Notable Alumni of Georgia State University [Sorted List]

1. Andrew Letherby

1973-. (aged 53)

long-distance runner

Andrew Letherby is an Australian former long-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

2. Carrie Hawks

filmmaker film director designer animator

Carrie Hawks is a gender non-conforming director and animator. They are known for their work on Black Enuf.

3. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks

entrepreneur environmental scientist

Na'Taki Osborne Jelks is an American environmental scientist. She is an assistant professor of environmental and health sciences at Spelman College, and a visiting professor of public health at Agnes Scott College. She is known for her activism in environmental justice and urban sustainability, for which she was named a Champion of Change by the White House in 2014.

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4. C. J. Cochran

1991-. (aged 35)

association football player

Carl Howard "CJ" Cochran Jr. is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.

5. Soumaya Khalifa

business executive

Soumaya Khalifa is the founder and executive director of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. She is an American Muslim of Egyptian origin, with a career in Human Resources and a consulting practice specializing in intercultural communications, leadership development and corporate diversity.

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6. Jeff Kipnis

1951-. (aged 75)

art theorist architect university teacher designer exhibition curator

Jeffrey Kipnis is an American architectural critic, theorist, designer, film-maker, curator, and educator.

7. Steven Tiley

1982-. (aged 44)

golfer

Steven John Tiley is an English professional golfer.

8. Sharon Beasley-Teague

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Sharon Beasley-Teague is an American politician from Georgia. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 65th district. In 2020, she was defeated in the runoff election by Mandisha Thomas.

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9. Anya Liftig

1977-. (aged 49)

artist

Anya Liftig is an American performance artist and memoirist.

10. Travis L. Williams

1972-. (aged 54)

basketball coach

Travis L. Williams is a former NCAA Division I & II Head Men's Basketball coach at Tennessee State and Fort Valley State University, assistant coach at Georgia State, Mercer, & Chicago State University

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11. Yolo Akili

1981-. (aged 45)

writer HIV/AIDS activist poet journalist

Yolo Akili, also known as Yolo Akili Robinson, is an activist, writer, poet, counselor, and community organizer who advocates for addressing mental and emotional health needs in the Black community. He is the author of Dear Universe: Letters of Affirmation and Empowerment, and the founder and executive director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective).

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12. Predrag Gosta

1972-. (aged 54)

conductor

Predrag Gosta is a Serbian-American conductor, harpsichordist, and baritone.

13. Joel Sjöholm

1985-. (aged 41)

golfer

Joel Nils Patricio Sjöholm is a Swedish professional golfer, who has played on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. He has won twice on the Challenge Tour; in 2017 and 2022.

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14. W. Frank Blount

1938-. (aged 88)

business executive

William Frank Blount, AM is an American businessman, and currently the chairman and CEO of venture capital firm JI Ventures, Inc. Blount previously served as chairman and CEO of Cypress Communications Inc., and director and CEO of Telstra Corporation Limited in Australia.

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15. Allen John

1987-. (aged 39)

golfer

Allen John is a German professional golfer. He is profoundly deaf. He became a professional golfer in 2011 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2012. He was re-instated as an amateur in 2016. He represented Germany at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics when golf was included in the Summer Deaflympics for the first time and competed in the men's individual...

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16. Curt Thompson

1968-. (aged 58)

lawyer politician

Curt Blackburn Thompson II is an American attorney, politician, and former State Senator in the Georgia State Senate. In February, 2023, Thompson was elected to the State Transportation Board from Georgia's Congressional District 7 for a 5-year term, of which he served until February 2025, where he was redistricted out. He was elected to the state senate in 2004 and...

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17. Christine Riordan

1964-. (aged 62)

scientist

Christine M. Riordan is an academic administrator and was the 10th president of Adelphi University in New York from 2015 to 2025.

18. Charles S. Shapiro

1949-. (aged 77)

diplomat

Charles Samuel Shapiro is an American diplomat (serving since 1977 in a variety of capacities, primarily relating to Latin America) and a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela (2002 - 2004). He was President of the Institute of the Americas from October 2011 to July 2014, when Ambassador Shapiro was named the President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.

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19. Glenn Richardson

1960-. (aged 66)

lawyer politician

James Glenn Richardson is an American attorney and the former speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, in the state of Georgia.

20. Mary Hood

1946-. (aged 80)

novelist

Mary Hood is a fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored three short story collections – How Far She Went, And Venus is Blue and A Clear View of the Southern Sky – two novellas – And Venus is Blue (also the title of her second short story collection) and Seam Busters – and a novel, Familiar Heat....

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21. Chip Rogers

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

William "Chip" Rogers is the former President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and past President and CEO of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA). Rogers is a former American politician from the state of Georgia. He is a Republican and was first elected in 2002 to the Georgia House of Representatives. In 2004 he was...

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22. Ella Powell

2000-. (aged 26)

association football player

Ella Mae Florence Powell is a Welsh footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Championship club Bristol City and the Wales national team.

23. Curtis Washington

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Curtis Owen Washington is an American professional basketball player. He played the majority of his college basketball career for the Georgia State Panthers after transferring from USC.

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24. Jerry Huckaby

1941-. (aged 85)

farmer politician

Thomas Jerald Huckaby U.S. is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district for 16 years, from 1977 to 1993.

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25. Eddie Rush

1961-. (aged 65)

basketball player basketball official

Eddie Fernanzo Rush is a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of the 2006–07 NBA season, he had officiated 1,245 regular season, and 140 playoff games, including nine NBA Finals games.

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26. Chika Oduah

1986-. (aged 40)

journalist

Chikaodinaka Sandra Oduah Listen is a Nigerian-American journalist, poet and cultural entrepreneur who has worked as a television news producer, correspondent, writer and photographer. She is the founder of Zikora Media & Arts, which operates as a media production company and a cultural institution. Oduah was formerly a correspondent for VICE News. Known for her unique human-focused ethnographic reporting style...

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27. Taylor Alxndr

1993-. (aged 33)

drag queen LGBTQ rights activist musician

Taylor Alxndr is an Atlanta, Georgia, social activist, community organizer, entertainer, drag queen, and founder of the United States LGBTQ non-profit "Southern Fried Queer Pride".

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28. Sheryl McCollum

manager

Sheryl "Mac" McCollum is an American crime analyst, college professor, author, and founder and director of the non-profit Cold Case Investigative Research Institute based in Atlanta, Georgia, and a crime scene analyst for an Atlanta television station.

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29. David Adelman

1964-. (aged 62)

lawyer politician

David Isaac Adelman is an American businessman, lawyer and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from April 2010 to September 2013. Adelman is the Managing Director and General Counsel of asset manager Krane Funds Advisors in New York. He is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of...

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30. Walter Kimbrough

academic

Walter Kimbrough is an American academic administrator who served as the 7th president of Dillard University from 2012 to 2022. Kimbrough was previously the president of Philander Smith College from 2004 to 2012.

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31. Max Burns

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher politician

Othell Maxie Burns Jr. is an American politician and academic from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, Burns has represented the 23rd district in the Georgia State Senate since January 2021. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005, representing Georgia's 12th congressional district. From 2012 to 2017 he was...

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32. Steve Tumlin

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Raymond Stevens "Thunder" Tumlin Jr. is an American politician and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 38, which encompasses parts of Cobb County. He became mayor of Marietta, Georgia in 2010 and was reelected in 2013. Tumlin has served as Chairman of the Board of the Marietta Board of Education. He serves as Chairman of the...

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33. Christina Warren

1982-. (aged 44)

journalist podcaster

Christina Warren, is an American developer advocate, podcaster, and writer. She wrote for Mashable, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and Downloadsquad.

34. Lewis A. Massey

1962-. (aged 64)

lobbyist politician

Lewis A. Massey is an American businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Georgia Secretary of State, and was a candidate for governor of Georgia in 1998.

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35. Adam Schultz

2002-2006 (aged 4)

photographer

Adam Schultz is an American photographer who served as the chief official White House photographer for the presidency of Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025.

36. Ousman Krubally

1988-. (aged 38)

basketball player

Ousman Krubally is an American-Gambian professional basketball player for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) tall power forward and small ball center. After playing four years of college basketball at Georgia State, Krubally entered the 2010 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

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37. Karsten S. Heckl

1964-. (aged 62)

military leader military officer

Karsten Selby Heckl is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commandant for combat development and integration and commanding general of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, from 2021 to 2024. Heckl previously served as the commander of I Marine Expeditionary Force. He previously served as commander of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

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38. Penny Hart

1996-. (aged 30)

American football player

Marjahn Penny Mathias Hart is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the Georgia State Panthers and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Indianapolis Colts after the 2019 NFL draft.

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39. Cynthia Coffman

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer

Cynthia Honssinger Coffman is an American attorney and politician from the state of Colorado. A Republican, she was elected Attorney General of Colorado in 2014, serving a single term from 2015 to 2019.

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40. Nika Rurua

1968-2018 (aged 50)

filmmaker lawyer politician

Nikoloz "Nika" Rurua was a Georgian politician, and a member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, from 10 October 2008 until 25 October 2012. Rurua previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia.

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41. David Liss

1966-. (aged 60)

writer novelist

David Liss is an American writer of novels, essays and short fiction; more recently working also in comic books. He was born in New Jersey and grew up in South Florida. Liss received his BA degree from Syracuse University, an MA from Georgia State University and his M. Phil from Columbia University. He left his post-graduate studies of 18th Century...

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42. Lynn Westmoreland

1950-. (aged 76)

real estate developer politician

Leon Acton "Lynn" Westmoreland Jr. is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2017 and the 8th district from 2005 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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43. Stephen Dickson

1957-. (aged 69)

Stephen Marshall Dickson is an American former Air Force pilot and Delta Air Lines executive who served as the 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from August 2019 to March 2022.

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44. Nicole Mitchell

1974-. (aged 52)

weather presenter meteorologist politician

Nicole Lynn Mitchell is an American former politician, military officer, and meteorologist. She represented the cities of Woodbury and Maplewood in the Minnesota Senate as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party until her resignation on July 25, 2025. Mitchell was also a lieutenant colonel in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, commanding the 126th Weather Flight, and previously served in...

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45. David Buchanan

1989-. (aged 37)

baseball player

David Andrew Buchanan, is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Fubon...

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46. Lance Krall

1970-. (aged 56)

screenwriter television actor film editor film actor

Lance Krall is an American producer, screenwriter, and actor. He became well known after his portrayal as "Kip" in the role in faux-reality show The Joe Schmo Show. He went on to create and star in The Lance Krall Show and Free Radio. He is the co-founder of Picture It Productions, a television development and production company based in Atlanta.

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47. Aliyah's Interlude

2003-. (aged 23)

fashion influencer singer rapper

Aliyah Bah, known professionally as Aliyah's Interlude, is an American influencer and rapper. After starting her TikTok account in 2020, she became popular on the platform in 2022 for her fashion aesthetic, which became known as AliyahCore online. Her debut single, "It Girl", was released in 2023 and went viral on TikTok.

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48. Maria Chappelle-Nadal

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Maria Nicole Chappelle-Nadal is an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from the 86th district from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat from University City, Missouri, she represented district 14 in the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2019. She previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives from district 72, a position which she held from 2005...

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49. Paul Coverdell

1939-2000 (aged 61)

businessperson politician

Paul Douglas Coverdell was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 1993 until his death in 2000. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the director of the Peace Corps from 1989 to 1991 under President George H. W. Bush.

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50. Will Turpin

1971-. (aged 55)

singer songwriter

William Ross Turpin is an American musician. He is best known for being the bassist of the rock band Collective Soul. He is also a solo artist, and tours with his backing band, the Way. His debut EP, The Lighthouse, was released in 2011. He owns an indie record label called Gooey Music.

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51. Jody Powell

1943-2009 (aged 66)

spokesperson

Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell, Jr. was an American political advisor who served as a White House press secretary during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Powell later co-founded a public relations firm.

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52. Brenda Fitzgerald

obstetrician

Brenda Fitzgerald is an American obstetrician-gynecologist who served as the 17th Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Donald Trump administration from July 2017 to January 2018. Her tenure was one of the shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments. Previously, she was the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health from 2011...

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53. Carolyn D. Meadows

Carolyn Dodgen Meadows is an American conservative activist, who served as president of the National Rifle Association (NRA). She was elected the organization's president in April 2019, after then-president Oliver North resigned. She also serves as 2nd vice chairwoman of the American Conservative Union's board and as chairwoman of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Board of Directors.

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54. Ken Lewis

1947-. (aged 79)

banker

Kenneth D. Lewis is the former CEO, president, and chairman of Bank of America, currently the second largest bank in the United States and twelfth largest by total assets in the world. While CEO of Bank of America, Lewis was noted for purchasing the failing companies Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch, resulting in large losses for the bank and necessitating...

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55. OG Parker

1993-. (aged 33)

songwriter record producer

Joshua Isaih "'OG" Parker, is an American hip hop record producer from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2015, he worked as an in-house producer for the record label Quality Control Music. His stage moniker is adapted from his early affiliation with OG Maco's collective OGG, where he became acquainted with frequent collaborator Deko. Parker has since produced for prominent artists including Megan...

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56. Bee Nguyen

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Bee Nguyen is an American nonprofit executive and politician who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 89th District from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected during a special election in December 2017 to fill the seat vacated following Stacey Abrams's resignation in August 2017 to focus on her...

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57. Henry Jenkins

1958-. (aged 68)

university teacher essayist

Henry Guy Jenkins III is an American media scholar and Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a joint faculty appointment with the USC Rossier School of Education. Previously, Jenkins was the Peter...

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58. Michelle Thaller

1969-. (aged 57)

astronomer physicist journalist university teacher

Michelle Thaller is an American astronomer, research scientist, and science communicator. Thaller is formerly the Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She retired in 2024 after 27 years at NASA.

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59. Mike Collins

1967-. (aged 59)

businessperson politician

Michael Allen Collins Jr. is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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60. Omar Dorsey

1975-. (aged 51)

actor television actor

Omar Dorsey is an American actor. He has appeared in films The Blind Side, Django Unchained (2012), and Selma (2014) playing James Orange. In 2016, Dorsey began starring as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar.

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61. Louie Giglio

1958-. (aged 68)

pastor

Louie Giglio is an American Christian pastor. He is the leader of Passion City Church in Atlanta. The founder of the Passion Movement, he is an author and public speaker.

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62. Kat Cole

1978-. (aged 48)

businessperson

Katrina "Kat" Cole is an American businesswoman. She is the CEO of AG1, formerly known as Athletic Greens. She was previously the chief operating officer and president of North America for Focus Brands and the president of Focus Brands' subsidiary Cinnabon, an American chain of retail bakeries specializing in cinnamon buns. Earlier in her career, she was the executive vice...

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63. Tam O'Shaughnessy

1952-. (aged 74)

children's writer science writer university teacher tennis player psychologist

Tam Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy is an American children's science writer, associate professor emeritus of school psychology, and former professional tennis player. She co-founded the science education company Sally Ride Science together with her life partner, astronaut Sally Ride – the third woman and first American woman in space. The company was relaunched as a nonprofit entity, Sally Ride Science at UC...

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64. R. J. Hunter

1993-. (aged 33)

basketball player

Ronald Jordan Hunter is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Tulane Green Wave. He played college basketball for the Georgia State Panthers under the direction of his father and Georgia State head coach, Ron Hunter, being named twice Sun Belt Player of the Year as well as the Sun Belt Conference Male Athlete of...

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65. Lady Bunny

1962-. (aged 64)

disc jockey film actor promoter drag queen

Lady Bunny, previously known as Bunny Hickory Dickory Dock, is an American drag queen, nightclub DJ, actor, comedian, and event organizer. She is the founder of the annual Wigstock event, as well as an occasional television and radio personality. She has released disco singles such as "Shame, Shame, Shame!" and "The Pussycat Song", and has hosted two one-woman comedy shows,...

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66. Melissa Ponzio

1972-. (aged 54)

film actor actor television actor

Melissa Ponzio is an American actress, best known for her roles as Melissa McCall on Teen Wolf and Karen on The Walking Dead. Ponzio has also starred in Chicago Fire as Donna Robbins-Boden.

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67. Melissa Ordway

1983-. (aged 43)

model actor

Melissa Pam Gaston is an American actress and model. She is best known for portraying Abby Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. In May 2022, Gaston was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama for her portrayal of Abby Newman on The Young and the Restless. Gaston has been featured...

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68. Daffney

1975-2021 (aged 46)

manager professional wrestler actor film actor

Shannon Claire Spruill, better known by her ring name Daffney, was an American professional wrestler and wrestling manager.

69. Ray Stevens

1939-. (aged 87)

singer-songwriter pianist singer record producer

Harold Ray Ragsdale, known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty hits including "Gitarzan" and "The Streak". Stevens has earned gold albums and has worked as a producer, music arranger, and television host. He was also inducted...

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70. Keisha Lance Bottoms

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer politician

Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017, before which she was a member of the Atlanta City Council representing part of Southwest Atlanta. Bottoms did not run for a second term as mayor. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms...

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71. Mike WiLL Made-It

1989-. (aged 37)

songwriter rapper singer record producer

Michael Len Williams II, known professionally as Mike Will Made It (often stylized as Mike WiLL Made-It) or simply Mike Will, is an American record producer. He is best known for producing trap beats for several Southern hip-hop and pop artists on commercially successful singles. His credits include "Black Beatles" and "Powerglide" by Rae Sremmurd, "Mercy" by Kanye West, "No...

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72. William DuVall

1967-. (aged 59)

songwriter guitarist singer record producer

William Bradley DuVall is an American musician. He has been the co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alice in Chains since 2006, sharing vocal duties with Jerry Cantrell. DuVall joined Alice in Chains after original lead singer Layne Staley's death and has recorded three albums with the band: 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue, 2013's The Devil...

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73. Gucci Mane

1980-. (aged 46)

actor businessperson rapper film actor songwriter

Radric Delantic Davis, known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and music executive. He is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, with pioneering the hip-hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences during the 2000s. His debut studio album, Trap House (2005), was released by the independent label Big Cat Records and entered the Billboard 200;...

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74. Lita

1975-. (aged 51)

professional wrestler

Amy Christine Dumas is an American retired professional wrestler and singer. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the ring name Lita, where she performed full-time from 2000 to 2006.

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75. Julia Roberts

1967-. (aged 59)

film producer film actor model stage actor television actor

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films.

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76. Ludacris

1977-. (aged 49)

record producer rapper music executive businessperson actor

Christopher Brian Bridges, known professionally as Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he first began rapping. Starting out with a brief stint as a DJ, he formed the record label Disturbing tha Peace in the late 1990s to release his debut studio album Incognegro (1999). After its single, "What's...

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77. Chesya Burke

writer novelist

Chesya Burke is an American editor, educator and author of comic books and speculative fiction, most notably horror and dark fantasy. She has published over a hundred short stories, essays, and articles in magazines and anthologies such as Clarkesworld, Apex Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, and Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany. Her short story collection Let's Play White...

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78. Grant Henry

1956-. (aged 70)

artist

Grant Henry, aka Sister Louisa, is an American former divinity student, artist, and businessman based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his artwork and installations created as his alter ego "Sister Louisa" and for being the proprietor of the popular Atlanta bar, Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium.

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79. Siobhan Wilson

1994-. (aged 32)

association football player

Siobhan Marie Wilson, also known as Shiv Wilson or just Shiv, is a former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Birmingham City. Born and raised in England to a British Jamaican father, she is capped for the Jamaica women's national team.

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80. Trey Kelley

politician

Othel Doyle Kelley is an American politician and lawyer. He served as the Republican Majority Whip of the Georgia House of Representatives until July 2021 from House District 16, covering much of Bartow, Haralson, and Polk Counties.

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81. Desi Banks

1993-. (aged 33)

actor comedian American football player

Desi Terrell Banks Jr. is an American comedian and actor. He played two seasons of college football for Morehead State as a wide receiver.

82. Jet Lowe

1947-. (aged 79)

photographer architectural photographer

John T. "Jet" Lowe is an American photographer. He is one of the photographers employed by the U.S. National Park Service on the Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) projects, and was the supervisor of engineering photography for HAER until his retirement in July 2013. His book, Industrial Eye: Photographs by Jet Lowe from the Historic...

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83. Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush

1952-. (aged 74)

journalist television presenter

Sharon Dahlonega Bush is an American television newscaster and print journalist. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and resides in Los Angeles, California. She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.

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84. Larry Jaster

1944-. (aged 82)

baseball player

Larry Edward Jaster is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher between 1965 and 1972 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos and the Atlanta Braves. After his playing career, Jaster served as a major league coach and then as a pitching coordinator for the Braves.

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85. Paul A. Lombardo

legal scholar

Paul A. Lombardo is an American legal historian known for his work on the legacy of eugenics and sterilization in the United States. Lombardo’s foundational research corrected the historical record of the 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell. He found Carrie Buck’s school grades and the grades of her child Vivian. He was the last person to...

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86. Mike Malloy

1942-. (aged 84)

television producer radio personality journalist

Michael Dennis Malloy is a progressive American radio broadcaster based in Atlanta. Previously his show has been carried by WSB (AM) Atlanta, WLS (AM) Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network. He is now self-syndicated. Politically, he describes himself as "a traditional Liberal Democrat doing his part...

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87. Bobby Jindal

1971-. (aged 55)

writer politician

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Jindal previously served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 2005 to 2008, and served as chair of the Republican Governors Association from 2012 to 2013.

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88. Walter Fillmore

1933-2017 (aged 84)

military officer

Brigadier General Walter Daniel Fillmore was a general officer in the United States Marine Corps.

89. Joanna Klatten

1985-. (aged 41)

golfer

Joanna Klatten is a French professional golfer who mainly played on the LPGA Tour. She won four tournaments on the ALPG Tour and climbed into the top-100 of the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2014.

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90. Tabetha S. Boyajian

1980-. (aged 46)

astronomer

Tabetha "Tabby" Suzanne Boyajian is an American astronomer and associate professor at Louisiana State University. She works in the fields of stellar interferometry, stellar spectroscopy, exoplanet research, and high angular resolution astronomy, all particularly at optical and infrared wavelengths. Boyajian was the lead author of the September 2015 paper "Where's the Flux?", which investigated the highly unusual light curve of...

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91. Henry Doctor, Jr

1932-2007 (aged 75)

military officer

Lieutenant General Henry Doctor Jr. was the Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth United States Army, based in South Korea. His last assignment was as The Inspector General of the U.S. Army.

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92. Foley Beach

1959-. (aged 67)

bishop

Foley Thomas Beach is an American Anglican bishop. He was the second primate and archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, a church associated with the Anglican realignment movement, and is the first diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the South. Beach was elected as the church's primate on June 21, 2014. His enthronement took place on October...

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93. Taj McWilliams-Franklin

1970-. (aged 56)

basketball player basketball coach

Taj McWilliams-Franklin is an American former professional basketball player.

94. Andy Stanley

1958-. (aged 68)

writer pastor

Charles Andrew Stanley, known as Andy Stanley, is an American clergyman who is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries, a nondenominational evangelical Christian church with several campuses across the north metro Atlanta areas. He is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Community Church.

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95. Brad Raffensperger

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Bradford Jay Raffensperger is an American politician serving as the secretary of state of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50.

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96. Abra

1989-. (aged 37)

actor singer singer-songwriter

Raymond Mikael Camino Abracosa, known as Abra, is a Filipino rapper, hip hop recording artist, and actor. He rose to fame with his hit song "Gayuma," which gained significant popularity, reaching over 100 million views on YouTube by 2025. Prior to his rise in the music scene, he was already well-known as a battle emcee in the FlipTop Battle League.

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97. Farooq Kperogi

1973-. (aged 53)

linguist academic journalist

Farooq Adamu Kperogi is a Nigerian-American professor, author, media scholar, newspaper columnist, blogger and activist. He was a reporter and news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the Daily Trust, Daily Triumph and the now defunct New Nigerian.

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