List of Famous people born in Georgia, United States of America
Clairo
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13.
Josh Fields
Joshua David Fields is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Benjamin F. Lewis
Benjamin Franklin Lewis was an American politician who served as alderman of Chicago's 24th ward from 1958 until he was murdered in his ward office in 1963. The case remains unsolved.
Yung Joc
Jasiel Amon Robinson, better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper. He is best known for his 2006 hit single "It's Goin' Down".
Tim Beckham
Timothy Lamar Beckham is an American professional baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners. Beckham was the first overall selection of the 2008 MLB draft by the Rays, and received a signing bonus of $6.15 million. He made his MLB debut in 2013, and played for the Rays through 2017, when they traded him to Baltimore.
Dana Ivey
Dana Robins Ivey is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
Pierce Gagnon
Pierce Gagnon is an American child actor. He is known for his roles in the film Looper and in the CBS series Extant. In 2017, he began voicing Tim Templeton in the Netflix series The Boss Baby: Back in Business.
Desmond Harrington
Desmond Harrington is an American actor. He has appeared in The Hole (2001), Ghost Ship (2002), and Wrong Turn (2003), Desmond joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season, as Det. Joseph "Joey" Quinn, and is also known for portraying Jack Bass, the uncle of Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl.
Walt Frazier
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network.
Ralph Bryant
Ralph Wendell Bryant is a retired Major League Baseball player. He played with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the major leagues, and with the Chunichi Dragons and Kintetsu Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and played outfield for most of his career.