Who Is The Most Famous Georgia In The World?
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Vote up all of the Georgias you've heard of.
How many celebrities named Georgia can you think of? The famous Georgias below have many different professions, including notable actors named Georgia, famous artists named Georgia, and even musicians named Georgia.
Georgia O'Keefe is certainly one of the most famous Georgias on this list. One of the famous painters named Georgia, she is considered the Mother of American modernism. “Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue” and her “Red Canna” paintings are among her most famous works.
Another of the famous people with the first name Georgia is Georgia Jagger. She is a model and designer. She is the daughter of supermodel Jerry Hall and Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger.
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Georgia Carroll
11/18/1919Georgia Carroll (November 18, 1919 – January 14, 2011) was an American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Carroll, she was born in Blooming Grove, Texas, where her father raised sheep. Her family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School.One of Carroll's early jobs was modeling for a department store in Dallas, Texas. She eventually went to New York City and worked for the John Powers modeling agency. While she worked as a model in New York, she took vocal lessons.She had her first brush with celebrity when she was the model for "The Spirit of the Centennial" statue at the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The statue still stands in front of what is now The Women's Museum. She was a 1937 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas and has been inducted into the school's Hall of Fame along with many other well-known graduates. Carroll came to Hollywood when producers wanted her to play Daisy Mae in a film version of the Li'l Abner. Her height cost her that opportunity, however, when she turned out to be taller than the actor selected to play the title character.Her acting career began in 1941 when she appeared in several uncredited small roles in films such as Maisie Was a Lady with Lew Ayres and Ann Sothern, Ziegfeld Girl with Judy Garland, as well as You're in the Army Now and Navy Blues, in both of which she appeared with the Navy Blues Sextette.She appeared as Betsy Ross in the James Cagney musical Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942. She also did modelling during this time, appearing in advertisements for Jewelite hairbrushes, among other products. Anne Taintor used some of these advertisements featuring Carroll to express the voice of the modern woman.In 1943, Carroll joined Kay Kyser's band, (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge), as a featured vocalist. Capitalizing on her good looks, she was given the nickname "Gorgeous Georgia Carroll", probably as a joking reference to the professional wrestler George Wagner, who used the name "Gorgeous George". As a member of Kyser's band, Carroll appeared in three films: Around the World, Carolina Blues, and most notably the Second World War-era "morale booster" Thousands Cheer which gave fans a chance to see Kyser and his band in Technicolor. Kyser's band has a featured performance near the end of the film, with Carroll delivering a key solo interlude of the Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown standard, "Should I?" In 1945, Carroll married Kyser and made no further film appearances, retiring from performing in 1946; Kyser himself retired from performing in 1951. The couple, who had three children, remained married until his death in 1985. Carroll had been living in Chapel Hill since retirement. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is custodian of a large archive of documents and material about Kay Kyser which was donated by Carroll.Georgia Carroll died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on January 14, 2011.- Birthplace: Texas, USA, Blooming Grove
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Georgia Middleman
12/27/1967Georgia Leigh Middleman (born December 27, 1967) is an American country singer. Middleman sang from age ten at the Texas Star Inn in San Antonio, and began writing songs shortly thereafter. She sold recordings of her first song, There's a Rainbow in Everybody's Heart, on her elementary school playground. In her teens, she opened in concert for Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, and collaborated with Dick Wagner at age 17. After graduating from high school, she attended New York University on a theater scholarship, and worked on Off-Broadway shows and as a songwriter. Following her schooling, she moved to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a career in acting, but by 1992 she had moved to Nashville to pursue music. She worked odd jobs and played locally before taking a job as a songwriter for Polygram Records in 1997. Soon after she was overheard by the president of Giant Records at a local show, who signed her. The label released her debut in 2001, after she had scored two country radio hits in the U.S.. Middleman also co-wrote Radney Foster's 1998 single "I'm In," which was later released as a single by The Kinleys in 2000 and Keith Urban in 2009. She also co-wrote Tracy Lawrence's 2004 single "It's All How You Look at It" and Sarah Buxton's 2006 debut single "Innocence." Middleman is a member of Blue Sky Riders, a country music trio also featuring Kenny Loggins and Gary Burr, her husband. They released their debut album, Finally Home, on January 29, 2013.Middleman also performs with Burr as the country duo Middleman Burr. The twosome released their first LP as a duo, I Like The Sound of That!, in January 2017. - 3Georgia Moffett is an actress and producer who appeared in "Staged," "In The Dark," and "Tom Brown's School Days."
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
- 4Georgia Hubley is an American percussionist, vocalist, and visual artist. She is one of the two founding members of the alternative-rock band Yo La Tengo. She is married to the group's other founding member, guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan, with whom she lives in New Jersey. The two would often see each other in record shops and at the same shows. Finding a common ground in music, and sharing a love of New York Mets baseball, they began hanging out and jamming together. They formed the band in 1984, and released their first album, Ride the Tiger, in 1986 on the Coyote label. In addition to her duties as drummer and vocalist, Hubley has designed covers for the band's releases. She also plays occasional guitar, keyboard, drum machine on the band's recordings. Georgia is a daughter of UPA studios animators John Hubley and Faith Elliott Hubley, and a sister of Emily Hubley.
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Georgia Horsley
12/06/1986Georgia Faye Jones (née Horsley; born 6 December 1986) won the Miss England 2007 title and represented England in the Miss World 2007 pageant, which was held in Sanya, China on December 1 that year.- Birthplace: Malton, United Kingdom
- 6Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist. She was best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism".In 1905, O'Keeffe began her serious formal art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then the Art Students League of New York, but she felt constrained by her lessons that focused on recreating or copying what was in nature. In 1908, unable to fund further education, she worked for two years as a commercial illustrator, and then taught in Virginia, Texas, and South Carolina between 1911 and 1918. During that time, she studied art during the summers between 1912 and 1914 and was introduced to the principles and philosophies of Arthur Wesley Dow, who created works of art based upon personal style, design, and interpretation of subjects, rather than trying to copy or represent them. This caused a major change in the way she felt about and approached art, as seen in the beginning stages of her watercolors from her studies at the University of Virginia and more dramatically in the charcoal drawings that she produced in 1915 that led to total abstraction. Alfred Stieglitz, an art dealer and photographer, held an exhibit of her works in 1917. Over the next couple of years, she taught and continued her studies at the Teachers College, Columbia University in 1914 and 1915. She moved to New York in 1918 at Stieglitz's request and began working seriously as an artist. They developed a professional relationship and a personal relationship that led to their marriage in 1924. O'Keeffe created many forms of abstract art, including close-ups of flowers, such as the Red Canna paintings, that many found to represent female genitalia, although O'Keeffe consistently denied that intention. The reputation of the portrayal of women's sexuality was also fueled by explicit and sensuous photographs that Stieglitz had taken and exhibited of O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe and Stieglitz lived together in New York until 1929, when O'Keeffe began spending part of the year in the Southwest, which served as inspiration for her paintings of New Mexico landscapes and images of animal skulls, such as Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue and Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills. After Stieglitz's death, she lived permanently in New Mexico at Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio in Abiquiú, until the last years of her life when she lived in Santa Fe. In 2014, O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed sold for $44,405,000, more than three times the previous world auction record for any female artist. After her death, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum was established in Santa Fe.
- Birthplace: USA, Wisconsin, Sun Prairie
- 7Georgia Henshaw (born 11 July 1993) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles on British television. Among her leading roles have been those of member of "The Ace Gang", Rosie in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, and as JJ's love interest, Lara, in Skins. She has also appeared as Cassie Claypole in the BBC Three show Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. From 2011 to 2012, she was in the BBC drama Waterloo Road as Madeline 'Madi' Diamond.
- Birthplace: Swansea, United Kingdom
- 8Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015. In 2015 she was runner-up on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. She came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.
- Birthplace: Bury, UK
- 9Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger is an English fashion model.
- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
- 10Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the successful sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 to 1977 and Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond from 2003 to 2005. During her career, Engel received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
- 11Georgia Frontiere (born Violet Frances Irwin; November 21, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was an American businesswoman and entertainer. She was the majority owner and chairperson of the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams football team and the most prominent female owner in a league historically dominated by males.During her nearly three decades in charge (1979–2008), the Rams made the playoffs 14 seasons, played in 25 postseason games, won 13 postseason games, reached the Super Bowl three times and won the championship game once in 2000. Her commitment to the team earned her the nickname "Madame Ram".Also a philanthropist, Frontiere created the St. Louis Rams Foundation, sat on the board of the local United Way chapter, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and the American Foundation for AIDS Research and made numerous charitable contributions both to the arts and to other organizations in St. Louis and elsewhere.
- Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri
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Georgia Fudge
Georgia Fudge (also known as Georgia Miller) was one of the first professional female bodybuilders in the early 1980s. At a height of 5 ft 8 in, she competed at a bodyweight of around 125–130 lb. Georgia Fudge is in Florida. While she no longer models, she remains active in the fitness and wellness industry. She is a certified personal trainer with over three decades of fitness experience. She trains men and women at the LA Fitness several days every week. She has also previously competed and trained under the names of Georgia Fig and Georgia Miller. - 13Georgia Groome is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in London to Brighton and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
- Birthplace: Derby, England
- 14Georgia Neese Clark Gray (January 27, 1898 – October 26, 1995) was the first woman Treasurer of the United States, serving from 1949 to 1953.
- 15Georgia Frost (born 30 July 1990) is an English model.
- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
- 16Scottish actress Georgia King first appeared in a small supporting role in the 2006 BBC miniseries "Jane Eyre." The next year she appeared in two more supporting parts in television movies "The History of Mr. Polly" (2007) and "The Shadow in the North" (2007) the latter production based on the novel by Philip Pullman and starring Billie Piper and Matt Smith. She next landed a bigger role opposite Emma Roberts in the feature film teen comedy "Wild Child" (2008) playing Roberts's arch-nemesis at a posh English boarding school. After co-starring in another historical film, "The Duchess" (2008) starring Kiera Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, and Charlotte Rampling, King got a meatier role in the all-star miniseries "Little Dorrit" (BBC 2008) playing the character of Pet Meagles. In 2009, King starred in the body-count horror thriller "Tormented" (2009) playing a snobby teen who has the distinction of being the first to die a ghastly death at the hands of a vengeful zombie spirit. That same year King found herself in yet another boarding school in her first U.S. movie "Tanner Hall" (2009) starring opposite Rooney Mara. She also co-starred in John Landis' return to horror/comedy, "Burke & Hare" (2010), about the notorious grave robbers, and had a small part in the teen romantic comedy "Chalet Girl" (2011). Supporting roles in romantic drama "One Day" (2011), self-descriptive horror comedy "Cockneys vs. Zombies" (2012) and romantic comedy "Austenland" (2012) followed. During this period, King co-starred on the American sitcom "The New Normal" (NBC 2012-13) as the surrogate mother for a gay couple. After co-starring in the black comedy "Kill Your Friends" (2015), King returned to American TV as co-star of the comedy "Vice Principals" (HBO 2016- ).
- Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 17Georgia Craig is an actress.
- Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
- 18Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (from 1997 to 2003, 2016–present), as Ruth Winters in the BBC show Casualty (from 2007–11), and as Kate Barker in Law & Order: UK (from 2013–14).
- Birthplace: Wigan, United Kingdom, Billinge
- 19Georgia Me is an actress.
- Birthplace: Georgia, USA, Atlanta
- 20Georgia Simmerling is an Olympic Alpine Skier from Canada.
- Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
- 21Georgia Gibbs (born Frieda Lipschitz, August 17, 1919 – December 9, 2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs first achieved acclaim (and notoriety) in the mid-1950s interpreting songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community and later as a featured vocalist on a long list of radio and television variety and comedy programs. Her key attribute was tremendous versatility and an uncommon stylistic range from melancholy ballad to uptempo swinging jazz and rock and roll.
- Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- 22Georgia Anne Muldrow (born 1983) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. AllMusic described her as "one of the most daring and important (albeit underappreciated) artists of her time". In 2008, she co-founded the SomeOthaShip Connect record label with fellow artist and husband Dudley Perkins.
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
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Georgia Lee
01/01/1976Georgia Lee is an American independent film director. Her work includes the 2006 film Red Doors.- Birthplace: USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Georgia Slowe
06/03/1966Georgia Slowe (born 3 June 1966) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Perdita Hyde-Sinclair on the British soap opera Emmerdale from 2006 to 2008. Slowe received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Juliet in a 1989 production of Romeo and Juliet.- Birthplace: England, London
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Georgia Apostolou
11/05/1966Georgia Apostolou (Greek: Γεωργία Αποστόλου; 5 January 1973 – 12 June 2016) was a Greek actress and fashion model. She was best known for starring in popular TV series such as Fili zois, Aliki (TV series)|Aliki, Pes to psemata and Erotas. She died on 12 June 2016 at the age of 43.- Birthplace: Athens, Greece
- 26Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992) was an English singer and actress.
- Birthplace: Whitechapel, London, England, UK
- 27Georgia Gould (born January 5, 1980) is an American professional mountain bike, cyclocross competitor, and Olympian (2008, 2012). She has earned five career national championships – four in cross-country mountain bike in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and one in short track mountain bike in 2009. In 2012, Gould won the bronze medal at the London Olympic Games in cross country mountain bike. From 2006-2016 Gould was employed by the LUNA Pro Team. She currently resides in East Burke, Vermont with her husband, Dusty LaBarr.
- Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
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Georgia Harkness
04/21/1891Georgia Elma Harkness (1891–1974) was an American Methodist theologian and philosopher. Harkness has been described as one of the first significant American female theologians and was important in the movement to legalize the ordination of women in American Methodism. Harkness was born on April 21, 1891, in Harkness, New York, a town named after her grandfather, to J. Warren and Lillie (née Merrill) Harkness. In 1912, she completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University, which had begun admitting women in 1872. At Cornell, she came under the influence of James Edwin Creighton. She spent several years as a high school teacher before enrolling at Boston University, from which she would receive a Master of Religious Education degree and a Master of Arts degree in philosophy in 1920. She completed her doctoral studies in philosophy at Boston University in 1923 with the submission of a dissertation titled The Philosophy of Thomas Hill Green, with Special Reference to the Relations Between Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion, which was written under the supervision of the Boston personalist philosopher Edgar S. Brightman.Harkness served on the faculty of Elmira College from 1923 to 1937 and of Mount Holyoke College from 1937 to 1939. Professor of applied theology at Garrett Biblical Institute (1939–1950) and the Pacific School of Religion (1950–1961), she was the first woman to obtain full professorship in an American theological seminary, and became a leading figure in the modern ecumenical movement. She became the first female member of the American Theological Society.Harkness had an affinity for ministry through poetry and the arts. Her theological interests centered on the influence of the ecumenical church, eschatology, applied theological thought, and a desire for all persons to understand the Christian faith. She made clear a distaste for the doctrine of original sin, saying that "the sooner it disappears, the better it is for theology."Harkness died on August 21, 1974, in Claremont, California. - 29
Georgia Kacandes
Georgia Kacandes is a film producer. - 30
Georgia Lee Lusk
05/12/1893Georgia Lee Witt Lusk (May 12, 1893 – January 5, 1971) was the first female U.S. Congressional representative from New Mexico, an educator, and a devoted public servant.- Birthplace: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
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Georgia Cayvan
08/22/1857Georgie Eva Cayvan (August 22, 1857 – November 19, 1906) was a popular stage actress in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century.- Birthplace: Bath, Maine
- 32Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 15, 1966), was an African-American poet, one of the earliest African-American female playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
- Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
- 33Georgia Theodora Hale (June 25, 1900 – June 17, 1985) was an actress of the silent movie era.
- Birthplace: USA, Saint Joseph, Missouri
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Georgia Caine
10/30/1876Georgia Caine was an American actress who appeared in "Camille," "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," and "Juarez."- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
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Georgia Davis Powers
10/19/1923Georgia Davis Powers (née Montgomery; October 19, 1923 – January 30, 2016) was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967, she was the first person of color and the first woman elected to the senate. During her term, she was "regarded as the leading advocate for blacks, women, children, the poor, and the handicapped," and was the chair of the Health and Welfare committee from 1970-76 and the Labor and Industry committee from 1978-88.Powers attended the Louisville Municipal College, worked for organizations concerning civil and equal rights, and received an honorary doctorates from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, among other honors. She died in 2016 of congestive heart failure.- Birthplace: Springfield, Kentucky, USA
