List of people from Athens, Georgia
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Athens, Georgia.
- Henry W. Grady, (c.1851-1889), born in Athens, noted journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the former Confederate States of America. Coined the phrase "the New South". [1]
- Henry R. Jackson, (1820-1898), born in Athens, was a Major General in the Georgia Militia during the American Civil War. [1]
