List of Famous people born in Georgia, United States of America
Nikki DeLoach
Ashlee Nicole DeLoach is an American actress.
Sonny Perdue
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American veterinarian, businessman and politician who served as the 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as the 81st Governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011; Perdue was the first Republican to hold the office since the Reconstruction era.
Brian Harman
Brian Harman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the few left-handed players on tour.
Franklin Delano Floyd
Franklin Delano Floyd is an American murderer, rapist and death row inmate. He was convicted of the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, a mother of three from Florida, as well as the kidnapping of his 6-year-old stepson from his elementary school in Choctaw, Oklahoma. Floyd is also considered a person of interest in the 1990 hit-and-run death of his wife Sharon Marshall. It was later discovered that before becoming his wife, Sharon had been raised by Floyd from an early age as his daughter and was herself kidnapped by Floyd as a child.
Halle Bailey
Chloe x Halle is an R&B duo composed of sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey. At a young age, the sisters performed in minor acting roles before moving from Mableton, Georgia, to Los Angeles in 2012. The two began posting music covers to YouTube and were discovered by Beyoncé, who became their mentor and later signed them to her label, Parkwood Entertainment. They subsequently released the EP Sugar Symphony (2016) and the mixtape The Two of Us (2017).
David Pollack
David M. Pollack is a former professional American football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL), having suffered a career-ending injury in the second game of his second season. He played college football for the University of Georgia, was a three-time All-American, and was recognized as the top college defensive player in the nation. Pollack had 36 sacks during his collegiate career, third most in NCAA history. He was a first-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.
Ben DiNucci
Benjamin Anthony DiNucci is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at James Madison and was drafted by the Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Ed Helms
Edward Parker Helms is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He has played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom The Office (2006-2013), a correspondent on The Daily Show and starred as Stuart Price in The Hangover trilogy. He provided the voice of The Once-ler in Illumination’s The Lorax and Captain Underpants in DreamWorks Animation's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.
Nick Ayers
James Nicholas Ayers is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016, and as the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010.
Christopher C. Krebs
Christopher Cox Krebs is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 to November 2020. In November 2020, President Donald Trump fired Krebs for refuting Trump's claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.