Famous People from South Carolina

• Ansari, Aziz (Columbia)

  Tom Haverford on TV's Parks and Recreation

• Bethune, Mary McLeod (Mayesville)

  The founder of the National Council for Negro Women

• Boseman, Chadwick (Anderson)

  The star of the superhero movie Black Panther

• Brown, James (Barnwell)

  The musical "Godfather of Soul"

• Calhoun, John C. (McCormick County)

  The Senate leader who was vice president for both J.C. Adams and Andrew Jackson

• Childress, Alice (Charleston)

  The author of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

• Davis, Viola (Saint Matthews)

  The Oscar-winning star of the 2016 film Fences

• Dick, Andy (Charleston)

  Host of MTV's The Andy Dick Show

• Donen, Stanley (Columbia)

  The director of the movie 'Singin' in the Rain'

• Edwards, John (Seneca)

  The Democratic candidate for vice president in 2004

• Fairey, Shepard (Charleston)

  The graphic designer who did the Obama Hope poster

• Frazier, Joe (Beaufort)

  The boxing champ who lost 1971's Fight of the Century

• Gibson, Althea (Silver)

  The first black woman to win the U.S. Open

• Gibson, William (Conway)

  The author who created "cyberpunk"

• Gillespie, Dizzy (Cheraw)

  The bebop trumpeter with the upturned horn

• Graham, Lindsey (Central)

  GOP senator from South Carolina, 2002-present

• Hutton, Lauren (Charleston)

  Gap-toothed supermodel and co-star of American Gigolo

• Jackson, Andrew (Waxhaw)

  President of the United States, 1829-37

• Jackson, Jesse (Greenville)

  Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president

• Longstreet, James (Edgefield District)

  The Confederate Civil War general blamed for the Gettysburg loss

• Parker, Mary-Louise (Fort Jackson)

  Star of the cable series Weeds

• Phillips, John (Parris Island)

  Co-founder of The Mamas and The Papas

• Rock, Chris (Georgetown)

  The comedian who inspired the TV show Everybody Hates Chris

• White, Vanna (North Myrtle Beach)

  Co-host of TV's Wheel of Fortune

• Williams, Jayson (Ritter)

  The NBA player who shot and killed his limo driver

See also: Index of all US States