Paris Balenciaga, drag queen and television personality, best known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 3) Ashley D. Bell, American politician Jodi Benson, voice actress for Princess Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid Roy D. Bridges, Jr., astronaut Casey Cagle, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia 2007–2019 Rod Cameron, actor Allen D. Candler, Governor of Georgia Cris Carpenter, former Major League Baseball pitcher Daniel Carver, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon John Casper, astronaut Doug Collins member of the United States House of Representatives Jason Cross, professional wrestler Henry Crowder, professional jazz musician Jody Davis, professional baseball player Nathan Deal, 82nd Governor of Georgia, grew up in Millen Dexter Fowler, Major League Baseball center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals Jentezen Franklin, Pastor Chan Gailey, former head coach of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys/Buffalo Bills and the NCAA's Troy State/Georgia Tech football clubs John Driskell Hopkins, bassist for the Zac Brown Band Corey Hulsey, football guard for the Detroit Lions Tasha Humphrey, Washington Mystics basketball player A.J. Johnson current Denver Broncos linebacker; former University of Tennessee linebacker T.J. Jones, current Detroit Lions wide receiver; former University of Notre Dame wide receiver Sung Kang, actor James Longstreet, Controversial Confederate general and Gainesville postmaster; grew up in Gainesville and moved there from New Orleans in 1875 Reg Murphy, former president and vice chairman, National Geographic Society; publisher, Baltimore Sun; editor and publisher, San Francisco Examiner; editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Alexander R. Nininger, World War II Medal of Honor recipient, Battle of Bataan Micah Owings, Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Pobst, professional racing driver Robert Prechter, financial forecaster (1980s "Guru of the Decade") Blake Sims, former University of Alabama Quarterback James Milton Smith, Governor of Georgia AJ Styles, professional wrestler signed to WWE Deshaun Watson, American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson Mike Wilson, former National Football League offensive lineman See also 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak References External links City of Gainesville official website Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Hall County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1818 1818 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated lakeshore places in the United States