List of people from Atlanta

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This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Atlanta, the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Academics

Name Known for Association
Thomas E. Hill Professor of Philosophy at University of North Carolina; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences born in Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights leader, academic born in Atlanta [1]
James W. Wagner President of Emory University lives in Atlanta

Actors

Name Known for Association
Isabella Acres (born 2001)[2][3] appeared as Rose on the sitcom television series Better Off Ted born in Atlanta
Matt Battaglia Emmy Award-winning producer;[4] co-produced a two-time Golden Globe Award-nominated film; acted in over 90 films network pilots and television shows
Toni Braxton singer, actress and reality TV star of Braxton Family Values formerly lived in Atlanta
John Burke solo pianist and composer born in Atlanta
Monica Calhoun actress, The Players Club, The Best Man, The Salon; graduate of Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
C. Martin Croker voice actor, Zorak and Moltar on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
David Cross stand-up comedian and actor
Wylie Draper actor, portrayed older Michael Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream
Corri English actress, in 2006 honored at International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival as Best Actress for Unrest
Elle Fanning actress and model; younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning; known for I Am Sam, Daddy Day Care, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, We Bought a Zoo, Maleficent
Jane Fonda Academy Award-winning actress, ex-wife of Atlanta television mogul Ted Turner
Jeff Foxworthy comedian lives in Atlanta[5]
Jasmine Guy actress, star of A Different World and film Harlem Nights
Omari Hardwick
Oliver Hardy comedian and actor
Ed Helms actor, The Office
Shuler Hensley singer and actor
Holly Hunter Academy Award-winning actress
DeForest Kelley[6] actor best known as Dr. McCoy on Star Trek born in Atlanta
Elijah Kelley
Nene Leakes reality TV star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta
RonReaco Lee
Chris Lowell Veronica Mars
Christopher Massey Zoey 101
Kyle Massey That's So Raven
China Anne McClain actress, The A.N.T. Farm born in Atlanta
Chloë Grace Moretz actress and model, known for roles in Kick-Ass, Hugo, Carrie; winner of two Saturn Awards born in Atlanta
Brittany Murphy actress
Melissa Ordway actress and model; known for her roles on Hollywood Heights, The Young and the Restless born in Atlanta
Kip Pardue actor
Robert Patrick actor, played "T-1000" in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Ty Pennington
Tyler Perry actor, director, screen and playwright, producer, author [7] and songwriter; first film Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)[8] moved to Atlanta[9][10]
Victoria Principal actress, Dallas
Raven-Symoné actress, The Cosby Show, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and That's So Raven born in Atlanta[11]
Chandler Riggs actor, The Walking Dead born in Atlanta
Julia Roberts Academy Award-winning actress; films include Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich born at Crawford Long Hospital[12]
Ryan Seacrest TV and radio personality; host of reality-television series American Idol attended Dunwoody High School
Christopher Tavarez
Kenan Thompson comedian, Saturday Night Live, Fat Albert
Chris Tucker actor and comedian Columbia High School
Devon Werkheiser Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Scott Wilson actor, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, The Walking Dead Atlanta native[13]
Kim Zolciak reality TV star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Sports

Name Known for Association
Gunnar Bentz Olympian born in Atlanta
Walt Frazier basketball player born in Atlanta
Cam Newton football player born in Atlanta

Alphonso Few

 Nba Player 
 Lived in Atlanta

Business people

Name Field Known for Association
George Adair developer early Atlanta real-estate developer
Dean Alford chief executive officer and politician president and chief executive of Allied Energy Services; member of the Georgia General Assembly
Ray Anderson entrepreneur founder of carpet manufacturer Interface, Inc.
Alan K. Avery art dealer founder of Atlanta Arts Project
Charles Brewer businessman founder of Internet service provider MindSpring, which later merged with EarthLink
Asa Griggs Candler entrepreneur founder of beverage manufacturer The Coca-Cola Company
S. Truett Cathy entrepreneur founder of the fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A
Anne Cox Chambers entrepreneur co-owner of mass-media company Cox Enterprises
Lemuel Grant businessman and engineer early-Atlanta railroad man, landowner, engineer and businessman
James M. Henderson advertising born in Atlanta; lived in Greenville, South Carolina, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1970 [14]
Anne T. Hill fashion designer founded Taffy's of California born in Atlanta[15]
Bernard Marcus entrepreneur co-founder of home-improvement retailing chain Home Depot; primary funding source for the Georgia Aquarium
John Pemberton chemist chemist and inventor of the carbondated soft drink Coca-Cola
Richard Peters businessman early-Atlanta railroad man, landowner and a founder of Atlanta
John C. Portman, Jr. architect international architect and developer, designer of the groundbreaking atrium-style hotel
Neel Reid architect student of École des Beaux-Arts; designed various buildings now listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Ted Turner media mogul founder of cable-news channel CNN
Robert W. Woodruff executive president of the beverage manufacturer The Coca-Cola Company

Directors

Name Known for Association
Spike Lee director of films including She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing and several music videos born in Atlanta[16]
Kenny Leon director of several Broadway plays and several television episodes
Tyler Perry director of films, plays, and television series, including Meet The Browns, and Madea plays and movies moved to Atlanta[9][10]
Steven Soderbergh film director, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean's Eleven

Journalists

Name Known for Association
Pat Conroy author, journalist, educator born on October 26, 1945, in Atlanta[17]
David Dick covered the Southeastern United States for CBS News in the late 1960s based in Atlanta; later transferred to the Dallas bureau[18]
William Emerson covered the civil rights era as Newsweek's first bureau chief assigned to cover the Southern United States; later editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post moved to Atlanta[19]
Frank Stanton Georgia's first Post Laureate died in Atlanta[20]
Ted Turner media mogul, TBS and CNN founder moved to Atlanta

Musicians

Name Known for Association
2 Chainz, real name Tauheed Epps rapper from Atlanta
André 3000, real name André Benjamin rapper, actor, record producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; half of the rap group OutKast born in Atlanta
Johntá Austin singer-songwriter, signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings; won two Grammy Awards for songs "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey and "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige born in Atlanta[21]
David Berkeley singer-songwriter with four studio albums and one live album[22] moved to Atlanta for his wife to finish school[23]
Bobby V, real name Bobby Wilson recording artist (nicknamed "Valentino" because he was due to be born on Valentine's Day) attended North Atlanta High School and Clark Atlanta University[24]
Cat Power, also known as Chan Marshall, real name Charlyn Marshall singer-songwriter, actress and model born in Atlanta
Eddie Chamblee jazz tenor saxophonist born in Atlanta in 1920
Ciara, real name Ciara Harris singer-songwriter, dancer, actress and fashion model moved to Atlanta [24][25]
Drumma Boy record producer, songwriter lives in Atlanta
Future rapper born and lives in Atlanta
Keri Hilson singer-songwriter and actress from Decatur attended Emory University[26]
Whitney Houston singer, actress and model moved to Atlanta in 2002
India.Arie, real name India Arie Simpson singer-songwriter and record producer;[27] has sold over 3.3 million records in the U.S.; has won four Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album moved to Atlanta[28]
Graham Jackson theatre organist, pianist and choral conductor moved to Atlanta in 1923[29]
Trinidad James, real name Nicholas Williams rapper from Atlanta
Elton John singer-songwriter, English-born entertainer whose songs include "Your Song", "Crocodile Rock" and "Candle in the Wind" lives part-time in Atlanta[30]
Brenda Lee performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music; had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s,[31] known for songs "I'm Sorry" (1960) and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958); recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) born in Atlanta in 1944[32]
Mable Lee dancer, entertainer, 2008 inductee into the Tap Dance Hall of Fame born in Atlanta in 1921
Lil Jon rapper, record producer, songwriter and Grammy winner born and lives in Atlanta
Gucci Mane, Radric Davis rapper, actor lives in Atlanta
China Anne McClain singer-songwriter and actress (Jasmine Payne on TV series Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Chyna Parks on A.N.T. Farm) born in Atlanta[33]
Big Maceo Merriweather blues singer-pianist, made many recordings in the 1940s for Bluebird and Victor born in Atlanta in 1905
Monica singer, songwriter, producer, and actress from Atlanta
Duke Pearson jazz pianist and composer, noted for work on the Blue Note label born in Atlanta 1932, died in Atlanta 1980
Jerry Reed country-music singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films; signature songs include "Guitar Man", "East Bound and Down", "A Thing Called Love" and "When You're Hot, You're Hot" born in Atlanta[34]
Kelly Rowland singer-songwriter, actress and television personality born in Atlanta
Natalie Lauren Sims, also known as Suzy Rock Musician, song-writer, graphic and art designer, and music executive moved to Atlanta in 2007[35]
T.I., real name Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. rapper, actor and businessman born in Atlanta
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress from TLC from Atlanta
Chris Tomlin contemporary Christian music artist, worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas moved to Atlanta and began church
DJ Toomp record producer, songwriter and Grammy winner born and lives in Atlanta
Usher, real name Usher Raymond singer-songwriter, dancer and actor; rose to fame in late 1990s with release of second album My Way attended North Springs High School[36]
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress from TLC lived in Atlanta [37]
Kanye West rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and fashion designer; one of the best-selling artists of all time born in Atlanta
Young Jeezy, real name Jay Wayne Jenkins rapper from Atlanta
Young Thug rapper, songwriter born and lives in Atlanta
Eric Nam Korean-American singer-songwrite, television host, entertainer and entrepreneur currently based in South Korea born in Atlanta

Politicians

Name Known for Association
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. governor of Georgia and 39th President of the United States lived in Atlanta
Nathan Deal governor of Georgia lived in Atlanta
John Brown Gordon Confederate lieutenant general and governor of Georgia Lived in Atlanta
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. first black mayor of Atlanta born and lived in Atlanta
Lester Maddox 75th governor of Georgia born and lived in Atlanta
Michelle Nunn foreign service, candidate for Senator, non-profit CEO born and lived in Atlanta
Kasim Reed 59th mayor of Atlanta lived in Atlanta

Religious leaders

Name Known for Association
Andy Stanley senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and other local churches; founded North Point Ministries, a worldwide Christian organization born in Atlanta
Charles Stanley senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta; founder and president of In Touch Ministries; served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986 lives in Atlanta

Writers and artists

Name Known for Association
Violet Chachki drag queen, winner of seventh season of reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race born in Atlanta
Lewis Grizzard writer and humorist lived in Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris wrote the Uncle Remus stories lived in West End of Atlanta[38]
Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind born in Atlanta
Flannery O'Connor Southern gothic writer lived in Atlanta
Judith Pordon poet and editor born in Atlanta
Lucy May Stanton artist born in Atlanta[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Martin Luther King Jr. Biography". www.biography.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Isabella Acres Rose on ABC's Better Off Ted". ABC Medianet. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Jay Harrington Talks Private Practice". My Take On TV. January 8, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Matt Battaglia: Emmy Winner". The Voice-Tribune. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Foxworthy". jefffoxworthy.com. 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/deforest-kelley-1920-1999
  7. ↑ Christian, Margena A. (October 2008). "Becoming Tyler: Bill Collector Turned Billion-Dollar Media Mogul Was Molded from Pain, Promise and Persistence". Ebony (via FindArticles). p. 4.
  8. ↑ "The Highest-Paid Men In Entertainment". Forbes. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  9. 1 2 "Property valuation of NW Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA: 4075 (LOVETT SCHOOL), 4110 (THE BARRONE TRUST), 4122 (LOVETT SCHOOL THE) (tax assessments)". City-data.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  10. 1 2 Archived May 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Raven Symone". MSN. 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
  12. ↑ Taylor, Clarke (November 24, 1983). "Eric Roberts: His 'Star 80' Shines". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Scott Wilson". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  14. ↑ "James M. Henderson (1921-1995)". knowitall.org. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  15. ↑ Taffy Original Designs says fall line will be all cotton with full skirts. Women’s Wear Daily. May 10, 1955.
  16. ↑ "Spike Lee Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story". Biography.com. 1957-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  17. ↑ "Pat Conroy Biography". The Biography.com website. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of David Dick". lrc.ky.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  19. ↑ Staff (August 28, 2009). "William Emerson Dies at 86; Newsweek Journalist Covered the South – He Was the Magazine's First Bureau Chief Covering the South a Year Before the Brown vs. Board of Education Ruling and Wrote About the Fight for Civil Rights". Associated Press (via the Los Angeles Times). August 28, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  20. ↑ Perry, L.L.; Wightman, Melton F. (1938). "Frank Lebby Stanton: Georgia's First Post Laureate". Georgia Department of Education. p. 41.
  21. ↑ "Johnta Austin Biography". Artistdirect. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  22. ↑ "David Berkeley discography". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  23. ↑ Photo by Tobias Prasse (January 30, 2009). "David Berkeley Keeps Moving". Paste. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  24. 1 2 "Hot Singers to Watch for in 2005". Jet. 107 (64): 64. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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  27. ↑ "On a Spiritual and Emotional Journey – India.Arie and Her Music". EF News International. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  28. ↑ "India.Arie MTV biography". MTV. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
  29. ↑ "Inventory of the Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Papers: Historical Sketch". Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
  30. ↑ "Park Place on Peachtree". Parkplaceonpeachtree.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  31. ↑ "Brenda Lee: The Lady, the Legend". Brenda Lee Productions. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  32. ↑ "Brenda Lee Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story". Biography.com. 1944-12-11. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  33. ↑ "Disney Channel Bio – China Anne McClain". Disney Channel Medianet. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011.
  34. ↑ "Jerry Reed Bio | Jerry Reed Career". CMT. 1937-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  35. ↑ Daniels, David (February 4, 2015). "Christian songwriter Natalie Lauren maneuvers working for Iggy Azalea, Lecrae". Rapzilla. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  36. ↑ "North Springs High School". Public School Review. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  37. ↑ Salamone, Gina (2 October 2012). "TLC's Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins gets new reality show". New York Daily News. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  38. ↑ "Joel Chandler Harris Home". National Park Service. NPS.gov. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  39. ↑ Fowler, Betty Alice (2009). "Lucy May Stanton (1875-1931)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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