List of people from Charleston, South Carolina

Flag of Charleston, South Carolina

The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Charleston, South Carolina, United States (categorized by area in which each person is best known):

Academia[]

Ernest Everett Just

Rick Brewer (born 1956), former administrator at Charleston Southern University; current president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana^[1]
Robert Furchgott (1916–2009), biochemist and Nobel Laureate
Ernest Everett Just (1883–1941), biologist
William Ephraim Mikell (1868–1944), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a summer home in Charleston
William Charles Wells (1757–1817), physician

Athletes[]

Beth Daniel

Anthony Johnson

Ovie Mughelli

Luther Broughton (born 1974), NFL player
Nehemiah Broughton (born 1982), NFL player
Kwame Brown (born 1982), basketball player
Garrett Chisolm (born 1988), NFL player
Beth Daniel (born 1956), professional golfer
Zola Davis (born 1975), NFL and XFL player
Carlos Dunlap (born 1989), NFL player
Oronde Gadsden (born 1971), NFL player
A. J. Green (born 1988), NFL player
Harold Green (born 1968), NFL player
Anthony Johnson (born 1974), NBA player
Javon Kinlaw (born 1997), NFL player
Katrina McClain Johnson (born 1965), Olympic gold medalist; retired WNBA player
Byron Maxwell (born 1988), NFL player
David Meggett (born 1966), NFL player
Khris Middleton (born 1991), NBA player
Bud Moore (born 1941), NASCAR driver
Langston Moore (born 1981), former NFL player
Ovie Mughelli (born 1980), NFL player
Josh Powell (born 1983), NBA player
Laron Profit (born 1977), NBA player
Robert Quinn (born 1990), NFL player
Edmond Robinson (born 1992), NFL player
Art Shell (born 1946), NFL player and coach
Brandon Shell (born 1992), NFL player
Roddy White (born 1981), NFL player
Dennis Williams (born 1965), basketball player

Entertainers[]

Stephen Colbert

Lauren Hutton

Angry Grandpa (1950–2017), internet personality
Ckay1 (born 1982), music composer, arranger, and producer
Stephen Colbert (born 1964), comedian
Jonathan Mangum (born 1976), actor
Joel Derfner (born 1973), musical theater composer
Andy Dick (born 1965), comedian
Thomas Gibson (born 1962), actor
Shanola Hampton (born 1977), actress
Bertha Hill (1905–1950), blues and vaudeville singer
Lauren Hutton (born 1943), actress
Mabel King (1932–1999), actress
Logan Marshall-Green (born 1976), actor
Will Patton (born 1954), actor
Grace Peixotto (born 1817), madam^[2]
Darius Rucker (born 1966), lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, and country star
Josh Strickland (born 1983), singer and actor
Elise Testone (born 1983), singer, American Idol contestant
Melanie Thornton (1967–2001), singer, member of La Bouche

Military figures[]

John Laurens

Arthur L. Bristol (1886–1942), United States Navy vice admiral
Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), United States Army general; Supreme commander of the United Nations Command
James H. Conyers (1855–1935), first black person admitted to the United States Naval Academy
Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (born 1949), former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut
Percival Drayton (1812–1865), United States Navy officer, commanded Union Naval forces during the Civil War
Thomas Drayton (1809–1891), Confederate States Army general, brother of Percival Drayton
Samuel Wragg Ferguson (1834–1917), Confederate States Army general
James L. Holloway III (1922–2019), United States Navy admiral and navy aviator
Benjamin Huger (1805–1877), Confederate States Army general
Ralph H. Johnson (1949–1968), United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor
John Laurens (1754–1782), soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War
Stephen Dill Lee (1833–1908), Confederate States Army general; 1st president of Mississippi State University
Barnwell R. Legge (1891–1949), United States Army general during World War I
Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. (1882–1954), United States Army general
William Childs Westmoreland (1914–2005), United States Army general; 25th chief of staff of the United States Army

Political figures[]

William Aiken, Jr. (1806–1887), Governor of South Carolina^[3]
Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884), U.S. Senator from Louisiana, Confederate States Secretary of State and Attorney General
James Francis Byrnes (1879–1972), U.S. Representative and Senator, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina
Floride Calhoun (1792–1866), Second Lady of the United States; wife of John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), U.S. Representative and Senator, Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of War
George Heriot DeReef (1869–1937), American lawyer, political candidate, civil rights leader, and businessman
Henry William de Saussure (1763–1839), second director of United States Mint; intendant (mayor) of Charleston
William Drayton, Sr. (1733–1790), associate justice of South Carolina Supreme Court^[3]
Christopher Gadsden (1724–1805), American Revolutionary War leader
James Gadsden (1788–1858), U.S. minister to Mexico; president of the South Carolina Railroad Company
Francois P. Giraud (1818–1877), Mayor of San Antonio from 1872–1875
Robert Young Hayne (1791–1839), Mayor of Charleston 1836–1837; United States Senator 1823–1833; Governor of South Carolina^[4]
Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1746–1809), signer of the Declaration of Independence
Fritz Hollings (born 1922), United States Senator from South Carolina; Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
James Ladson (1753–1812), American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina
Henry Laurens (1724–1792), American Revolutionary War leader
Burnet Maybank (1899–1954), Charleston mayor 1931–1935; South Carolina governor 1939–1941; United States Senator from South Carolina^[5]
Christopher Memminger (1803–1888), signer of the Confederate States Constitution; Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury 1861–1864
William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), lawyer; Mayor of Charleston 1855-1857; U.S. Representative from South Carolina; member of the Confederate Congress; designed the Confederate battle flag^[6]
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), American Revolutionary War leader; United States Ambassador to France; Federalist candidate for President in the 1804 and 1808 United States presidential elections
Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), botanist, politician, and diplomat; U.S. Representative; United States Ambassador to Mexico, Secretary of War; founded precursor to the Smithsonian Institution; namesake of the poinsettia
Alonzo J. Ransier, state senator and U.S. congressman; first African-American Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. (born 1943), Mayor of Charleston 1975-2015
Edward Rutledge, signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence; Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800
John Rutledge, President of South Carolina, 1776-1778; Commander and Chief of South Carolina forces during Revolutionary War; Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782; second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; signed the U.S. Constitution
Benjamin Smith (1717–1770), slave trader, plantation owner, merchant banker, and politician
James Skivring Smith (1825–1884), President of Liberia, 1871-1872
George Alfred Trenholm (1807–1876), Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury
Bill Workman (born 1940), Charleston native; mayor of Greenville, 1983-1995; economic development specialist
Joseph Wragg (1698–1751), pioneer of the large-scale slave trade and politician

Writers and artists[]

Shepard Fairey

Alexandra Ripley

Alexander Aikman (1755–1836), publisher, King's Printer, and House of Assembly member
Louisa Wells Aikman (1755–1831), 18th century author
Frank Birnbaum (1922–2005), 20th century Jewish cantor
David Carson (born 1956), graphic designer
Essie B. Cheesborough (1826-1905), writer
Joel Derfner (born 1973), writer
Nikki DuBose (born 1985), former model turned author and activist
Shepard Fairey (born 1970), artist known for Andre the Giant "Obey" and Barack Obama "Hope" stencil pieces
Arthur Freed (1894–1973), Hollywood producer, composer, and writer
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. (1911–2001), author, Cheaper by the Dozen
Dubose Heyward (1885–1940), writer and lyricist, Porgy and Bess
Jessica Hische (born 1984), illustrator
Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), author, poet
Robert Jordan (1948–2007), novelist, author of The Wheel of Time series
Alexandra Ripley (1934–2004), author, Scarlett
Eden Royce, gothic horror writer
Stella F Simon (1878–1973), photographer
Philip Simmons (1912–2009), ironworker
William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870), poet, novelist, and historian
Merton Simpson, (born 1928), abstract expressionist artist, African art collector, musician
Frank Lebby Stanton (1857–1927), lyricist; columnist for the Atlanta Constitution; author of the lyrics of "Just Awearyin' for You"
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979), artist, author, lecturer, and preservationist
Norb Vonnegut (born 1958), author
Lily C. Whitaker (1850–1932), educator, writer
Eliza Yonge Wilkinson ((1757–?), letter-writer and patriot during the American Revolutionary War

Other[]

Sallie Krawcheck

William Abbott (1790–1843), manager of the New Charleston Theatre ^[3]
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898–1987), educator, civil rights activist; "grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement"
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (1905–1968), well-known African American mob boss
Sallie Krawcheck (born 1964), Citigroup chief financial officer
Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), firebrand rancher from whom the term "maverick" was coined
Robert Mills (1781–1855), architect
Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo) (born 1980), Miss USA 1998, MTV VJ, and Entertainment Tonight correspondent
George B. Rabb (1930–2017), zoologist
David Stahl (1949–2010), conductor
Elizabeth Timothy (1702–1757), the first female newspaper publisher in America
Lewis Timothy (1699–1738), first American librarian
Denmark Vesey (1767–1822), freedman tried and executed for allegedly plotting a slave revolt
J. Waites Waring (1880–1968), United States District Court for District of South Carolina judge; part of a three-judge panel that heard school desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott
Reuben Greenberg (1943–2014), first black police chief of Charleston

References[]

^ Leigh Guidry (March 25, 2015). "LC board names South Carolina VP as ninth president". . Retrieved July 23, 2015.
^ Jones, Mark R (2006). Wicked Charleston: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition (illustrated ed.). The History Press. pp. 19–23. ISBN 9781596291348. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
^ "Robert Young Hayne" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=28
^ "Burnet Rhett Maybank" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=44 Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "William Porcher Miles" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=32

External links[]

IMDB's List of People from Charleston, SC

[1] Leigh Guidry (March 25, 2015). "LC board names South Carolina VP as ninth president". . Retrieved July 23, 2015.

[2] Jones, Mark R (2006). Wicked Charleston: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition (illustrated ed.). The History Press. pp. 19–23. ISBN 9781596291348. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

[Marquis_1607-1896-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.

[4] "Robert Young Hayne" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=28

[5] "Burnet Rhett Maybank" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=44 Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "William Porcher Miles" http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=32

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