Stanley Donen
1924–2019 American film director and choreographer
Charles Bolden
born 1946 23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut
Aziz Ansari
born 1983 American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
Angie Stone
1961–2025 American singer and actress
Jermaine O'Neal
born 1978 American basketball player
Mike Colter
born 1976 American actor
Kelsey Asbille
born 1991 American actress
Coco Jones
born 1998 American actress and singer
Henry McMaster
born 1947 Governor of South Carolina since 2017
Lee Thompson Young
1984–2013 American actor
Alexis Jordan
born 1992 American singer, songwriter and actress
James Mark Baldwin
1861–1934 American philosopher and psychologist
Lucky Thompson
1924–2005 American jazz saxophonist
Sadie Stanley
born 2001 American actress and singer
Joseph Bernardin
1928–1996 American Roman Catholic priest, cardinal
Allison Munn
born 1974 American actress
P. J. Dozier
born 1996 American basketball player
Xavier McDaniel
born 1963 American basketball player
Leon Wood
born 1962 American basketball player and referee
Mike Kohn
born 1972 American bobsledder
Carlos Knight
born 1993 American actor
Courtney Shealy
born 1977 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world record-holder
Robin Swicord
born 1952 American screenwriter and film director
Jason Jones
born 1978 American musician, singer and songwriter
Dillon Jones
born 2001 American basketball player
Gloria Saunders
1927–1980 American actress
Jacory Patterson
born 2000 American sprinter
Julian Adams
born 2000 American film actor
Leon Benbow
born 1950 American basketball player
Lauren Michelle Hill
born 1979 American model and actress
Barbara Parker
1947–2009 American writer
Brevard Childs
1923–2007 Old Testament scholar and professor
Jane Chambers
1937–1983 American writer
Josh Stolberg
born 1971 American film director
Travis Williams
born 1969 American basketball player
Vi Lyles
born 1952 American politician
Alex Sanders
born 1939 American politician
Frank Woodruff
1906–1983 Film director
Keith Vitali
born 1952 American martial artist, actor and writer
Kimberly Clarice Aiken
born 1975 Miss America
Pokey Reese
born 1973 Major League Baseball player
Scott Holroyd
born 1975 American actor
Susan Reed
1926–2010 American musician
Ulysses Dove
1947–1996 American dancer and choreographer
Warren R. Davis
1793–1835 American politician
Shaunzinski Gortman
born 1979 American basketball player
Tara Killian
born 1977 American actress
Also called Columbia home
NF Nikky Finney
born 1957 American poet from South Carolina
Jacolby Satterwhite
born 1986 American visual artist and filmmaker
Edmund Yaghjian
1903–1997 Armenian-born American painter, writer
Cedrek McFadden
born 1978 American reality television participant
Daniel R. McLeod
1913–1985 American politician
Daniel Rickenmann
born 1969 American politician
Jaime Dugan
born 1985 American reality television participant
John Adams, Sr
1876–1962 American politician, Nebraska
Krista Klumpp
born 1985 American reality television participant
Lea "Sarge" Masters
born 1964 American reality television participant
Stephannie Favor
born 1970 American reality television participant
Emma LeConte
born 1847 Diarist, b. 1847
Grace Brown Elmore
1839–1912 Resident of Columbia, South Carolina
John Stuart Dudley
1893–1966 Real estate counsel of the Port of New York Authority, amateur playwright, and actor
Timothy J. Liszewski
1959–2020 Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic
William Carroll Chewning Jr.
1945–1975 Ph.D. University of Virginia 1970