SL Sonny Landham
1941–2017 American actor
Chris Singleton
born 1989 American basketball player
John Hannah
born 1951 American football player, offensive lineman, coach
Joseph Mackey Brown
1851–1932 American politician, Georgia
Bruce Miller
born 1987 American football player
Joe Thomas
born 1948 American basketball player
Charley Hannah
born 1955 American football player
Chase Miller
born 1987 American stock car racing driver
Julius L. Brown
1848–1910 American attorney
Albert John Henderson
1920–1999 United States federal judge
Bill Byrd
1907–1991 Negro league pitcher
Brittain Brown
born 1997 American football player
Charles Martin
1959–2005 American football player, born 1959
Robert D. Rucker
born 1952 105th justice appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court
Bob Hasty
1896–1972 American baseball player
Eli D. Hoyle
1851–1921 United States general
J. Marshall Shepherd
American meteorologist
Mike Keown
born 1954 American politician
Montrell Washington
born 1999 American football player
Myrtle Brooke
1872–1948 Educator, social worker, and mental health pioneer
Jayson Foster
born 1985 American football player
Elaine Hubbard
1950–2016 American mathematician
Elijah Tucker
born 2003 American basketball player
Jerry Forsh
born 1949 Actor and poet
Lily Starfire
born 2001 American pornographic actress
Todd Dickerson
born 1983 American entrepreneur
Also called Canton home
DP Darla Pruett
born 1968 Miss Georgia 1990
Victoria Hill
born 1999 Miss Georgia 2019