Notable Residents
- Arn Anderson (1958- ), professional wrestler
- Bill Arp (birth name Charles H. Smith) (1826–1903), Rome mayor and 19th century writer
- Bill Atwood (1911–1993) Major League Baseball player
- Martha M. Berry (1865–1942), educator
- Gregory S. Baer (born 1952), American lecturer and physician
- Ronnie Brown (1981- ), professional football player
- Brett Butler (1958- ), Actress and comedian
- Major General Douglas Carver (born 1951), United States Army Chief of Chaplains
- Charles H. Fahy (1892–1979), U.S. Solicitor General and Navy Cross recipient
- Marcus Dixon (1984- ), professional football player
- Ray Donaldson (1958- ), American football player
- Mike Glenn (1955-), NBA
- Ken Irvin (1972- ), professional football player
- Larry Kinnebrew (1960- ), professional football player
- John H. Lumpkin (1812–1860), Co-founder of Rome, Superior Court Judge, and U.S. Representative
- Homer V. M. Miller (1814–1896), U.S. Senator, senior Confederate medical officer
- George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008), Admiral; father of singer Jim Morrison
- Will Muschamp (1971- ), College football head coach
- Ma Rainey (1886–1939), blues singer
- Dan Reeves (1944- ), American football player and head coach
- Major Ridge (c.1771-1839), Cherokee Indian Chief and co-signer of the Treaty of New Echota
- John Ross (1790–1866), Principal Chief of the United Cherokee Nation
- John H. Towers (1885–1955), U.S. Navyadmiral and pioneer naval aviator
- Butch Walker (1969- ), Rock 'N Roll musician
- Stand Watie (1806–1871), Cherokee Indian leader and Confederate general
- Calder Willingham (1922–1995), screenwriter and novelist
- Ellen L. A. Wilson (1860–1914), First Lady of the United States and first wife of President Woodrow Wilson
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