List of people from Charleston, South Carolina

This is a list of famous people who were either born in, or have lived in, Charleston, South Carolina.

• William Abbott – manager of the New Charleston Theater during the 19th century
• William Aiken – (1806-1887), born in Charleston, former Governor of South Carolina
• Judah P. Benjamin – United States Senator and Treasurer of the Confederate States of America
• John C. Calhoun – 19th century politician. former Vice President of the United States
• Septima Poinsette Clark – educator and early activist — "Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement"
• Stephen Colbert – comedian
• Beth Daniel – professional golfer
• Andy Dick – comedian
• William Drayton, (1732-1790), born near the Ashley River, associate justice of South Carolina Supreme Court
• Robert Furchgott – chemist
• Christopher Gadsden – American Revolutionary War leader
• James Gadsden – diplomat
• Thomas Gibson – actor
• Dubose Heyward – writer and lyricist, most famous for Porgy and Bess.
• Fritz Hollings – United States Senator
• Benjamin Huger – army general of the Confederate States of America
• Lauren Hutton – model
• Robert Jordan – novelist, author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time Fantasy series.
• Ernest Everett Just – biologist
• Mabel King – actress
• Sallie Krawcheck – Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup
• Henry Laurens – American Revolutionary War leader
• General Francis Marion – "The Swamp Fox", who helped defeat the British during the Revolutionary War.
• Burnet Maybank – Prestigious South Carolinian politician and lawyer; mayor, governor, and US senator; never lost an election
• Burnet Maybank II – Prominent Charleston lawyer and lieutenant governor; made unsuccessful bid for governor; later served in Charleston County Council
• William Porcher Miles – politician, designer of one of the Confederate flags
• Robert Mills – architect
• Bud Moore, NASCAR driver
• Hope Murphy – Event Organiser for Hillsong Church Australia
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney – American Revolutionary War leader
• Joel Poinsett – politician, diplomat, and botanist
• Stephanie Rennane – 18th Century New England Footwear Enthusiast
• Carew Rice – silhouettist, "America's greatest silhouettist" per Carl Sandburg
• Joseph P. Riley, Jr. – Mayor of Charleston since 1975
• Alexandra Ripley – author
• Robert Rosen – historian, author
• Darius Rucker – singer - solo & lead for Hootie & the Blowfish.
• William Gilmore Simms – Poet, Novelist and Historian
• James Skivring Smith – President of Liberia from 1871-1872
• Thomas Sully – painter
• Melanie Thornton – R&B,Pop singer (former member of La Bouche)
• William Charles Wells – physician

Jessie Brown- She just rocks!

References

2. imdb's List of People from Charleston, SC