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List of people from Savannah, Georgia

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The city of Savannah, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Savannah, Georgia, and includes people that were born or lived in Savannah, Georgia, for a non-trivial amount of time. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.[a]

Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia.[1] It is known as America's first planned city and attracts millions of visitors who enjoy the city's architecture and historic structures such as the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), Mercer House, featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (which is set in Savannah), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest black Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third oldest synagogue in America), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America).[1][2] Today, Savannah's downtown area is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated in 1966).[b][1]

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Savannah natives

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Actress Miriam Hopkins in 1936
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Athletes

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Business people

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Former Savannah Mayor and businessman J.C. Lewis, Jr.
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Judicial

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Official 2004 photo of Justice Clarence Thomas
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James Moore Wayne
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Military

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Photo of Moxley Sorrel from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
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Musicians

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Big Boi from Outkast playing at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
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James Moody performing during a jazz festival
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James Lord Pierpont
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Tom Turpin
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Politicians

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Francis S. Bartow
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Library of Congress photo of John C. Frémont
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Illustration of Joseph Habersham from Benson J. Lossing's The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution
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Official U.S. Congress photo of Bob Inglis, member of the United States House of Representatives
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Scientists and inventors

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Official NASA photo of Col L. Blaine Hammond
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Writers

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Author Bruce Feiler
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Others

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Library of Congress photo of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson
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Current notable residents (non-natives)

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Official U.S. House of Representatives photo of Representative Jack Kingston
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Former notable residents (non-natives)

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Notes

  1. Notability for inclusion in this listing is based upon the standards outlined in Wikipedia:Notability.
  2. Savannah had 24 original squares. Today 21 are still in existence.
  3. The 2006 Producers Guild Award nomination (Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award) was shared with Cathy Konrad.
  4. Tied with Michael Caine ("Jack the Ripper") for the 1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV.
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