Association, born in Marietta Rodrigo Blankenship, American football placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) Billy Burns, Major League Baseball player Jaylen Brown, NBA player for Boston Celtics Marlon Byrd, former Major League Baseball player K Camp, rapper James M. Canty, educator and businessman Lucius D. Clay, general, US Army, Military Governor of Germany post-World War II Jonathan Dwyer, former NFL player Ajani Fortune, soccer player for Atlanta United Frank Freyer, 14th Naval Governor of Guam and Chief of Staff of Peruvian Navy George H. Gay Jr., sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 at Battle of Midway Arik Gilbert, football player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Corey Heim, NASCAR driver Cedric Henderson, NBA player for Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks Jack Hensley, murdered in Iraq Richard Howell (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of Israeli Basketball Premier League Marvin Hudson, Major League Baseball umpire Lucy McBath, activist and US Representative Jerick McKinnon, NFL Player for Kansas City Chiefs Adam Morgan, MLB player for Philadelphia Phillies Jim Nash, former MLB player Melanie Oudin, professional tennis player, US Open 2009 quarterfinalist Jennifer Paige, singer Lennon Parham, actress and comedian Robert Patrick, actor Ron Pope, singer/songwriter Marco Restrepo, musician Billy Joe Royal, singer Chris Robinson, former Black Crowes singer Rich Robinson, former Black Crowes guitar player Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels), professional wrestler Ray Traylor, professional wrestler who performed as Big Boss Man, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016 Lawson Vaughn, MLS professional soccer player Trey Sermon, American football runningback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) Daniela Silivaș-Harper, Romanian gymnast and coach Ron Simmons, professional wrestler, member of WWE Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame Dansby Swanson, Major League Baseball player for Atlanta Braves, first overall pick in 2015 MLB Draft Emily Sonnett, professional soccer player for the U.S. women's national soccer team and Orlando Pride Luke Thomas, MMA journalist, lived for two years in Marietta and graduated from Marietta High School Travis Tritt, country music singer and composer Lynn Turner, convicted murderer Jeff Walls, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of Guadalcanal Diary Isadora Williams, American-Brazilian figure skater who represented Brazil at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Michael Len Williams II (Mike Will Made It), record producer Xavier Woods (Austin Watson), professional wrestler, YouTube personality Joanne Woodward, actress and married to Paul Newman. Jabari Zuniga, NFL player for