Ron Rash
born 1953 American poet, short story writer and novelist
Allison Feaster
born 1976 American basketball player
William H. Brawley
1841–1916 United States federal judge
John J. Hemphill
1849–1912 American politician
Robert W. Hemphill
1915–1983 American politician
Devan Downey
born 1987 American basketball player
Elizabeth Talford Scott
1916–2011 American folk artist
John Dunovant
1825–1864 Brigadier general in the Confederate States Army of the American Civil War
Bobby Gage
1927–2005 American football player
George McCorkle
1947–2007 American musician
J. Charles Jones
1937–2019 American civil rights activist
John King
born 1975 American politician from South Carolina
Vivian Ayers Allen
1923–2025 American poet and activist
Antonio Larell Davis
born 1972 American boxer
Greg Delleney
born 1952 American politician
Paul Hardin, Jr.
1903–1996 Bishop in The Methodist Church
Tony Stewart
born 1968 American gridiron football player
Charlie Parks
1917–1987 American baseball player
John F. Simpson Sr.
1919–1995 American harness racing trainer-driver
Ken Callicutt
born 1955 American football running back
Sarah Oliphant
born 1951 American artist and backdrop painter
Zip Hanna
1916–2001 American football player
Clarence N. Stone
born 1935 American professor of political science and public policy
De'Ja Marshall
born 1998 American basketball player
Robert Davidson
1902–1985 American philosopher and religious studies scholar
William Patterson Timmie
1891–1972 Manager of the Atlanta Capitol City Club and Emory University benefactor
Also called Chester home
QP Quan Peterson
American football defensive back, Syracuse