USA Famous People of South Carolina

South Carolina (SC) 

  • James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972) Senator, Secretary of State, Governorn; born in Charleston.
  • Chubby Checker (1941 - ) Best known for his song "The Twist"; born in Spring Gulley.
  • Mark Clark (1896 - 1984) U.S. Army general that led Allied troops during World War II; president of the Citadel; lived in Charleston.
  • Alex English (1954 - ) - The NBA's most prolific scorer during the 1980's; born in Columbia.
  • Althea Gibson (1927 - ) First African American woman to win Wimbledon and U.S. National tennis championships; born in Silver.
  • Dizzy Gillespie (1917 - 1993) Trumpet player who developed the bebop jazz style during the 1940s; born in Cheraw.
  • Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845) The 7th U.S. president; born in the Waxhaws area.
  • Jesse Jackson (1941 - ) Civil rights leader; born in Greenville.
  • Joe Frazier (1944 - ) 1964 Olympic heavyweight champion.  He was heavyweight champion from 1970-1973; born in Beaufort.
  • Francis Marion (1721 - 1795) Known as the “Swamp Fox” for his strategy of fighting the British during the Revolutionary War; born in Winyah.
  • Robert Mills (1781 - 1855) Designer of the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.; born in Charleston.
  • Julia Peterkin (1880 - 1961) Novelist.  She was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Scarlet Sister Mary in 1929.
  • Vanna White (1957 - ) Famous for turning letters on television’s Wheel of Fortune; born in Conway

More Famous People of South Carolina

  • Whispering Bill Anderson songwriter, Columbia
  • Bernard Baruch statesman, Camden
  • Mary McLeod Bethune educator, Mayesville
  • James Godfather Brown singer, Barnwell
  • Joseph H. Burckhalter inventor, Columbia
  • John C. Calhoun statesman, Calhoun Mills
  • DuBose Heyward poet, playwright, author, Charleston
  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault journalist, Due West
  • Eartha Kitt singer, North
  • Robert Evander McNair governor, Cades
  • Ronald McNair astronaut, Lake City
  • John Rutledge jurist, Charleston
  • Strom Thurmond politician, Edgefield
  • Charles Hard Townes physicist, Greenville
  • William Westmoreland army chief of staff, Spartanburg

 

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