List Of Famous Atlantans

Politicians and activists

• Rowland Barnes - Fulton County Superior Court Judge
• Maynard Jackson - former mayor
• Martin Luther King, Jr. - civil rights leader
• John Lewis - Civil rights leader and Congressman
• William Luther Pierce - neo-Fascist
• Joe Scarborough - former US Congressman and MSNBC personality
• Andrew Young - Civil rights activist and former mayor of Atlanta

Sports figures

• Hank Aaron - Baseball Hall of Famer and the major leagues' all-time home run leader
• Evander Holyfield - heavyweight champion boxer
• Bobby Jones - pro golfer
• Chipper Jones - baseball player
• Deion Sanders - two-sport athlete (MLB and NFL)
• Dominique Wilkins - former NBA player
• Michael Vick - NFL quarterback

Musicians, actors and other entertainers

• Bobby Brown - singer
• The Brothers Chaps - Homestar Runner
• Dick Clark - television personality
• Collective Soul - musicians
• Jeff Foxworthy - actor & comedian
• Oliver Hardy - comedian
• Joel Chandler Harris - author of the Uncle Remus tales
• Whitney Houston - singer/actor
• Freddie Jackson - singer
• Elton John - composer/singer
• Gladys Knight & the Pips - popular music act
• Spike Lee - film director
• Lil' John - musician
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - rapper
• Ludacris - rapper
• Richard Marx - singer
• Brian McKnight - singer
• Margaret Mitchell - author of Gone With the Wind
• Monica - singer
• OutKast - musicians
• Jennifer Paige - singer
• R.E.M. - musicians
• Julia Roberts - actor
• RuPaul - entertainer
• Ryan Seacrest - TV/radio personality and host of American Idol
• Sevendust - musicians
• Steven Soderbergh - film director
• Chris Tucker - film actor
• Usher - singer

Businesspeople

• Asa Griggs Candler - founder of The Coca-Cola Company
• Anne Cox Chambers - co-owner of Cox Enterprises
• S. Truett Cathy - founder of Chick-fil-A
• Henry W. Grady - editor of the Atlanta Constitution
• John Pemberton - chemist and inventor of Coca-Cola
• Ted Turner - media mogul
• Robert W. Woodruff - Coca-Cola executive

Other people

• Leo Frank - Jewish lynching victim
• John Thrasher - Atlanta pioneer
• Brian Nichols - escapee from police custody
• Will Wright - computer game designer, best known for creating Simcity and The Sims

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