page_title: List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)
section_title: W
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Georgia (U.S. state) / Notable Georgians / W
caption_attribution_description: actor/singer known mostly as Ned Bigby on Ned's Declassified.... Also on the show Greek.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people born in, or notable for their association with, Georgia.
context_section_description: Adam Wainwright, baseball player
  Rick Waits, baseball player, pitching coach
  Waka Flocka Flame, rapper; born in New York City
  Erik Walden, football player
  Phil Walden, music producer
  Alice Walker, author
  Butch Walker, musician
  Greg Walker, baseball player
  Herschel Walker, football player
  Aria Wallace, actress
  John Waller, musician
  Susan Walters, actress and model
  Hines Ward, football player; born in South Korea
  Matthias Ward, lawyer; U.S. Senator from Texas
  DJ Ware, football player
  Fredi Washington, actress
  Douglass Watson, actor
  James Moore Wayne, judge
  Spencer Wells, geneticist, anthropologist
  Devon Werkheiser, actor and musician
  John Wesley, Savannah theologian; born in the United Kingdom
  Allen West, politician
  Kanye West, recording artist; raised in Chicago, Illinois
  Mario West, basketball player; born in Alabama
  Jake Westbrook, baseball player
  Philip Wheeler, football player
  Zack Wheeler, baseball player
  Corey White, football player
  Mary Jarrett White, first woman to vote in the state of Georgia
  Charlie Whitehurst, football player; born in Wisconsin
  Steve Whitmire, puppeteer
  Eli Whitney, inventor; born in Massachusetts
  Laura Slade Wiggins, actress, singer, musician
  J. J. Wilcox, football player
  Dominique Wilkins, basketball player
  Gerald Wilkins, basketball player
  Ellis E. Williams, actor; comedian
  Gary Anthony Williams, comedian
  Louis Williams, basketball player; born in Tennessee
  Porsha Williams, TV personality
  Alicia Leigh Willis, actress
  Garry Wills, author, journalist, and historian
  Cindy Wilson, singer-songwriter; founding member of the new wave band The B-52s
  Ricky Wilson, guitarist; founding member of the new wave band The B-52s
  Scott Wilson, actor
  Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States; raised in Augusta; practiced law in Atlanta
  Blake Wood, baseball player
  Joanne Woodward, actress
  G. L. P. Wren, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1884 to 1896; native of Putnam County, Georgia
  David McCord Wright, economist
  Lizz Wright, singer
  Rayfield Wright, Pro Hall of Fame football player
  Will Wright, game designer
  Jarius Wynn, football player
caption: Actor and musician Devon Werkheiser
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