Notable People
- Bob Armstrong, professional wrestler (along with his family of fellow wrestlers, Scott, Brad, Steve, and Brian)
- Marcus Alexander Bagwell, aka Buff Bagwell, professional wrestler
- Jack Baldwin, auto racer
- Alan Ball, screenwriter
- Randall Bentley, actor on Heroes
- Alton Brown, Food Network personality
- Dan Byrd, actor
- Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor of the United States Army
- Shawn Drover, current drummer for heavy metal band Megadeth
- Dale Ellis, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks, Seattle SuperSonics, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and the Charlotte Hornets
- Robin Finck, professional guitarist
- Kelly Flinn, first female B-52 pilot in the US Air Force; graduated from high school in Marietta
- Frank Freyer, 14th Naval Governor of Guam and Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy
- Robby Ginepri, professional tennis player
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 2012 Republican Presidential candidate.
- Fredi González, former manager of the Florida Marlins, current manager of the Atlanta Braves
- Cedric Henderson, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks
- Jeremy Hermida, baseball player
- Todd Jones, professional baseball player
- Cledus T. Judd, country comedian
- Melanie Moore, dancer, winner of So You Think You Can Dance (season 8)
- Patrick Millsaps, former Chief of Staff to Newt Gingrich 2012 Presidential Campaign
- Melanie Oudin, professional tennis player, US Open 2009 quarterfinalist
- Jennifer Paige, singer
- Ty Pennington, actor
- Lawrence Pfohl AKA Lex Luger, professional wrestler
- Ron Pope, singer/song writer
- Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels), professional wrestler
- Chris Robinson, singer, The Black Crowes
- Rich Robinson, guitarist, The Black Crowes
- Jeff Sheppard, professional basketball player
- Ron Simmons, professional wrestler
- Jeff Small, President and CEO of Dreamworks
- Fletcher Thompson, politician
- George Thornewell Smith, politician
- David Snell, journalist for Atlanta Constitution during late 1940s
- Ray Traylor AKA The Big Bossman, professional wrestler
- Travis Tritt, country music singer
- Lawson Vaughn, professional soccer player, Chivas USA
- Joanne Woodward, Academy Award winning actress
- Chris Wyatt, film producer and writer
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