List of Famous people born in Georgia, United States of America
JID
Destin Choice Route, better known by his stage name JID, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He is part of the musical collective Spillage Village, founded by EarthGang in 2010, with Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant, and 6lack, among others. He is also signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Zoink Gang, with Smino, Buddy and Guapdad 4000.
Doc Shaw
Larramie Cortez "Doc" Shaw is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his roles as Malik Payne in Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Marcus Little in The Suite Life on Deck, and King Boomer in Pair of Kings.
Sean Garrett
Garrett Robin Hamler, better known professionally as Sean Garrett, is an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. Garrett is responsible for a series of chart-topping compositions, most notably Usher's "Yeah!" which ranks second on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade for 2000–2009, and other songs written by him which include Ciara's breakout track "Goodies", Teairra Marí's debut single "Make Her Feel Good", Mario's single "Break Up", Nicki Minaj's first single "Massive Attack", Pussycat Dolls's hit single "Buttons" and Britney Spears' "Toy Soldier".
Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she published the novel The Color Purple, for which she won the National Book Award for hardcover fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also wrote the novels Meridian (1976) and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970). An avowed feminist, Walker coined the term womanist to mean "A black feminist or feminist of color" in 1983.
Hunter Strickland
Hunter Drew Strickland is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, and New York Mets.
Montez Sweat
Shaquan Montez Sweat is an American football defensive end for the Washington Football Team of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State and was drafted by Washington, then known as the Redskins, in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
John Crist
John Crist is an American Christian comedian from Lilburn, Georgia. His highest-viewed YouTube sketches include "Every parent at Disney", "Millennial International: Sponsor a Millennial Today", and "If golf and soccer switched announcers". He is also known for his work creating comedy sketch videos for Buzzfeed. Crist has opened for Jeff Foxworthy, Dave Chappelle, Seth Meyers, Tim Hawkins, and Anjelah Johnson.
Johntá Austin
Johntá Austin is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, vocalist and rapper, signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is known for collaborating with producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and the production duo StarGate. He was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey and "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige.
Bruce Miller
Bruce William Miller III is an American football fullback who is a free agent. Miller played college football as a defensive end for the UCF Knights, finishing as the school's career leader in sacks with 35.5. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft and played for them until 2016, when he was released following an arrest for felony assault charges. He spent the next four years out of football until joining the Jaguars in 2020.
Clint Frazier
Clint Jackson Frazier is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago Cubs organization.