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[1]
- William Aiken – (1806-1887), born in Charleston, former Governor of South Carolina [1]
- 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 [1]
- 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
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