People from Manchester, Georgia

Bill Mathis (December 10, 1938 - October 20, 2020) is a former American college and professional football player. A halfback, he is in the Clemson University Hall of Fame, South Carolina Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Hall of Fame. He started his professional career with the American Football League's New York Titans, and played his entire career with the AFL's New York franchise. One of four Titans who remained with the New York Jets to play in and win a World Championship game, Mathis led the American Football League in carries in 1961 and was selected by his peers to the Sporting News 1961 AFL All-League team. He was an AFL Eastern Division All-Star in 1961 and 1963. Mathis had a collarbone broken in the third game of 1961, against the Boston Patriots. He played in the next game, and in fact in all the remaining games of the season.

Stuart Woods (January 9, 1938 – July 22, 2022) was an American novelist, known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring the Stone Barrington character.

Claude A. Bray, Jr. (July 14, 1931 – June 12, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician.

Horance Gibbs "Buddy" Davis Jr. (June 14, 1924 – August 16, 2004) was an American journalist and educator. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for a series of editorials on school integration.

Antabia "Tay" Waller (born July 11, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Igokea of the Bosnian League and the Adriatic League.

Alfred L. Jenkins was an American diplomat, lecturer and author, born September 14, 1916, in Manchester, Georgia. He was a political authority on Chinese-American relations and served under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. Jenkins has been called "Mr. China" and participated in Sino-American relations for more than twenty years.

Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee; January 9, 1938 – July 22, 2022) was an American novelist, known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring protagonist Stone Barrington.

Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee; January 9, 1938 – July 22, 2022) was an American novelist, known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring protagonist Stone Barrington.

Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee; January 9, 1938 – July 22, 2022) was an American novelist, known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring protagonist Stone Barrington.

Stuart Woods (born Stuart Chevalier Lee; January 9, 1938 – July 22, 2022) was an American novelist, known best for his first novel Chiefs and his series of novels featuring protagonist Stone Barrington.