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AUGUSTA

Most Famous People Born in Augusta, United States

Notable people
306
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1940
Most distinctive
Golf 15.4×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Augusta during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 35 notable births.

What Augusta Is Known For

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Football is Augusta's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (47).

Augusta over-indexes on golf15.4× the global rate.

  1. Football47
  2. Politician33
  3. Lawyer26
  4. Actor19
  5. Basket17
  6. Singer12
  7. Baseball12
  8. Militar10
  1. Golf815.4×
  2. Lawyer264.9×
  3. Basket174.4×
  4. Officer73.5×
  5. Baseball123.5×
  6. Militar102.7×
  7. Singer121.9×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Augusta's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

18001850190019502000
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  • Film & TV
  • Military
  • Science
  • Music
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Showing 33 of 306 notable people

0013 POLITICIAN

Olympia Snowe

Born 1947

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Austin Scott (politician)

Born 1969

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Rick W. Allen

Born 1951

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Carl Sanders

1925 - 2014

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0040 POLITICIAN

Phil Gingrey

Born 1942

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Alfred Cumming (governor)

1802 - 1873

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Buckner Stith Morris

1800 - 1879

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0073 POLITICIAN

Samuel Cony

1811 - 1870

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John S. Cohen

1870 - 1935

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0076 POLITICIAN

Doug Barnard Jr.

1922 - 2018

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0079 POLITICIAN

Joseph H. Williams

1814 - 1896

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0081 POLITICIAN

Richard H. Vose

1803 - 1864

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0086 POLITICIAN

Frank H. Foss

1865 - 1947

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0094 POLITICIAN

Seaborn Jones

1788 - 1864

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Craig James (politician)

Born 1941

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John Hope (educator)

1868 - 1936

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George Huntington Hartford

1833 - 1917

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George W. Ladd

1818 - 1892

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0128 POLITICIAN

George Barnes (American politician)

1833 - 1901

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Ronnie Thompson (Georgia politician)

1934 - 2020

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0142 POLITICIAN

Robert Deniston Hume

1845 - 1908

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0153 POLITICIAN

Chris Corley

Born 1980

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0168 POLITICIAN

Alexander McKinstry

1822 - 1879

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0173 POLITICIAN

John Tillman Lamkin

1811 - 1870

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0197 POLITICIAN

Lee Anderson (politician)

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Mary Norwood

Born 1952

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Shirley Kitchen

Born 1946

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Wes Cantrell

Born 1960

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Henry L. Nichols

1823 - 1915

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Harold Weinbrecht

Born 1956

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0260 POLITICIAN

William B. Hartwell

1814 - 1849

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Daniel Williams (Politiker, 1795)

1795 - 1870

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Frank I. Bailey Jr.

Born 1936

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