People of Georgia
	 
	
		| James Nathaniel (Jim) Brown | 
		Saint Simons Island | 
		1936- | 
		Football player | 
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		| Asa Griggs Candler | 
		Villa Rica | 
		1851-1929 | 
		Businessman, philanthropist | 
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		| James Earl (Jimmy) Carter | 
		Plains | 
		1924-  | 
		U.S. President | 
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		| Tyrus Raymond (Ty) Cobb | 
		Narrows | 
		1886-1961 | 
		Baseball player | 
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		| John Charles Fremont | 
		Savannah | 
		1813-1890 | 
		Soldier, explorer | 
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		| Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones | 
		Atlanta | 
		1902-1971 | 
		Golfer | 
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		| Martin Luther King, Jr. | 
		Atlanta | 
		1929-1968 | 
		Religious leader, social reformer | 
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		| Sidney Clopton Lanier | 
		Macon | 
		1842-1881 | 
		Poet, musician | 
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		| Crawford Williamson Long | 
		Danielsville | 
		1815-1878 | 
		Surgeon | 
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		| Carson Smith McCullers | 
		Columbus | 
		1917-1967 | 
		Author | 
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		| Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell | 
		Atlanta | 
		1900-1949 | 
		Author | 
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		| Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson | 
		Cairo | 
		1919-1972 | 
		Baseball player | 
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		| Alexander Hamilton Stephens | 
		Wilkes County | 
		1812-1883 | 
		Statesman | 
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	Source:
		The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
		by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996. 
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