List of people from Atlanta, Georgia

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This is a list of famous people who have lived in the area in and near Atlanta, Georgia, including both natives and residents.

Contents

[edit] Early Settlers

[edit] Politicians and activists

[edit] Statesmen

[edit] Jurists

[edit] Diplomats

[edit] Activists

[edit] Atlanta Mayors

For a more comprehensive list, see List of mayors of Atlanta

[edit] Military

[edit] Generals

[edit] Sports figures

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Football

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Golf

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Olympians

  • Dick Buerkle - 1976 Olympian featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated

[edit] Musicians, actors, artists and entertainers

[edit] Music

[edit] Producers

[edit] Hip Hop and Rap

[edit] Country

[edit] R&B

[edit] Rock

[edit] Pop

[edit] Jazz

[edit] Conductors

[edit] Singers and Musicians

[edit] Film and acting

[edit] Visual Arts

[edit] Radio and Television

[edit] Other

[edit] Writers, journalists and photographers

[edit] Pulitzer Prize Winners

[edit] Historians

  • W.E.B. DuBois - Taught at Atlanta University and lived in the city for 6 years, during which he wrote The Souls of Black Folk(1903), in which he identified, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line".
  • Franklin Garrett - Atlanta's official historian wrote the massive Atlanta and Environs (1954), the best reference for the city's history.

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Playwrights and Screenwriters

[edit] Contemporary

Paul Bowles

[edit] Scientists and Technology

[edit] Business people

[edit] Architecture

  • John Portman - international architect and developer - designer of the groundbreaking atrium style hotel
  • Neel Reid - he "made Atlanta beautiful," a student of École des Beaux-Arts who died at the height of his career

[edit] Industry

[edit] Media

[edit] Retail

[edit] Crime Related

[edit] See also

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