Notable People
- List of people from Augusta, Georgia
- Frank Yerby, author/educator
- Butterfly McQueen, actress
- Effie Germon, 19th-century actress
- Michael Dease, jazz trombonist
- Laurence Fishburne, actor
- James Brown, singer-songwriter/musician
- Dave Haywood, singer-songwriter
- Josh Kelley, singer-songwriter/musician
- Charles Kelley, singer-songwriter
- Carl E. Sanders, governor of Georgia, 1963-1967
- Hulk Hogan, famous professional wrestler.
- Quinton Aaron, Actor, The Blind Side (film)
- Aquilla J. Dyess, Only American to receive both the Carnegie Medal for civilian heroism and the Medal of Honor.
- Ty Cobb, Former baseball player, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Lady Antebellum, Grammy award winning Country singing group
- Amy Grant Christian Music Artist
- Forrest Griffin MMA Fighter
- Dub Taylor, actor, reared in Augusta but born in Richmond, Virginia
- Casper, german rapper
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