The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Charleston, South Carolina, United States (categorized by area in which each person is best known):
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Ernest Everett Just Glover Crane Arnold (1849– 1906), instructor of anatomy and surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and New York University 's Medical College Rick Brewer (born 1956), a former administrator at Charleston Southern University ; current president of Louisiana College in Pineville , Louisiana [1] Robert Furchgott (1916– 2009), biochemist and Nobel LaureateErnest Everett Just (1883– 1941), biologistElias Marks (1790– 1886), founder of South Carolina Female Collegiate InstituteWilliam Ephraim Mikell (1868–1944), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School , a summer home in CharlestonLewis Timothy (1699– 1738), first American librarianWilliam Charles Wells (1757– 1817), physicianShepard Fairey
David Carson (born 1956), graphic designerShepard Fairey (born 1970), artist known for Andre the Giant "Obey" and Barack Obama "Hope" stencil piecesJessica Hische (born 1984), illustratorRobert Mills (1781– 1855), architectJames C. Saltus (1837– 1883), carpenterStella F Simon (1878– 1973), photographerPhilip Simmons (1912– 2009), ironworkerMerton Simpson , (1928– 2013), abstract expressionist artist, African art collector, musicianElizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979), artist, author, lecturer, and preservationistBeth Daniel Art Shell Gorman Thomas Roddy White
Jarrell Brantley (born 1996), basketball playerLuther Broughton (born 1974), NFL playerNehemiah Broughton (born 1982), NFL playerKwame Brown (born 1982), basketball playerJasmine Camacho-Quinn (born 1996), Olympic gold medalist/ hurdlerGarrett Chisolm (born 1988), NFL playerBeth Daniel (born 1956), professional golferZola Davis (born 1975), NFL and XFL playerCarlos Dunlap (born 1989), NFL playerOronde Gadsden (born 1971), NFL playerA. J. Green (born 1988), NFL playerHarold Green (born 1968), NFL playerAnthony Johnson (born 1974), NBA playerJavon Kinlaw (born 1997), NFL playerKatrina McClain Johnson (born 1965), Olympic gold medalist; retired WNBA playerByron Maxwell (born 1988), NFL playerTre McLean (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League David Meggett (born 1966), NFL playerKhris Middleton (born 1991), NBA playerBud Moore (born 1941), NASCAR driverLangston Moore (born 1981), former NFL playerOvie Mughelli (born 1980), NFL playerJosh Powell (born 1983), NBA playerLaron Profit (born 1977), NBA playerRobert Quinn (born 1990), NFL playerVicente Reyes (born 2003), USL playerEdmond Robinson (born 1992), NFL playerArt Shell (born 1946), NFL player and coachBrandon Shell (born 1992), NFL playerGorman Thomas (born 1950), MLB playerRoddy White (born 1981), NFL playerDennis Williams (born 1965), basketball playerSallie Krawcheck
Bill Backer (1926–2016), advertising executive known for Coca-Cola campaignsJames Gadsden (1788– 1858), U.S. minister to Mexico; president of the South Carolina Railroad CompanySallie Krawcheck (born 1964), Citigroup chief financial officerJoseph Wragg (1698–1751), pioneer of the large-scale slave trade and member and president of the South Carolina Executive CouncilStephen Colbert Lauren Hutton
Akim Anastopoulo (born 1960), television judge “Extreme Akim” on Eye for an Eye William Abbott (1790– 1843), manager of the New Charleston Theatre [2] Angry Grandpa (1950– 2017), internet personalityFrank Birnbaum (1922–2005), 20th century classical composer and Jewish cantorCkay1 (born 1982), music composer, arranger, and producerStephen Colbert (born 1964), comedianJoel Derfner (born 1973), musical theater composerAndy Dick (born 1965), comedianArthur Freed (1894– 1973), Hollywood producer, composer, and writerThomas Gibson (born 1962), actorShanola Hampton (born 1977), actressDubose Heyward (1885– 1940), writer and lyricist, Porgy and Bess Bertha Hill (1905–1950), blues and vaudeville singerLauren Hutton (born 1943), actressMabel King (1932– 1999), actressVanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo) (born 1980), Miss USA 1998, MTV VJ, and Entertainment Tonight Jonathan Mangum (born 1976), actorLogan Marshall-Green (born 1976), actorMicah McLaurin (born 1994), pianistWill Patton (born 1954), actorGrace Peixotto (born 1817), madam[3] Mackenzie Rosman (born 1989), actressDarius Rucker (born 1966), lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish , and country starDavid Stahl (1949– 2010), conductorJosh Strickland (born 1983), singer and actorElise Testone (born 1983), singer, American Idol contestantMelanie Thornton (1967– 2001), singer, member of La Bouche Johnny Wactor (1986– 2014), actorMatt Watson (born 1996), YouTuber, Member and Co-Founder of SuperMega
James Francis Byrnes (1879– 1972), U.S. Representative and Senator, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and Governor of South CarolinaGeorge Heriot DeReef (1869– 1937), American lawyer, political candidate, civil rights leader, and businessmanWilliam Drayton Sr. (1733– 1790), associate justice of South Carolina Supreme Court[2] Reuben Greenberg (1943–2014), the first black police chief of CharlestonJ. Waites Waring (1880– 1968), United States District Court for District of South Carolina judge; part of a three-judge panel that heard school desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott Alexandra Ripley
Lily C. Whitaker Alexander Aikman (1755–1836), publisher, King's Printer, and House of Assembly memberLouisa Wells Aikman (1755–1831), 18th century authorEssie B. Cheesborough (1826-1905), writerJoel Derfner (born 1973), writerNikki DuBose (born 1985), former model turned author and activistFrank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. (1911– 2001), author, Cheaper by the Dozen Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), author, poetRobert Jordan (1948– 2007), novelist, author of The Wheel of Time Alexandra Ripley (1934– 2004), author, Scarlett Eden Royce , gothic horror writerWilliam Gilmore Simms (1806– 1870), poet, novelist, and historianFrank Lebby Stanton (1857– 1927), lyricist; columnist for the Atlanta Constitution Just Awearyin' for You "Elizabeth Timothy (1702– 1757), the first female newspaper publisher in AmericaNorb Vonnegut (born 1958), authorLily C. Whitaker (1850–1932), educator, writerEliza Yonge Wilkinson (1757–?), letter-writer and patriot during the American Revolutionary War
John Laurens Arthur L. Bristol (1886–1942), United States Navy vice admiral Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), United States Army general; Supreme commander of the United Nations CommandJames H. Conyers (1855–1935), first black person admitted to the United States Naval Academy Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (born 1949), former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronautPercival Drayton (1812–1865), United States Navy officer, commanded Union Naval forces during the Civil WarThomas Drayton (1809–1891), Confederate States Army general, brother of Percival DraytonSamuel Wragg Ferguson (1834–1917), Confederate States Army generalJames L. Holloway III (1922–2019), United States Navy admiral and navy aviatorBenjamin Huger (1805–1877), Confederate States Army generalRalph H. Johnson (1949–1968), United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor John Laurens (1754–1782), soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary WarStephen Dill Lee (1833–1908), Confederate States Army general; 1st president of Mississippi State UniversityBarnwell R. Legge (1891–1949), United States Army general during World War IRobert Charlwood Richardson Jr. (1882–1954), United States Army generalWilliam Childs Westmoreland (1914–2005), United States Army general; 25th chief of staff of the United States ArmyHenry Laurens Charles Pinckney John Rutledge James Smith
William Aiken Jr. (1806– 1887), Governor of South Carolina[2] Judah P. Benjamin (1811– 1884), U.S. Senator from Louisiana, Confederate States Secretary of State and Attorney GeneralDon C. Bowen (b. 1945), represented District 8 at the South Carolina House of Representatives, 2007-2014James Francis Byrnes (1879– 1972), U.S. Representative and Senator, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and Governor of South CarolinaFloride Calhoun (1792– 1866), Second Lady of the United States; wife of John C. CalhounJohn C. Calhoun (1782– 1850), U.S. Representative and Senator, Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of WarSeptima Poinsette Clark (1898– 1987), educator, civil rights activist; "grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement "Henry William de Saussure (1763– 1839), second director of United States Mint ; intendant (mayor) of CharlestonChristopher Gadsden (1724– 1805), American Revolutionary War leaderJames Gadsden (1788– 1858), U.S. minister to Mexico; president of the South Carolina Railroad CompanyFrancois P. Giraud (1818–1877), Mayor of San Antonio from 1872–1875Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873), abolitionist , widely held to be the mother of the women's suffrage movement Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (1805–1879), abolitionist and political activistHenry E. Hayne (1840–d.n.d.), Union Army veteran and Secretary of State of South Carolina Robert Young Hayne (1791– 1839), Mayor of Charleston 1836– 1837; United States Senator 1823– 1833; Governor of South Carolina[4] Thomas Heyward Jr. (1746– 1809), signer of the Declaration of IndependenceFritz Hollings (1922-2019), United States Senator from South Carolina; Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South CarolinaMichael Janus (1966-2022), Mississippi state legislatorJames Ladson (1753–1812), American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South CarolinaHenry Laurens (1724– 1792), American Revolutionary War leaderSamuel Maverick (1803– 1870), Mayor of San Antonio , signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence , firebrand rancher from whom the term "maverick " was coinedBurnet Maybank (1899– 1954), Charleston mayor 1931– 1935; South Carolina governor 1939– 1941; United States Senator from South Carolina[5] Christopher Memminger (1803– 1888), signer of the Confederate States Constitution; Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury 1861– 1864Thomas E. Miller , one of only five Black congressmen from the South in the Jim Crow era, son of Declaration of Independence signer Thomas Heyward Jr.William Porcher Miles (1822– 1899), lawyer; Mayor of Charleston 1855-1857; U.S. Representative from South Carolina; member of the Confederate Congress; designed the Confederate battle flag [6] Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746– 1825), American Revolutionary War leader; United States Ambassador to France; Federalist candidate for PresidentJoel Roberts Poinsett (1779– 1851), botanist, politician, and diplomat; U.S. Representative; United States Ambassador to Mexico, Secretary of War; founded precursor to the Smithsonian Institution ; namesake of the poinsettia Alonzo J. Ransier , state senator and U.S. congressman; first African-American Lieutenant Governor of South CarolinaJoseph P. Riley Jr. (born 1943), Mayor of Charleston 1975-2015Edward Rutledge , signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence; Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800John Rutledge , President of South Carolina, 1776-1778; Commander and Chief of South Carolina forces during Revolutionary War; Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782; second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; signed the U.S. ConstitutionBenjamin Smith (1717–1770), slave trader, plantation owner, merchant banker, and speaker of the South Carolina House of Assembly from 1755 to 1763James Skivring Smith (1825– 1884), President of Liberia, 1871-1872George Alfred Trenholm (1807– 1876), Confederate States Secretary of the TreasuryBill Workman (1940– 2019), Charleston native; mayor of Greenville, 1983-1995; economic development specialistJoseph Wragg (1698–1751), pioneer of the large-scale slave trade and member and president of the South Carolina Executive Council
Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 . Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
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