Editing Marietta, Georgia (section)

== Notable people ==
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*[[Shareef Abdur-Rahim]], former professional basketball player and president of the [[NBA G League]]
*[[Murray Attaway]], singer/songwriter, founding member of [[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]]
*[[Alton Brown]], ''Good Eats''
*[[Buff Bagwell|Marcus Alexander Bagwell]], professional wrestler, formerly with the [[World Wrestling Federation]], [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]
*[[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], [[Academy Award]]-winning screenwriter
*[[Chris Beard (basketball)|Chris Beard]], Texas men's basketball coach
*[[Alice Birney]] (1858–1907), co-founder of National [[Parent-Teacher Association]], born in Marietta<ref>{{cite book|author=Elvena B. Tillman|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&q=Alice%20McLellan%20Birney&pg=PA147|chapter=Alice Josephine McLellan Birney|editor1=Edward T. James|editor2=Janet Wilson James|editor3=Paul S. Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1971|pages=147–148|isbn=0674627342}}</ref>
*[[Langston Blackstock]], soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Langston Blackstock |url=https://www.charlestonbattery.com/roster/langston-blackstock/ |website=Charleston Battery |access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
*[[Rodrigo Blankenship]], [[American football]] [[placekicker]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL)
*[[Mark Bloom]], soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Bloom |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/mark-bloom/ |website=[[Major League Soccer]] |access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
*[[Billy Burns (baseball)|Billy Burns]], [[Major League Baseball]] player 
*[[Jaylen Brown]], NBA player for [[Boston Celtics]]
*[[Marlon Byrd]], former Major League Baseball player
*[[K Camp]], [[rapper]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Danitha|title=K Camp Shares Stories About His Upbringing, Atlanta's Music Scene, And More|url=http://thestashed.com/2016/04/08/k-camp-upbringing-atlanta-music-scene-and-more-video/|access-date=June 21, 2017|work=The Stashed|date=April 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409200312/http://thestashed.com/2016/04/08/k-camp-upbringing-atlanta-music-scene-and-more-video/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[James M. Canty]], educator and businessman
*[[Lucius D. Clay]], general, US Army, Military Governor of Germany post-World War II
*[[Isaiah Collier]], NBA player for the Utah Jazz
*[[Jackson Conway]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jackson Conway |url=https://www.charlestonbattery.com/roster/jackson-conway/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |website=[[Charleston Battery]]}}</ref>
*[[Jason Damm]], [[rugby union]] player
*[[Jonathan Dwyer]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player
*[[Ajani Fortune]], soccer player for [[Atlanta United]]
*[[Frank Freyer]], 14th [[Naval Governor of Guam]] and Chief of Staff of [[Peruvian Navy]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Initiates for the College Year 1895–96|journal=Caduceus of Kappa Sigma|year=1896|volume=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP8SAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Frank+Barrows+Freyer%22&pg=PA388|access-date=January 15, 2011|page=388|publisher=[[Kappa Sigma]]|location=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]}}</ref>
*[[George H. Gay Jr.]], sole survivor of [[Torpedo Squadron 8]] at [[Battle of Midway]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/24/obituaries/george-h-gay-77-was-sole-survivor-in-a-midway-attack.html|title=George H. Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack|date=October 24, 1994|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Arik Gilbert]], football player for the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]]
* [[Dearica Hamby]], WNBA player for the [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
* [[Yaya Han]], Chinese-American cosplayer
*[[Corey Heim]], [[NASCAR]] driver
*[[Cedric Henderson (basketball, born 1965)|Cedric Henderson]], NBA player for [[Atlanta Hawks]] and [[Milwaukee Bucks]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HENDECE01|title=Cedric Henderson|website=Basketball Reference|access-date=June 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707213450/http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HENDECE01|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Scoot Henderson]], NBA player for [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
*[[Jack Hensley]], murdered in Iraq<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3930559|title=Jack Hensley's Hometown|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|date=2004-09-22|accessdate=2022-10-16}}</ref>
*[[Richard Howell (basketball)|Richard Howell]] (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] of [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/PlayerPrintProfilePdf.asp?PlayerID=188621|title=Richard Howell|website=Euro Basket|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803102558/http://basketball.eurobasket.com/PlayerPrintProfilePdf.asp?PlayerID=188621 |archivedate=August 3, 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Marvin Hudson]], Major League Baseball umpire
*[[Lucy McBath]], activist and US Representative
*[[Jerick McKinnon]], NFL Player for [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
*[[Adam Morgan (baseball)|Adam Morgan]], MLB player for [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
*[[Jim Nash (baseball)|Jim Nash]], former MLB player<ref>Smith, Red [http://www.mediafire.com/view/0au7rn2ezklr72p/.jpg "Nash Could Fit Into Met Mold"], ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', April 2, 1967. Retrieved June 3, 2019.</ref>
*[[Melanie Oudin]], professional tennis player, US Open 2009 quarterfinalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0,,12781~13174,00.html |title=Melanie Oudin |publisher=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour |access-date=June 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828235354/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0%2C%2C12781~13174%2C00.html |archive-date=August 28, 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Jennifer Paige]], singer<ref>{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel |author-link= Joel Whitburn | title = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |edition=8th | publisher = Billboard Books | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8230-7499-4 | page = 478 | quote = Born on 9/3/75 in Marietta, Georgia. Pop singer. }}</ref>
*[[Lennon Parham]], actress and comedian
*[[Robert Patrick]], actor
*[[Ron Pope]], singer/songwriter
*[[Marco Restrepo]], musician<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rhodes|first1=Cyrus|title=Marco Restrepo|url=http://www.rocknrollview.com/blog/2015/05/29/marco-restrepo/|website=RockNRollView.com|publisher=Blackwell|access-date=December 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090152/http://www.rocknrollview.com/blog/2015/05/29/marco-restrepo/|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Billy Joe Royal]], singer
*[[Chris Robinson (singer)|Chris Robinson]], former [[The Black Crowes|Black Crowes]] singer
*[[Rich Robinson]], former [[The Black Crowes|Black Crowes]] guitar player
*[[Cody Rhodes]] (Cody Runnels), professional wrestler,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/runnels.html |title=Cody Rhodes |publisher=Accelerator3359|access-date=June 24, 2012}}</ref> cofounder and former executive vice president of [[All Elite Wrestling|AEW]], current [[WWE]] superstar
*Ray Traylor, professional wrestler who performed as [[Big Boss Man (wrestler)|Big Boss Man]], inducted into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] in 2016
*[[Lawson Vaughn]], [[MLS]] professional soccer player
*[[Spencer Wells]], geneticist
*[[Trey Sermon]], American football [[running back]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]] of the National Football League (NFL)
*[[Daniela Silivaș|Daniela Silivaș-Harper]], Romanian gymnast and coach
*[[Ron Simmons]], professional wrestler, member of [[WWE Hall of Fame]] and [[College Football Hall of Fame]]
*[[Dansby Swanson]], Major League Baseball player for [[Chicago Cubs]], first overall pick in [[2015 MLB Draft]]
*[[Emily Sonnett]], professional soccer player for the [[United States women's national soccer team|U.S. women's national soccer team]] and [[NJ/NY Gotham FC]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gotham FC Signs FIFA Women's World Cup Champions, Olympians, and USWNT Players Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett |url=https://www.gothamfc.com/news_article/show/1295953|publisher=Gotham FC |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[Luke Thomas (journalist)|Luke Thomas]], MMA journalist, lived for two years in Marietta and graduated from [[Marietta High School (Georgia)|Marietta High School]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/fT5XT7fD1U8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20191215162824/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5XT7fD1U8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5XT7fD1U8#t=57m3s| title = UFC 241 Full Breakdown {{!}} Stipe Miocic, Nate Diaz, Cormier, Romero-Costa {{!}} MORNING KOMBAT {{!}} Ep. 7 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Travis Tritt]], country music singer and composer
*[[Lynn Turner (murderer)|Lynn Turner]], convicted murderer
*[[Jeff Walls]], guitarist, songwriter,  founding member of [[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]]
*[[Isadora Williams]], American-Brazilian figure skater who represented [[Brazil]] at [[Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles|2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?89408-Isadora-Williams-puts-Brazil-on-Olympic-skating-map|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226135740/http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?89408-Isadora-Williams-puts-Brazil-on-Olympic-skating-map|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2014|title=Isadora Williams puts Brazil on Olympic skating map|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref>
*Michael Len Williams II ([[Mike Will Made It]]), record producer<ref name=faderconstruction>{{cite magazine|last=Noz|first=Andrew|title=Beat Construction: Mike WiLL Made It|url=http://www.thefader.com/2012/04/30/beat-construction-mike-will-made-it/|magazine=The Fader|date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Trey Wolfe]], professional football player and former [[NFL]] player of the [[Washington Redskins]] (now the [[Washington Commanders]]) and the [[Seattle Seahawks]].
*[[Xavier Woods]] (Austin Watson), professional wrestler, YouTube personality
*[[Joanne Woodward]], actress and married to Paul Newman.
*[[Jabari Zuniga]], NFL player for the New York Jets.
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