List of Famous people born in Georgia, United States of America
Jimmy Rave
James Guffey is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Tommy Dorfman
Tommy Dorfman is an American actor known for playing the role of Ryan Shaver in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
Omari Hardwick
Omari Latif Hardwick is an American actor, poet, rapper, and podcaster, best known for his starring role as James "Ghost" St. Patrick, the protagonist of Starz's Power. He is also known for his roles in Saved and Dark Blue, in Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna (2008), The A-Team (2010), Kick-Ass (2010), Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010) and as Andre in BET Network's Being Mary Jane.
Jaylen Brown
Jaylen Marselles Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears, being named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference. Declaring for the 2016 NBA draft after that season, he was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick. As a professional, he has split his time between shooting guard and small forward.
Quando Rondo
Tyquian Terrel Bowman, better known by his stage name Quando Rondo, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He is signed to Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records. He initially gained attention with the release of his song "I Remember" featuring Lil Baby in January 2018. He would then go onto releasing three mixtapes, Life B4 Fame (2018), Life After Fame (2018), and From the Neighborhood to the Stage (2019). His song "Motivation" was featured on the popular YouTube channel WorldStarHipHop.
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Kewoa Johnson is an American mixed martial artist currently competing for Bellator MMA in the light heavyweight division. He has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was well known for his brutal knockout power and intimidating presence inside the octagon. Before retiring, he was the No.1 ranked light heavyweight contender in official UFC rankings, and was ranked #2 in the world by Sherdog and ESPN. He also had the most 'sub-minute' KO wins in UFC History with 5. He appeared in the 2011 film Warrior as a fighter named Orlando "Midnight".
Chris Beard
Chris Beard may refer to:
- Chris Beard (executive), Canadian businessman and former CEO at Mozilla
- Chris Beard (singer), American singer-songwriter
- Chris Beard (basketball), head coach of the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team
- K. Christopher Beard, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Chris Beard, writer of 1960s Canadian satirical TV series Nightcap
- Chris Beard, British guitarist, former member of Blitzkrieg
Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King is an American minister and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father was assassinated. In her adolescence, King chose to work towards becoming a minister after having a breakdown from watching a documentary about her father. King was 17 when she was invited to speak at the United Nations. Twenty years after her father was assassinated, she preached her trial sermon, inspired by her parents' activism.
Chandler Riggs
Chandler Riggs is an American actor and DJ, best known for his regular role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead from 2010 to 2018. For his work on the series, Riggs won three Saturn Awards from five nominations and a Young Artist Award from three nominations.
Dianna Agron
Dianna Elise Agron is an American actress, singer, dancer and director. After primarily dancing and starring in small musical theatre productions in her youth, Agron made her screen debut in 2006. From 2006 to 2007 she had recurring roles on Veronica Mars as Jenny Budosh and Heroes as Debbie Marshall, landing her first leading role as Harper on the MTV series It's a Mall World in 2007. Between 2007 and 2009 she had several lead and supporting roles in comedy films; in 2009 she took the notable role of the antagonistic but sympathetic head cheerleader Quinn Fabray on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. For her role in the series she won a SAG Award and, as part of the cast, won an American Music Award and was nominated for three Grammy Awards and a Brit Award, among other accolades.