Carolina QuotesTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORDS
South Carolina
66 people born, raised or resident in South Carolina.
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- Sam AlecksonCharleston-born autobiographer, writing as Sam Aleckson2
- C. FitzSimons AllisonAmerican Episcopal bishop and author1
- Dorothy AllisonAmerican writer, poet, novelist, critic (1949–2024)1
- Washington AllstonAmerican artist (1779-1843)1
- Aziz AnsariAmerican actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director1
B
- Bernard Mannes BaruchAmerican businessman (1870-1965)1
- Patrick Nieson Lynch BellingerUnited States Admiral (1885-1962)1
- Scott BessentUnited States Secretary of the Treasury1
- Mary McLeod BethuneAmerican educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)11
- Mo BrooksAmerican politician (born 1954)4
- James BrownAmerican musician (1933–2006)1
C
- John C. Calhounvice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850)1
- Mary Boykin ChesnutAmerican writer (1823-1886)1
- Septima Poinsette ClarkCharleston-born educator, civil rights organizer and Citizenship Schools pioneer1
- Jim ClyburnAmerican politician (born 1940)1
- Stephen ColbertAmerican comedian and writer (born 1964)1
- Jenn ColellaAmerican actress1
- Pat ConroyAmerican novelist (1945-2016)1
- Thomas CooperAmerican economist, college president and political philosopher (1759–1839)1
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- Althea GibsonAmerican tennis player (1927-2003)5
- William GibsonAmerican-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)1
- Dizzy GillespieCheraw-born jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader1
- Lindsey GrahamAmerican politician and attorney (1955–2026)1
- Jacquelyn GrantAmerican feminist and theologian6
- Sarah GrimkéAmerican abolitionist (1792–1873)1
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- Jesse JacksonAmerican Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)28
- John Andrew JacksonSouth Carolina-born autobiographer and abolitionist2
- Mary JacksonSweetgrass basketmaker from Mount Pleasant and 2010 National Heritage Fellow1
- Jasper JohnsAmerican painter and sculptor (1930)1
- Robert JordanAmerican fantasy writer (1948–2007)1
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- Florence Scovel ShinnAmerican writer, artist and book illustrator (1871–1940)1
- Philip SimmonsCharleston ornamental ironworker and 1982 National Heritage Fellow1
- William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer (1806–1870)1
- Robert SmallsAmerican politician and former slave (1839-1915)1
- E. Lee SpenceGerman anthropologist, photographer, archaeologist, historian, photojournalist and academic1
- Frank Lebby StantonAmerican writer and lyricist (1857–1927)1
- Jacob StroyerSouth Carolina-born minister and author of My Life in the South2