- Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is regarded as one of America's greatest orators. King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, … - Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /'kɑn.je(ɪ)/) (born June 8 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American record producer and rapper. He has released his debut album "The College Dropout", his second album "Late Registration", and is working on a third album coming out in 2007 called "Graduation". Both "The College Dropout" and "Late Registration" have received numerous awards. Kanye West also runs his own record label, GOOD Music. - Speech
Speech (born Todd Thomas on October 25, 1968) is a musician and member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development. In addition to his work with Arrested Development, Speech has released a number of solo albums. - Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, "Gone with the Wind," published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 28 million copies (see list of best-selling books). An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards. - John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he briefly attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, where he refined his skills and began gaining a following. His first two studio albums, "Room for Squares" and "Heavier Things", both did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. - Young Jeezy
Jay Jenkins (born September 28 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA), currently known as Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. He was formerly known as "Lil' J" in his early rap career. - Lil Jon
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American hip-hop artist & producer. He is best known as a pioneer of the sub-genre of hip hop known as "crunk" (a combination of elements of Bounce Music, Southern hip hop and bass music). His group, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, which includes Big Sam and Lil Bo, is one of crunk's most notable acts. - Josh Smith
Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985 in College Park, Georgia, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. - Chipper Jones
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, Jr. (born April 24, 1972 in DeLand, Florida), is an American Major League baseball player. Although initially a shortstop, Jones has spent most of his career as the starting third baseman for the Atlanta Braves. In 2002 and 2003, Jones spent most of his time playing left field. Since 2003, he has played most of his games at third base. Jones debuted in 1993 and has played his entire career with the Braves. - Bow Wow
Shad Gregory Moss, better known as "Bow Wow" or formerly "Lil' Bow Wow" (born March 9 1987, Columbus, Ohio) is an American rapper, actor, and music producer. - Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri also known simply as JD (born Jermaine Dupri Mauldin on September 23 1972) is an American record producer and rapper. Dupri is notable as the youngest ever inductee to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 16 2006, introduced by Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons. - Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jones [pronounced "An-drew"] (born April 23, 1977, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Curaçaoan baseball player. Since 1996, Jones has played for the Atlanta Braves, a Major League Baseball franchise. In addition, Jones has spent his entire professional baseball career as a member of the Braves organization. During his first two-years with the Braves, Jones most often appeared as a right fielder. - John Lewis
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Lewis, a member of the Democratic Party, has represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District (map) in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. The district encompasses almost all of Atlanta. - Ted Turner
Robert Edward Turner III (born in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is best known as the founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition to CNN, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is well known for his $1 billion pledge to the United Nations donated through his United Nations Foundation. - Tom Glavine
Thomas Michael "Tom" Glavine (born March 25 1966 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the New York Mets. During the 1990s Glavine, a left-hander, was one of the winningest pitchers in the National League. He is a five-time 20-game winner and two-time Cy Young Award winner. He is also known as an excellent fielding and hitting pitcher. - Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States' first African-American ambassador to the United Nations. Young is the namesake of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. International Boulevard, near the Centennial Olympic Park, has been re-named Andrew Young International Boulevard, … - Big Boi
Big Boi is an American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the alternative hip-hop duo OutKast. He also goes by the aliases "Daddy Fat Sacks", "General Patton", "Sir Lucious L. Leftfoot", "Billy Ocean", "Hot Tub Tony" and "Francis the Savannah Chitlin' Pimp". - John Smoltz
John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967 in Warren, Michigan) is a Major League Baseball player. He is predominantly known as a starter and former Cy Young Award winner. However, before the 2001 season, his 13th, he became a closer, a role in which he is no longer serving. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a season with 50 saves (the other being Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley). - Hank Aaron
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer","Hammerin' Hank", or "Bad Henry", is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his Major League Baseball career in 1954. He played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee Braves and the Atlanta Braves, … - Bobby Brown
Robert Berisford "Bobby" Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer. Brown began his career with the popular boy band New Edition in 1980 but was later ousted from the group due to behavioral problems. He embarked on a solo career in 1986 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits. Brown is the ex-husband of R&B singer Whitney Houston and the star of his own reality show, "Being Bobby Brown" on Bravo. - Tim Hudson
Timothy Adam Hudson (born July 14, 1975 in Salem, Alabama) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays with the Atlanta Braves (since 2005). Hudson began his major league career with the Oakland Athletics (1999-2004) and played his last two years of college eligibility at Auburn University. In an eight-season career, Hudson has compiled a 122-60 record with 1,171 strikeouts and a 3.50 ERA in 1651.0 innings with the Oakland Athletics and the Atlanta Braves. - Jamal Lewis
Jamal Lafitte Lewis (born August 26, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American football running back in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. He attended the University of Tennessee and wears number 31. Lewis was the fifth pick overall in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and in his rookie season, rushed for over 1,000 yards, supplanting Priest Holmes as the team's starting RB. - Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz (born April 6, 1945), is a U.S. talk radio host. His radio show is based in Atlanta, Georgia and is nationally syndicated by Cox Radio and the Jones Radio Networks. Boortz is also a lawyer and best-selling author. He considers himself to be a libertarian, and supports eliminating the war on drugs, lowering taxes, and shrinking the size of government, while disagreeing with the Libertarian Party platform by firmly supporting incremental tax reform, … - Yung Joc
Yung Joc (born Jasiel A. Robinson on April 2 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper from College Park, Georgia. Yung Joc is also featured on the songs "Show Stopper" by Danity Kane (from Diddy's "Making The Band 3") & Cassie's album track "Call U Out". Despite the rumors, he is not related to rapper Young Jeezy. - Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. He also teaches film at New York University and Columbia University. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. - Clark Howard
Clark graduated from American University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in urban development and from Central Michigan University in 1977 with a master's degree in business management. In 1981, he founded and opened his own business, a travel agency. Only 6 years later in 1987, he sold his successful chain of travel agencies and decided to retire a millionaire at the young age of 32. - Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an African-American playwright and actor. He is best known for producing popular melodramas for the stage and screen that feature African-American characters in moral quandaries. His best-known character, played by himself, is Mabel Simmons, … - Arthur Blank
Arthur Blank is one of the co-founders of Home Depot. Today he is known for his philanthropy and his ownership of the Atlanta Falcons NFL and the Georgia Force arena football team. Bold text==Early life== Arthur Blank was born in 1942 and grew up in Queens, New York with his father, Max, his mother, Molly, and his older brother, Michael. Blank graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and went on to attend Babson College, … - Kyle Davies
Hiram Kyle Davies (born September 9, 1983 in Decatur, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball player with the Atlanta Braves. He grew up in Stockbridge, Georgia and graduated from Stockbridge High School. Davies signed right out of High School with the Atlanta Braves. Davies was a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He is part of the group of rookie players nicknamed the "Baby Braves" that Atlanta called up from its minor league system during the 2005 season. - Cee-Lo
Cee-Lo Green is the stage name of Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1974), an American hip hop, funk, soul, and R&B musician. He is a singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Goodie Mob and more recently Gnarls Barkley, and has also recorded two critically acclaimed solo LPs. Among Cee-Lo's solo hits are the singles "Closet Freak" (2002) and "I'll Be Around" (2003), produced by and featuring Timbaland. - Brian McCann
Brian Michael McCann, (born February 20, 1984 in Athens, Georgia), is a Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. He is known as one of Major League Baseball's best hitting catchers. - Jeff Francoeur
Jeffrey Braden ("Jeff") Francoeur (born January 8, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia), nicknamed "Frenchy", is a Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves of the National League. Francoeur was selected by the Braves in the 1st round of the June 2002 free agent draft. Francoeur advanced steadily through the Braves minor league system playing for Danville (Rookie) in 2002, Rome (Low A) in 2003, Myrtle Beach (High A) and Greenville (former AA) in 2004, … - Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7 1975, in Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, … - Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin (born December 29 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and keyboardist. - Bizarre
Rufus Johnson (born July 5, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Bizarre, is an American rapper and member of the group D12. More recently Rufus Johnson was featured on a season of MTV's Celebrity Fit Club. Bizarre and Eminem have been affiliated with the rap group the Outsidaz which included Young Zee, Rah Digga and Pacewon among others. D12 is said to have joined the Outsidaz early in their career to form a large collective. - Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. - Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. Sheffield has primarily played right field, though he has also played left field, third base, shortstop, and a handful of games at first base. He previously played for the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and New York Yankees. - Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Cole (born October 15, 1981) is an American R&B singer-songwriter known for her soulful voice. She released her platinum selling debut album "The Way It Is" in 2005, and is preparing to release her second album "Just Like You" in 2007. - Pacman Jones
Adam Bernard "Pacman" Jones (born September 30, 1983 in College Park, Georgia) is a cornerback and return specialist who currently plays for Tennessee Titans NFL franchise. After attending West Virginia University, Jones was drafted by the Titans as the sixth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. Jones has been suspended for the upcoming 2007 NFL season without pay for off-the-field personal conduct problems. The suspension will be reviewed after 10 games, … - Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, "Pretty Woman", opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the "Hollywood Reporter's" annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005).
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