Below is a list of famous people from our Island:
- Jonathan Byrd, professional golfer
- Tina McElroy Ansa, novelist, journalist, essayist, and short-story writer.
- Griffin Bell, former U.S. Attorney General
- Iris Faircloth Blitch, former United States Representative to congress.
- Morgan Brian, member of the United States women’s national soccer team, World Cup Champion, Olympian
- Alton Brown, Food Network Personality
- Jim Brown, Hall of Fame NFL player and actor
- Kwame Brown, Former NBA player, Glynn Academy High School
- Jack Davis, cartoonist.
- William Diehl, Award-winning novelist, New York Times Best Seller list
- Zach Johnson, professional golfer
- Bessie Jones, gospel singer
- Matt Kuchar, professional golfer
- Davis Love III, professional golfer
- Mack Mattingly, former U.S. Senator
- J. Reginald Murphy, former editor of Atlanta Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle, and former president of National Geographic Society
- Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator
- Eugenia Price, Author of the Georgia Trilogy and St. Simons Trilogy, among other historical novels.
- Bob Schieffer, American television journalist and former anchor of the CBS Evening News
- John Smoltz, retired MLB pitcher, formerly with the Atlanta Braves
- Adam Wainwright, MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995, first disabled Miss America.
- Larry White, Vice President, Architectural Components Group Inc.
- Sam Hunt Part-time resident, country singer.
