Editing Gainesville, Georgia (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Tommy Aaron]], [[professional golfer]], 1973 [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] champion
*[[Mariah Paris Balenciaga]], [[drag queen]] and [[television personality]]
*[[Ashley Bell (politician)|Ashley D. Bell]], American politician
*[[Jodi Benson]], [[voice actor|voice actress]], played Princess Ariel in Disney's ''The Little Mermaid''
*[[Roy D. Bridges, Jr.]], astronaut
*[[Casey Cagle]], former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 2007–2019
*[[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]], actor
*[[Allen D. Candler]], [[Governor of Georgia]]
*[[Cris Carpenter]], former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]]
*[[Daniel Carver]], former [[Ku Klux Klan]] [[Grand Dragon]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bragg |first1=Rick |title=In a South Carolina Town, a Klan Museum Opens Old Wounds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/17/us/in-a-south-carolina-town-a-klan-museum-opens-old-wounds.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 November 1996 |access-date=24 April 2019 |page=November 17, 1996}}</ref>
*[[John Casper]], astronaut
*[[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] and nominee for [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
*[[Jason Cross]], professional wrestler
*[[Henry Crowder]], professional jazz musician
*[[Jody Davis (baseball)|Jody Davis]], professional [[baseball]] player (Major League Baseball)
*[[Nathan Deal]], 82nd [[Governor of Georgia]], grew up in Millen<ref>{{cite book |title=The Almanac of American Politics 2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00 |url-access=registration |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |publisher=National Journal Group Inc. |year= 1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00/page/483 483] }}</ref>
*[[Dexter Fowler]], [[Major League Baseball]] [[center fielder]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
*[[Jentezen Franklin]], Pastor
*[[Chan Gailey]], former head coach of various [[National Football League]] (NFL) and college football teams
*[[John Driskell Hopkins]], bassist for the [[Zac Brown Band]]
*[[Corey Hulsey]], [[Guard (American football)|guard]] for the [[Detroit Lions]] (NFL)
*[[Tasha Humphrey]], [[Washington Mystics]] (WNBA) basketball player
*[[A. J. Johnson (linebacker)|A.J. Johnson]] current [[Denver Broncos]] linebacker in the NFL and former [[University of Tennessee]] linebacker
*[[T.J. Jones]], current [[Detroit Lions]] (NFL) and former [[University of Notre Dame]] wide receiver
*[[Sung Kang]], actor
*[[James Longstreet]], former high-ranking [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general; moved to Gainesville from New Orleans in 1876<ref>Varon, Elizabeth R. (2023) ''Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South'' New York: Simon & Schuster. pp.219-220 {{ISBN|978-19821-4827-0}}</ref>
*[[J. Reginald Murphy|Reg Murphy]], former president of [[National Geographic Society]] and publisher//editor
*[[Alexander R. Nininger]], [[World War II]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, [[Battle of Bataan]] 
*[[Micah Owings]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
*[[Randy Pobst]], [[auto racing|professional racing]] driver
*[[Robert Prechter]], financial forecaster (1980s "Guru of the Decade")
*[[Blake Sims]], former [[University of Alabama]] quarterback
*[[James Milton Smith]], [[Governor of Georgia]]
*[[A.J. Styles|AJ Styles]], [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] signed to [[WWE]]
*[[Deshaun Watson]], quarterback for the [[Cleveland Browns]] (NFL)
*[[Margaret O'Connor Wilson]], civic leader
*[[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]], daughter of US President [[Woodrow Wilson]]
*[[Mike Wilson (offensive lineman)|Mike Wilson]], former NFL [[offensive lineman]]