FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Conrad Aiken poet
• Claude Marion Akins actor
• Jason Aldean singer

B

• Kim Basinger actress
• Blacklight Posterboys band
• Jim Brown football player
• Zac Brown musician
• Bobby Byrd musician, songwriter

C

• Erskine Caldwell author
• Asa Griggs Candler mayor of atlanta, philanthropist
• Jimmy Carter u.s. president
• Rosalynn Carter first lady
• Spud Chandler baseball player
• Ray Charles musician, singer
• Howell Cobb politician
• Ty Cobb baseball player
• Charles Coburn actor
• Pat Conroy author
• Harry Crews author
• David Cross actor, comedian
• Billy Currington singer

D

• Jack Davis cartoonist
• Ossie Davis actor
• William Crosby Dawson politician
• Paula Deen chef, restaurateur, author, television host
• Bucky Dent baseball player
• James Dickey poet, author
• Mattiwilda Dobbs opera singer
• Melvyn Douglas actor

E

• Bobbie Eakes actress
• Bill Elliott race car driver
• Clement A. Evans confederate general, author

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