- James Lord Pierpont, the author of "Jingle Bells", lived many years in Valdosta, where he taught music.
- Doc Holliday, Western dentist/gunfighter/gambler spent his youth in Valdosta
- Noah Langdale, President of Georgia State University from 1957 to 1988.
- Louis Lomax, African-American journalist, and the son of a leading local educator
- Alex W. Bealer, Atlanta blacksmith and author, was born in Valdosta in 1921.
- Father Divine, was arrested in Valdosta in 1914 and charged with lunacy in Valdosta under the name John Doe (alias God). He was acquitted.
- Mary Turner, African-American lynching victim
- Major Carroll S. Woods, flew in 107 combat missions in World War II as a Tuskegee Airman in the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332 Fighter Group.
- Alfred Corn, American poet and essayist, was raised in Valdosta.
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