List of personalities of the city of Savannah
The following is an overview of eminent Savannah, Georgia- born personalities.
| Year of birth | Surname | Year of death | job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1740 | Samuel Elbert | 1788 | Dealer and Major General in the Georgia Militia |
| 1757 | John Milledge | 1818 | Senator and Governor of Georgia |
| 1766 | George Jones | 1838 | senator |
| 1777 | William Bellinger Bulloch | 1852 | US Senator |
| 1785 | Alfred Cuthbert | 1856 | US Senator |
| 1790 | James Moore Wayne | 1867 | United States Supreme Court Justice |
| 1793 | Nathanael Greene Pendleton | 1861 | Politician |
| 1807 | Robert Milledge Charlton | 1854 | US Senator |
| 1813 | John Charles Frémont | 1890 | Explorer, politician and officer |
| 1824 | Washington Bartlett | 1887 | Governor of California |
| 1827 | John Henry Willcox | 1875 | composer |
| 1830 | John Stevens Bowen | 1863 | Architect and Confederate General in the Civil War |
| 1835 | Robert Houston Anderson | 1888 | Confederate Brigadier General |
| 1860 |
Ellen Louise Axson , married Ellen Wilson |
1914 | first wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| 1860 | Juliette Gordon Low | 1927 | Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA |
| 1873 |
Thomas Turpin called Tom Turpin |
1922 | Ragtime pianist and composer |
| 1877 | Charles Coburn | 1961 | actor |
| 1889 | Conrad Potter Aiken | 1973 | Writer and Pulitzer Prize winner |
| 1899 |
Joseph Marshall , called Kaiser Marshall |
1948 | Jazz drummer |
| 1899 | Joe Steele | 1964 | Jazz musician |
| 1902 | Miriam Hopkins | 1972 | actress |
| 1909 |
John Herndon Mercer , called Johnny Mercer |
1976 | Jazz singer and composer |
| 1912 |
James Osborne Young , called Trummy Young |
1984 | Jazz trombonist and singer |
| 1915 | Alicia Rhett | 2014 | Film actress |
| 1921 | Al Jaffee | Cartoonist | |
| 1921 |
Robert Williams , called Billy Ward |
2002 | Band leader and singer |
| 1925 |
Edmund Gregory , called Sahib Shihab |
1989 | Jazz musician |
| 1925 | James Moody | 2010 | Jazz musician |
| 1932 | Thomas Hunter | 2017 | Actor and author |
| 1933 | Edmund F. McCaffrey | 2016 | Clergyman |
| 1933 | Ben Riley | 2017 | Jazz musician |
| 1934 |
Daniel Ray , called Big Black |
Musicians and actors | |
| 1935 | James Grubbs Martin | North Carolina Governor | |
| 1935 | W. Jason Morgan | Geophysicist | |
| 1939 |
Barbara Biffinger Pfeiffer Pinckney , called Callan Pinckney |
2012 | Fitness trainer, inventor of Callanetics |
| 1941 | Walter Stacy Keach | Actors and speakers | |
| 1943 | Leonard Matlovich | 1988 | Soldier and LGBT activist |
| 1943 | James Alan McPherson | 2016 | writer |
| 1945 | Robert Griess | mathematician | |
| 1947 | James Keach | Actor and director | |
| 1949 | John Garman Hertzler | actor | |
| 1952 | Lloyd Blaine Hammond | astronaut | |
| 1955 | Diana Scarwid | actress | |
| 1956 | Desiree Cousteau | Porn actress | |
| 1964 |
Kenneth Scott Rogers , called Kenny Rogers |
Baseball player | |
| 1970 |
Patrick Brown , called Sleepy Brown |
R&B singer and music producer | |
| 1975 |
Antwan André Patton , called Big Boi |
Musician | |
| 1976 | Desmond Harrington | actor | |
| 1984 |
Albert Henry Hugh Scardino , called Hal Scardino |
actor | |
| 1986 | Dianna Elise Agron | actress and singer | |
| 1989 | Cam Newton | American football player | |
| 1994 | Aaron Jones | American football player |