List of Famous people born in Georgia, United States of America
Jason Carter
Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. He lost to Nathan Deal. Carter's grandfather is former President and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Blake Michael
Blake Michael is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Delgado in the Disney Channel film Lemonade Mouth, as well as for his role as Tyler James in the Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog, which earned him the 2013 Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Television Series. In 2015, he played Chase in a Lifetime movie, I Killed My BFF. He also hosted the Cartoon Network block Fried Dynamite.
Cole Swindell
Colden Rainey "Cole" Swindell is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has written singles for Craig Campbell, Thomas Rhett, Scotty McCreery, and Luke Bryan, and has released three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville. He has released nine singles, seven of which have charted within the Top 5 of Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay.
Hassan Shamsid-Deen
Hassan Shamsid-Deen is a former American football defensive back who played four seasons in the Arena Football League with the Grand Rapids Rampage and Dallas Desperados. He played college football at North Carolina State University. He was also a member of the Orlando Rage of the XFL. Shamsid-Deen suffered a separated shoulder in the opening scramble prior to the Rage's 33–29 season-opening win over the Chicago Enforcers on February 3, 2001. He missed the remainder of the season.
Charles Kelley
Charles Burgess Kelley is an American singer, songwriter and founding member of the country music trio Lady A, which was formed in 2006 and are signed to Capitol Nashville.
Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston is an American actress, producer, and director. She is known for her work on the television series True Blood, Person of Interest, Crowded, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Claws. Preston received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS's acclaimed drama series The Good Wife and The Good Fight. For her work on The Good Wife, Preston received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, winning once.
Daniel Newman
Daniel Christopher Newman is an American actor, model, and musician, with work appearing on the Twilight film soundtrack, and several TV series' soundtracks, and with acting roles on The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries, Homeland, Sex and the City, and Cirque du Freak.
Priscilla Kelly
Priscilla Lee Kelly is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT and Smackdown brand under the ring name Gigi Dolin, and is a member of Toxic Attraction. She is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with stablemate Jacy Jayne.
Dallas Austin
Dallas L. Austin is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer.
Violet Chachki
Violet Chachki is the stage name of Paul Jason Dardo, an American drag queen, burlesque/aerial performer, content creator, model, and recording artist best known for winning the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed Chachki 16th on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants. Chachki is genderfluid and uses she/her and they/them pronouns.