List of people from Augusta, Georgia
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Script error: No such module "Hatnote". The city of Augusta, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Richmond County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Augusta, Georgia and includes people who were born or lived in Augusta for a nontrivial amount of time. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
Augusta was first used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of Augusta's location on the fall line. The city was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 (alternating for a period with Savannah, the first).
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Arts and design
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Joseph Haygood Blodgett | Architect and builder | [2] | |
| File:Jasper Johns, Medal of Freedom, 2011.jpg | Jasper Johns | Artist | |
| Amos Mac | Photographer | ||
| File:Jessye Norman- In Conversation with Tom Hall (15977754135) (cropped).jpg | Jessye Norman | Opera singer | |
| Mary Telfair | Art collector, philanthropist |
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Athletics
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Education
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| Ignatius Alphonso Few | Methodist clergyman, founder of Emory University | [3] | |
| File:John Wesley Gilbert.jpg | John Wesley Gilbert | African American trailblazer, archaeologist, clergyman | [4] |
| File:John Hope - Morehouse.jpg | John Hope | Educator, founding member of the Niagara Movement | |
| File:IsaacSHopkins.jpg | Isaac S. Hopkins | Former professor and first President of Georgia Tech | |
| David M. Potter | Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at Stanford University |
Literature and journalism
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Beaton | Sports journalist for USA Today | [5] | |
| File:Stephen Vincent Benét Yale College BA 1919.jpg | Stephen Vincent Benét | Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet | [6] |
| File:Maria Louise Eve.jpg | Maria Louise Eve | Poet | |
| Elle and Blair Fowler | YouTube beauty gurus and writers | ||
| File:Augustus Baldwin Longstreet.jpg | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet | Lawyer, Methodist clergyman, and humorist | [3] |
| File:Tom Poland.jpg | Tom Poland | Author | |
| File:Fr. Abram J. Ryan, ca. 1875.jpg | Abram Joseph Ryan | Poet | |
| Corbett Thigpen | Psychiatrist; co-author of the internationally popular nonfiction book The Three Faces of Eve | [6] | |
| Frank Yerby | Novelist |
African American pioneers
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Lucy C. Laney.jpg | Lucy Craft Laney | Opened the first school for black children in Augusta; namesake of Lucy Craft Laney High School and the Lucy Laney Black History Museum | |
| Ed McIntyre | First African American mayor of Augusta |
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Music
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:James Brown Live Hamburg 1973 1702730029.jpg | James Brown | Soul musician, bandleader, songwriter, dancer, and record producer who was a major figure of 20th century music, often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul",[12] and, in his over 50-year career, influenced the development of several music genres;[13] namesake of James Brown Blvd. and the James Brown Arena | [6] |
| File:AnnaGardnerGoodwin.tif | Anna Gardner Goodwin | Composer of marches and religious music, born in Augusta | |
| Terri Gibbs | Country and western singer | ||
| File:Wycliffe Gordon.jpg | Wycliffe Gordon | Jazz trombonist | |
| File:Amy Grant in 1998.jpg | Amy Grant | Singer-songwriter; born in Augusta; her family soon moved to Nashville, Tennessee | [14] |
| Ben Hayslip | Country music songwriter; Grammy-nominated; two-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year; winner of four Triple Play Awards for three number one songs in a 12-month span | ||
| File:Dave Haywood 2012.jpg | Dave Haywood | Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A | |
| File:Sharon Jones.jpg | Sharon Jones | Singer | |
| File:LadyAntebellumAwardsApr10 cropped charles.jpg | Charles Kelley | Singer-songwriter; member of popular band Lady A | |
| File:JoshKelleyMarch2007.jpg | Josh Kelley | Musician | |
| File:Steve Morse 2005.jpg | Steve Morse | Guitarist | |
| File:Jessye Norman- In Conversation with Tom Hall (15977754135) (cropped).jpg | Jessye Norman | Opera singer; namesake of Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheatre | [6] |
Politics and government
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Rick Allen Official Photo, 114th Congress (cropped).jpg | Rick Allen | U.S. representative | [15] |
| File:Ben Bernanke official portrait.jpg | Ben S. Bernanke | Federal Reserve chairman | |
| File:Darrel Blocker.jpg | Darrell Blocker | CIA agent, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer" | [16] |
| File:Alfred Cumming.jpg | Alfred Cumming | First governor of Utah territory | [3] |
| File:WilliamHenryFleming.jpg | William Henry Fleming | Politician and lawyer | |
| James Myles Hinton | Civil rights leader, NAACP leader, businessperson, minister | ||
| File:Craig T. James.jpg | Craig T. James | Politician | |
| Seaborn Jones | United States Congressman from Georgia | [3] | |
| File:George Walton.jpg | George Walton | Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence | |
| File:Ansley Wilcox - History of Buffalo.jpg | Ansley Wilcox | Lawyer and civil service commissioner | |
| File:Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg | Woodrow Wilson | Twenty-eighth President of the United States |
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Radio and television personalities
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
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| File:DanMiller.jpg | Dan Miller | Journalist, TV personality | |
| File:Judywoodruff.jpg | Judy Woodruff | Television news anchor and journalist |
Science and technology
| Photo | Name | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hervey M. Cleckley | Psychiatrist | ||
| Roland A. Steiner | Archaeologist | ||
| File:Susan Still-Kilrain.jpg | Susan Still Kilrain | Retired United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut |
See also
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References
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- ↑ Internet Movie Database entry for Khary Payton
- ↑ "Joseph Haygood Blodgett," African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 ed. Dreck Spurlock Wilson (New York: Routledge, 2004): 58-60.
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- ↑ D. W. Culp (ed)Twentieth Century Negro Literature, Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro J. L. NICHOLS & CO., 1902, pp 190. Released as an ebook on July 6, 2006 EBook #18772 by The Project Gutenberg
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- ↑ a b c d Edward J. Cashin: Augusta, Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2007-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
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- ↑ Wiegand, D. (December 26, 2006). James Brown: 1933–2006 – Godfather of Soul Changed Music at Frenetic Pace. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
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External links
- Cedar Grove cemetery — historic black cemetery (includes gravesite photos and information on Augustans interred there)
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