Famous People from South Carolina

South Carolina Biographies, Famous People from South Carolina

Alexander McGillivray

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 televisions 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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