re: List your home state's native born Legends (SEC states)

Outside of athletics, the state of Georgia claims:
(off the top of my head)

Dakota Fanning
Ryan Seacrest
Julia Roberts
Bill Goldberg & Hulk Hogan
Allman Brothers Band
R.E.M.
B-52s
Drivin N Cryin
Black Crowes
Indigo Girls
Widespread Panic
Sevendust
Ray Charles
Lawrence Fishburne
Amy Grant
Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, and Trisha Yearwood
Gladys Knight
DeForest Kelley
Lady Antebellum
Margaret Mitchell
"Doc" Holliday
Miriam Hopkins
Little Richard & Otis Redding
Jason Aldean
Kim Basinger
Bobbie Eakes
Jeff Foxworthy
T.I.
Lewis Grizzard
Ed Helms (The Daily Show)
Holly Hunter
Kenan Thompson
Chris Tucker
Brittany Murphy
Robert Patrick
Clark Howard
Deborah Norville
Paula Deen
Alice Walker
Collective Soul
The Atlanta Rhythm Section
Joanne Woodward
Josh Kelley (Katherine Heigl's Husband)
Spike Lee
Sugarland
OutKast
Ty Pennington
Burt Reynolds
Brooke Anderson
Billy Currington & Luke Bryan
Zac Brown Band

Not sure if the above are considered "legends" but they are well recognized in the entertainment industry.

And of course Martin Luther King, Jr., President Jimmy Carter, the Girl Scouts of America founder, John Pemberton of Coca-Cola & Sequoyah!