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

Name	Notes	References
Quinton Aaron	Actor (Michael Oher in The Blind Side)
Laurence Fishburne	Actor (Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy)
Hulk Hogan	Actor, professional wrestler; born in Augusta, raised in Tampa, Florida
Kathryn McCormick	Step Up Revolution actress, So You Think You Can Dance contestant/All-Star
Butterfly McQueen	Actress (Prissy in Gone with the Wind)
Danielle Panabaker	Actress
Khary Payton	Actor (Cyborg in Teen Titans, appeared in General Hospital)	^[1]
Faith Prince	Actor
Shay Roundtree	Actor (Drumline, Law and Order, Everybody Hates Chris, Kingpin)
Catherine Taber	Actress
Dub Taylor	Character actor

Arts and design

Name	Notes	References
Joseph Haygood Blodgett	Architect and builder	^[2]
Jasper Johns	Artist
Amos Mac	Photographer
Jessye Norman	Opera singer
Mary Telfair	Art collector, philanthropist

Athletics

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	William Avery	Professional basketball player
	Kendrell Bell	Professional football player in the NFL
	Mike Bobo	Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Georgia Bulldogs
	Emerson Boozer	Former running back for New York Jets
	Bennie Briscoe	Professional boxer
	William "Happy Humphrey" Cobb	Professional wrestler
	Luis Campusano	Catcher for the San Diego Padres
	William Cunningham	Professional basketball player
	Chick Donovan	Professional wrestler; born in LaGrange, grew up in Augusta
	Charles "Chuck" Evans	NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens
	Vernon Forrest	World champion boxer
	Bill Fulcher	Coach and NFL player
	Deon Grant	NFL player (New York Giants)
	Todd Greene	Baseball player
	Forrest Griffin	Mixed martial artist
	Ray Guy	Retired NFL player
	Arnold Harrison	Football player, currently with UFL's Virginia Destroyers
	Charles Howell III	Professional golfer
	Leroy Irvin	Professional football player
	Beau Jack	World champion boxer
	Jimmie Johnson	NFL player, tight ends coach for the Minnesota Vikings
	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
	Bailie Key	Gymnast, Junior U.S National Champion 2013
	Macay McBride	MLB player for Detroit Tigers
	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	WNBA player (Minnesota Lynx)
	Larry Mize	Professional golfer; winner of the 1987 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club
	Chad Mottola	MLB player for Cincinnati Reds
	Chase Parker	Golfer on mini-tours, made cut at 2016 U.S. Open
	Kyle Parker	Quarterback for Clemson University
	Carlos Rogers	Professional football player for San Francisco 49ers
	Jeff Sanders	Professional basketball player
	Vaughn Taylor	Professional golfer; member of the United States team in the 2006 Ryder Cup
	Herschel Walker	Professional football player; won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 and played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons
	Ken Whisenhunt	Head coach of Arizona Cardinals
	Rayonta Whitfield	Professional boxer, former world title challenger
	Jonathan Williams	Professional football player in CFL
	Paul Williams	Professional boxer, former WBO welterweight world champion
	Devonte Upson	Basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
	James Webb III	Basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Education

Name	Notes	References
Ignatius Alphonso Few	Methodist clergyman, founder of Emory University	^[3]
John Wesley Gilbert	African American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman	^[4]
John Hope	Educator, founding member of the Niagara Movement
Isaac S. Hopkins	Former professor and first President of Georgia Tech
David M. Potter	Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University

Literature and journalism

Name	Notes	References
Rod Beaton	Sports journalist for USA Today	^[5]
Stephen Vincent Benét	Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet	^[6]
Maria Louise Eve	Poet
Elle and Blair Fowler	YouTube beauty gurus and writers
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet	Lawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist	^[3]
Tom Poland	Author
Abram Joseph Ryan	Poet
Corbett Thigpen	Psychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve	^[6]
Frank Yerby	Novelist

African American pioneers

Photo	Name	Notes	References
	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 Museum
	Ed McIntyre	First African American mayor of Augusta

Military

Name	Notes	References
Raymond O. Barton	Major general, US 4th Infantry Division commander on D-Day and Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Archibald Butt	Military aide to U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Taft; died on the RMS Titanic; namesake of the Butt Memorial Bridge
William P. Duvall	U.S. Army major general; retired to Augusta	^[7]
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
Lafayette McLaws	Major general of the Confederate Army, American Civil War	^[3]
Montgomery C. Meigs	Quartermaster General of United States Army during the American Civil War	^[3]
Edwin A. Pollock	General, United States Marines
George D. Shea	Major general, United States Army	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Joseph Wheeler	United States Army general in the Spanish–American War
James Longstreet	Confederate general of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee

Music

Name	Notes	References
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]
Anna Gardner Goodwin	Composer of marches and religious music, born in Augusta
Terri Gibbs	Country and western singer
Wycliffe Gordon	Jazz trombonist
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
Dave Haywood	Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
Sharon Jones	Singer
Charles Kelley	Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A
Josh Kelley	Musician
Steve Morse	Guitarist
Jessye Norman	Opera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre	^[6]

Politics and government

Name	Notes	References
Ben S. Bernanke	Federal Reserve chairman
Darrell Blocker	CIA agent, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer"	^[15]
Alfred Cumming	First governor of Utah territory	^[3]
William Henry Fleming	Politician and lawyer
James Myles Hinton	Civil rights leader, NAACP leader, businessperson, minister
Craig T. James	Politician
Seaborn Jones	United States Congressman from Georgia	^[3]
George Walton	Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Ansley Wilcox	Lawyer and civil service commissioner
Woodrow Wilson	Twenty-eighth President of the United States