The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state ofSouth Carolina, lived in South Carolina, or for whom South Carolina is a significant part of their identity.
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James F. Byrnes (1882–1972), born in Charleston; U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and 104th governor of South Carolina.
Larry Doby (1923–2003), born inCamden; baseball player in Negro leagues and Major League Baseball, first black player inAmerican League, later manager ofChicago White Sox, Hall of Fame inductee
Stanley Donen (1924–2019), born in Columbia; film director and choreographer
Ulysses Dove (1947–1996), born in Columbia; choreographer
David E. Finley Jr. (1890–1977), born inYork, art executive, first director of the National Gallery of Art, founding chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and chairman of the United States Commission of Fine Arts
Arthur Middleton (1742–1787), born in Charleston, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor (1810–1812), Representative (1815–1819), and Minister to Russia (1820–1830)
Bill Pinkney (1925–2007), born inDalzell, pitcher in the Negro leagues, served in World War II, performer and singer withThe Drifters
Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), born inCharleston, Martin Van Buren's Secretary of War, physician, botanist, and statesman, as well as famous eponym
Tom Turnipseed (1936–2020), lived in Columbia; lawyer, executive director of the 1968 presidential campaign ofGeorge C. Wallace, former member of the South Carolina State Senate
James E. Williams (1930–1999), born inFort Mill, raised inDarlington; Medal of Honor (Vietnam, 1966), highest decorated enlisted man in the history of the U. S. Navy, U. S. Marshal
Henry Woodward (1646–1690), an early colonist of South Carolina who was instrumental in establishing contact withNative Americans and setting up a trading system
W. D. Workman Jr. (1914–1990), newspaper and radio journalist, author;Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1962 and for governor of South Carolina in 1982
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