List of people from Columbia, South Carolina
- Julian Adams, film producer, writer, and actor
- Weston Adams (diplomat), United States Ambassador
- Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, writer and educator[1]
- Aziz Ansari, actor and comedian, Parks and Recreation
- Atlas Road Crew, alternative rock, Southern rock band
- Charles W. Bagnal, military officer and lawyer
- Annie Maria Barnes, journalist, editor, and author
- Zinn Beck, MLB player, manager
- Dylann Roof, terrorist and white supremacist mass murderer behind the Charleston church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina
- Paul Benjamin, actor
- Stephen K. Benjamin, politician, Mayor of Columbia
- Joseph Bernardin, Catholic cardinal
- Ryan Bethea, football player
- Blue Sky, artist
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr., astronaut
- Bored Suburban Youth, hardcore punk band
- Michael Boulware, NFL safety
- Peter Boulware, NFL linebacker
- Bob Bowman, swim coach
- Ben Bridwell, lead singer of Band of Horses, alternative rock band
- Phillip Bush, pianist
- Preston Callison, lawyer and politician
- Anna Camp, actress, Pitch Perfect films
- John T. Campbell, politician, Mayor of Columbia
- Ryan Magee, editor
- Mark Cerney, founder of the Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)
- Bruce Chen, Major League Baseball player
- Kelsey Chow, actress
- Bob Coble, politician, Mayor of Columbia
- Mike Colter, actor
- Angell Conwell, actress
- Tyrone Corbin, NBA player and coach
- John E. Courson, politician
- Crossfade, alternative metal/hard rock band
- Danny!, musician
- Arthur C. Davis, Navy admiral
- Kristin Davis, actress, Sex and the City
- James Dickey, poet, author of Deliverance in 1970, #42 on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-Cent. novels.
- Stanley Donen, film director and choreographer
- Brad Edwards, NFL player
- Alex English, NBA forward, Basketball Hall of Fame
- The Fabulous Moolah, WWE/WWF wrestler
- Kirkman Finlay, Jr., politician, Mayor of Columbia
- Sarah Mae Flemming, civil rights activist
- Michael Flessas, actor
- William Price Fox, novelist
- From Safety To Where, rock band
- Samkon Gado, NFL player
- Ed Grady, actor[2]
- Maxcy Gregg, Civil War veteran
- Alexander Cheves Haskell, Civil War veteran
- Mary Haskell, educator
- Terrance Hayes, poet
- Kirby Higbe, MLB player
- Robert H. Hodges, Jr., federal judge
- Scott Holroyd, actor
- Hootie & the Blowfish, band
- Danielle Howle, musician and songwriter
- LaMarr Hoyt, MLB player
- Fiona Hutchison, actress
- Iron & Wine (Samuel Beam), indie rock musician
- Dustin Johnson, golfer, 2016 U.S. Open champion
- Lloyd E. Jones, Army major general[3]
- Alexis Jordan, singer
- Alicia Leeke, artist
- Guy Lipscomb, artist[citation needed][dubious ]
- Brooklyn Mack, ballet dancer[4]
- Elizabeth MacRae, actress
- Ed Madden, poet, professor, and editor
- Xavier McDaniel, NBA player
- B.J. McKie, basketball player
- Ray McManus, poet[5]
- Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina since 2017
- Craig Melvin, news anchor
- The Movement, reggae band
- Kary Mullis, scientist (Nobel Prize winner/graduate of Dreher High School)
- Allison Munn, actress
- Jermaine O'Neal, NBA player
- Steve Pettit, fifth president of Bob Jones University
- Tom Poland, author
- Chris Potter, musician
- Zach Prince, USL Second Division
- Carol Rasco, Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Bill Clinton; advocate for disability rights, education, and children
- Lil Ru, singer
- Gloria Saunders, actress
- Ann Savage, actress
- Richard Seymour, NFL player
- Duce Staley, NFL player
- Zachary Stevens, heavy metal singer
- Josh Stolberg, screenwriter
- Angie Stone, singer
- Stretch Arm Strong, hardcore punk band
- Freddie Summers, football player
- Robin Swicord, screenwriter
- Toro Y Moi, musician and songwriter
- Tom Turnipseed, activist, formerly of State Senate
- Ashley Tuttle, ballet dancer
- Ron Westray, trombonist
- Del Wilkes, pro wrestler
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
- Bill Workman, economic consultant, Greenville mayor; former Columbia resident
- W. D. Workman, Jr., newspaper editor
- John H. Yardley, pathologist
- Young Jeezy, rapper, born in Columbia
- Lee Thompson Young, actor
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- ^ "Maj. Gen. Lloyd E. Jones, 68, Artillery Expert, Dies". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD. Associated Press. January 4, 1958. p. 8.
- ^ "Athlete turned dancer to compete". The Columbia Star. Columbia, South Carolina. June 2, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Richardson, Rachel. [1], "Spartanburg Herald", Spartanburg, October 5, 2014. Retrieved 2015.