- Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born), was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and the Nobel Peace laureate of 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter's presidency saw the creation of two cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. - Bob Barr
Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as a member of the Committee on Financial Services. Bob Barr occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and serves as a Board Member of the National Rifle Association. - Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat, McKinney is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2007, representing Georgia's fourth congressional district. McKinney was defeated in the 2006 Democratic primary, losing her Congressional seat for the second time. - Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943), Ph.D., served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, "Time" magazine selected him as the Man of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of Democratic Party majorities in that body. During his tenure as Speaker he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to Bill Clinton. - 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. - Zell Miller
Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Conservative Democrat, Miller served as Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and was a United States Senator from 2000 to 2005. - Saxby Chambliss
Chambliss was born in Warrenton, North Carolina. He graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1961. He attended Louisiana Tech University from 1961-1962. Chambliss earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia in 1966 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1968. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. - Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn is a senior partner in the Atlanta law firm of King & Spalding,where he focuses his practice on international and corporate matters. From1972 to 1996, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia.. During his tenurein the Senate, Senator Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also servedon the Intelligence and Small Business Committees. - Max Cleland
Joseph Maxwell Cleland (born August 24, 1942) is an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a former U.S. Senator, disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, and a critic of the Bush Administration. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a presidentially appointed position. - Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (born December 28 1944), is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented in the House from 1999 to 2005. - James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music. He was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, … - Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson (born September 25, 1985 in Tyrone, Georgia) is an American football player, formerly for the Georgia Institute of Technology. He played his first season for the Yellow Jackets in 2004 as a wide receiver. Johnson has a rare combination of size (6-5, 238), speed (4.35), strength, leaping ability (45" vertical), body control and hand-eye coordination. It is often mentioned that he is also a very humble and well-behaved person, … - Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson (born September 25, 1985 in Tyrone, Georgia) is a professional American football player who was drafted by the Detroit Lions. He spent three years for the Yellow Jackets at Georgia Tech until declaring for the 2007 NFL Draft. He played his first season for the Yellow Jackets in 2004 as a wide receiver. Johnson has a rare combination of size (6 ft. 5 in., 239 lb/ 196 cm, 108 kg), speed (4.35 sec 40-yard dash), strength, … - 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, … - Chan Gailey
Thomas Chandler (Chan) Gailey, Jr. (born January 5, 1952 in Gainesville, Georgia) is the current head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets' football team and former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. - Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. He is the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court, after Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thomas's career in the Supreme Court has seen him take a conservative approach to cases while adhering to the postulates of originalism. - Jack Kingston
John Heddens "Jack" Kingston (born April 24, 1955), an American Republican politician, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing in the southeastern part of the state (map). - Jim Marshall
James Creel "Jim" Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, and has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 8th District (formerly numbered as the 3rd District) of Georgia (map). The district is based in Macon and includes much of rural Middle Georgia. - Phil Gramm
William Philip "Phil" Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia) served as a Democratic Congressman (1978–1983), a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002). - David Scott
David Scott (born June 27 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 13th District of Georgia. - John Linder
John Elmer Linder (born September 9 1942), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district (map). He was born in Deer River, Minnesota, was educated at the University of Minnesota, served in the United States Air Force, was a dentist and businessman, president of a lending institution, and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives before entering the House. - Hank Johnson
Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's Fourth Congressional District. The district is based in DeKalb County, a largely suburban county east of Atlanta. It also includes portions of Gwinnett and Rockdale counties. A Democrat, Johnson was elected to the U.S. House in the November 7, 2006 general election. Johnson is, along with Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, also elected to Congress in 2006, … - Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was a Democratic United States Congressman from Georgia. He was the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives. - John Barrow
John Jenkins Barrow (born October 31, 1955), American politician, is currently a Democratic Congressman from Georgia's 12th District. The district stretches along the eastern portion of the state, from Augusta to Savannah. Barrow is a Blue Dog Democrat as well as a member of the New Democrat Coalition. - Charlie Norwood
Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. was an American politician and dentist, serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death. At the time of his death, Norwood was the Representative of the 10th District of Georgia - Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland (born April 2, 1950), a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia, was elected in 2004 to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican representing the state's 3rd Congressional district. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but calls Grantville, Georgia his home. He is married to Joan Westmoreland and has three children and six grandchildren. Prior to his election to the United States Congress, … - Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin (November 23, 1754-March 4, 1807) was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia. Baldwin was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the adoption of the Constitution. - 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). - Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones is the head men's basketball coach at Saint Francis University. - Phil Gingrey
John Phillip (Phil) Gingrey, M.D., (born July 10 1942), an American obstetrician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 11th District of Georgia. - Glenn Richardson
Glenn Richardson is the current Speaker of the House for the state of Georgia. Richardson was born in Douglas County, Georgia, where he graduated from Douglas County High School in 1978. In 1981, Glenn earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Georgia State University and earned his Juris Doctor in 1984 as a member of the first graduating class from the Georgia State University College of Law. - Tom Price
Dr. Thomas E. "Tom" Price (born October 8 1954) is an American politician. He has been a member of the Republican caucus of the United States House of Representatives since 2005 representing the 6th Congressional District of Georgia (map), based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. He was born in Lansing, Michigan and graduated with an M.D. from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency at Emory University in Atlanta and decided to stay there afterwards. - Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker (born March 3, 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia) is a former professional American football player in the United States Football League and the National Football League. - Ben Jones
Ben Lewis Jones (born August 30, 1941) is an American actor and politician. - Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known for his passionate delivery and posthumous hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989) website, Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, … - James Johnson
James Johnson (February 12, 1811 - November 20, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia and served as provisional governor of Georgia between June and October of 1865. He was born in 1811 in Robeson County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1832 and moved to Columbus, Georgia where he started his law practice after passing the bar in 1835. - Robert Toombs
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 - December 15, 1885) was an American political leader, Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War. - Kathy Cox
Kathy Cox is the current superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a Republican. A teacher by occupation, Cox also served two terms, from 1998 to 2002, in the Georgia General Assembly, representing Peachtree City, Georgia, prior to her election as superintendent in 2002. Cox sought re-election in 2006, and she easily defeated Democratic challenger Denise Majette (a former U.S. representative), earning almost 60 percent of the vote. - Sanford Bishop
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4 1947) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 2nd District of Georgia (map). Bishop was born in Mobile, Alabama to Minnie B. Slade and Sanford Dixon Bishop, who was the first president of Bishop State Community College. He was educated at Morehouse College and Emory University Law School, and served in the United States Army, entering the Reserve Officer Training Corps. - Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796), was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the sobriquet of "Mad Anthony."
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