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Herbert Jefferson Jr. was born on 28 September 1946 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Outbreak (1995), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Apollo 13 (1995).

Ginger Stanley was born on 19 December 1931 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man (2014) and Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man (2004). She died on 19 January 2023 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Elijah Muhammad was born on 7 October 1897 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. He was married to Clara Evans. He died on 25 February 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Willie Lee Duckworth was born on 8 January 1924 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. Willie Lee died on 9 February 2004 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA.

Peggy Anne Ellis was born on 27 September 1925 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Country Style (1950), Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948) and The Steve Allen Show (1950). She was married to Walter Fried and Art Fleming. She died on 8 February 2014 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

Georgia White was born in Sandersville, Georgia, USA in 1903. She was an African-American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s.

Little is known of her early life, but by the late 1920s she was singing in clubs in Chicago. She made her first recording, "When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles With You," with Jimmie Noone's orchestra in 1930. She returned to the studio in 1935, and over the next six years recorded over 100 tracks for Decca Records, usually accompanied by the pianist Richard M. Jones and also, in the late 1930s, by the guitarist Lonnie Johnson.

She also recorded under the name Georgia Lawson. Her tracks included "I'll Keep Sitting on It," "Take Me for a Buggy Ride," "Mama Knows What Papa Wants When Papa's Feeling Blue," and "Hot Nuts." Her best-known song was "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (1935).

White formed an all-female band in the 1940s. She also performed with Bumble Bee Slim. She joined Big Bill Broonzy's Laughing Trio in 1949 as pianist. "She was very easy to get along with," said Broonzy, "real friendly." She was a club singer in the 1950s, finally performing in 1959 in Chicago. She then resumed performing on weekends at the Blue Pub, a bar on Irving Park Road near the Kennedy Expressway, where she quickly won a loyal following. She sang many of her famous songs, including "Maybe I'm Wrong Again," a ballad from an early Bing Crosby movie.

One of her songs, "Alley Boogie" which was recorded on 9 November 1937 was used as the theme music for the British romantic comedy drama series, Love Soup (2005).

Takeo Spikes was born on 17 December 1976 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for V.I.P. (1998), On the Fritz and The NFL on CBS (1956).