Famous Entertainers of Georgia

Georgia (GA) 

bullet James Brown (1933 - ) Singer, often called "the Godfather of Soul;" raised in Augusta.
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Gladys Knight (1946 - ) Singer and winner of four Grammy awards; born in Atlanta.

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Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949) Author of Gone with the Wind (1936) that won a Pulitzer Prize; born in Atlanta.

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Little Richard (1932 - ) Singer, considered to be "the architect of rock and roll", born in Macon.

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Travis Tritt (1963 - ) Famous County/Western singer and songwriter; born in Marietta.

bullet Trisha Yearwood (1964 - ) Country-Western singer; born in Monticello.
bullet Alice Walker (1944 - ) Author of many books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, born in Eatonton.

More Famous Georgians:

bullet Conrad Aiken poet, Savannah
bullet Jim Brown actor, athlete, St. Simons Island
bullet Erskine CaldWell writer, Moreland
bullet Ray Charles singer, Albany
bullet Charles Coburn movie and TV actor, Macon
bullet Ossie Davis actor, writer, Cogdell
bullet James Dickey poet, Atlanta
bullet Mattiwilda Dobbs soprano, Atlanta
bullet Melvyn Douglas actor, Macon
bullet Pete Drake musician/record producer, Augusta
bullet Lawrence Fishburne III actor, Augusta
bullet Amy Grant singer, Augusta
bullet Oliver Hardy comedian, Harlem
bullet Roland Hayes singer, Curyville
bullet Fletcher Henderson musician/songwriter, Cuthbert
bullet Miriam Hopkins actress, Bainbridge
bullet Harry James trumpeter, Albany
bullet Stacy Keach actor, Savannah
bullet DeForest Kelley actor, Atlanta
bullet Joseph R. Lamar jurist, Elbert
bullet Brenda Lee singer, Lithonia
bullet Carson McCullers author, Columbus
bullet Blind Willie McTell blues pioneer, Thomson
bullet Johnny Mercer songwriter, Savannah
bullet Jessye Norman singer, Augusta
bullet Otis Redding singer, Dawson
bullet Jerry Reed singer/songwriter/actor, Atlanta
bullet Burt Reynolds actor, Waycross
bullet Tommy Roe singer/songwriter, Alpharetta
bullet Billy Joe Royal singer, Valdosta
bullet Nipsey Russell comedian, Atlanta
bullet Ray Stevens singer/songwriter, Clarksdale
bullet Janelle Taylor romance novelist, Athens
bullet Joanne Woodward actress, Thomasville

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