|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230640/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wood_blake00.html|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Xavier Woods, professional wrestler
  • Joanne Woodward, actress{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800047595/bio|title=Joanne Woodward|publisher=Yahoo Movies|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=2011-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522151149/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800047595/bio|url-status=live}}
  • David McCord Wright, economist
  • Lizz Wright, singer{{cite web|url=http://www.soultracks.com/lizz_wright.htm|title=Lizz Wright Biography|last=Rizik|first=Christopher|date=2003–2010|publisher=SoulTracks.com|access-date=2 November 2010|archive-date=5 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105095156/http://www.soultracks.com/lizz_wright.htm|url-status=live}}
  • Rayfield Wright, Pro Hall of Fame football player
  • Will Wright, game designer{{cite web|title=Lessons from Game Design|url=http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail195.html|work=IT Conversations|publisher=Conversations Network Channel|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218035833/http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail195.html|url-status=live}}
  • Jarius Wynn, football player{{cite web|title=Jarius Wynn Bio|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=787053|work=University of Georgia Athletics|publisher=UGA|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-date=3 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503035703/http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=787053|url-status=dead}}

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  • Sally Yates, U.S. Deputy Attorney General
  • Trisha Yearwood, singer{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1884 |title=Trisha Yearwood > Biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=allmusic |access-date=2009-06-25 |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051105/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/trisha-yearwood-mn0000749476 |url-status=live }}
  • Frank Yerby, writer{{cite news|title=Hall of Fame Honorees: Frank Yerby|url=http://www.georgiawritershalloffame.org/honorees/biography.php?authorID=43|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=Georgia Writers Hall of Fame|year=2006|archive-date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323083621/http://www.georgiawritershalloffame.org/honorees/biography.php?authorID=43|url-status=dead}}
  • Ying Yang Twins, hip-hop duo (Kaine (born Eric Jackson) and D-Roc (born De'Angelo Holmes)){{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/yingyangtwins/status/218741926239805441 |title=Twitter / yingyangtwins: We're back on @Epic_Records |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=2012-12-12 |archive-date=2014-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130183348/https://twitter.com/yingyangtwins/status/218741926239805441 |url-status=live }}
  • Young Dro, rapper{{cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Steven J.|title=Home > News > Young Dro Changes Name To 3krazy Young Dro Changes Name To 3krazy|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21896/title.young-dro-changes-name-to-3krazy|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=HipHopDX|date=15 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117235530/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21896/title.young-dro-changes-name-to-3krazy|archive-date=17 November 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • Young Jeezy, rapper{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/young_jeezy/|title=Young Jeezy|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=June 1, 2005|work=You Hear It First|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=December 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206053108/http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/young_jeezy/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/y/young_jeezy/young_jeezy_inw_050801/|title=Young Jeezy: Putting His Mouth Where His Money Is|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=August 1, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107230142/http://www.mtv.com/bands/y/young_jeezy/young_jeezy_inw_050801/|url-status=dead}}

See also

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