List of Maconites

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Notable people from Macon, Georgia

Contents 1 Music 2 Actors 3 Sports 4 Politics and government 5 Other 6 References

[edit] Music

• Young Jeezy (American rapper)
• Luc Rugah (currently signed to Young Jeezy's label^[1])
• Jason Aldean (country music singer)
• Kadalack Boyz (American rap group, currently signed to Collipark Ent.)
• The Allman Brothers (Southern rock band)
• Mark Heard (record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter)
• Lucille Hegamin (singer and entertainer, and a pioneer African American blues music recording artist)
• Robert McDuffie (violinist)
• Emmett Miller (minstrel show singer noted for a yodel-like falsetto voice)
• Little Richard Penniman (singer, songwriter, and pianist; pioneer of rock and roll)
• Otis Redding (Soul musician)
• Phil Walden (record producer and music businessman)
• Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers/Rolling Stones pianist)
• Rosa King (Jazz/blues saxophonist/singer)
• Ben Johnston (composer)
• Claudine Clark (R&B musician/composer)
• Randy Crawford (Jazz and R&B singer)
• Mike Mills, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1960-1970s.
• Bill Berry, member of R.E.M. band. Lived in Macon in early 1970s

[edit] Actors

• Blake Clark (actor in several Adam Sandler films and Boy Meets World TV series)
• Luke Askew (Recurring actor in the series Walker, Texas Ranger)
• Shavar Ross
• Chace Ambrose
• Eugene Butler (Recurring role in ER)
• Melvyn Douglas (Theodora Goes Wild)
• Sam Edwards (Little House on the Prairie (TV series))
• Sam Hennings (C.S.I.)
• Jack McBrayer (30 Rock)
• George Reed
• Cassie Yates
• Lisa Sheridan
• Carrie Preston

[edit] Sports

• Larry "Dream" Davidson (Umpire HOF)^{[citation needed]}
• John Courson Jr. (American Football/ESPN Announcer)^{[citation needed]}
• Kevin Brown (MLB player; signed richest contract in baseball history to that point)
• Al Lucas (football player in the National Football League and Arena Football League)
• Norm Nixon (National Basketball Association player)
• Elmore Smith (National Basketball Association player)
• Jim Parker, NFL Hall of Famer, Baltimore Colts. Born in Macon^[2]
• John Rocker (MLB player)
• Theron Sapp (University of Georgia and NFL football player)
• Ken Shamrock (former professional wrestler and MMA fighter)
• Ron Fairly
• Jim Parker (American Football)
• Cole Miller, UFC fighter and reality television star, raised in Macon and attended Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia).
• Ken Shamrock, UFC champion, was born and raised in Macon.
• J.T. Thomas
• Jerry Pate
• Sharone Wright
• Tony Gilbert
• George Foster (American football)
• Marc Mero
• Bobby Bryant
• Vernon "Catfish" Smith
• Le Kevin Smith New England Patriots

[edit] Politics and government

• William Shepherd Benson (an admiral in the United States Navy and the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), holding the post throughout World War I)
• Augustus O. Bacon (U.S. Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate)
• Bruce S. Allen, first Honorary Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Charles Lafayette Bartlett, US Congressman
• P. B. S. Pinchback, Republican Governor of Louisiana for thirty-five days from 1872-1873
• Christopher N. Smith, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark
• Ronnie Thompson, Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1974 and gospel and Country singer^[3]

[edit] Other

• Mathuren Arthur Andrieu
• John Birch (missionary)
• Sonny Carter (astronaut and professional soccer player)
• Catherine Brewer Benson (credited as the first woman to earn a college degree)
• Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr.
• Nancy Grace, talk show host
• Sidney Lanier
• John LeConte
• Joseph LeConte
• Neel Reid
• William Sanders Scarborough
• Laurence Stallings
• Alabama Vest (inventor of the kazoo)^[4]

[edit] References