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CHARLESTON
Most Famous People Born in Charleston, United States
- Notable people
- 749
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1920
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 4.5×
Charleston's profile is frozen in antebellum amber: an outsized Lawyer and Judge class built by the planter bar that dominated South Carolina politics from secession through Reconstruction, with an Officer bench propped up by the Citadel and the Confederate officer corps. The smaller, stranger note is the Novelist thread — Charleston Renaissance writers like DuBose Heyward, whose Porgy became the seed for American opera.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Charleston during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Charleston Is Known For
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Politician is Charleston's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (166).
Charleston over-indexes on baseball — 4.5× the global rate.
Charleston under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Charleston's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1990s Clear ×
Khris Middleton
Born 1991
Chris Owings
Born 1991
Raven Saunders
Born 1996
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Born 1996
Ryan Switzer
Born 1995
De'Angelo Henderson
Born 1992
Ryan Robinson (American football)
Born 1990
Jamie Costa
Born 1990
Josh White (racing driver)
Born 1991
Harold Houston
Born 1990
Jordan Roberts (American football)
Born 1990
Tyrone Goard
Born 1990
Ryan Steed
Born 1990
Kelontae Gavin
Born 1999
Chad Hamilton
Born 1991
Milton Jennings
Born 1990
Fadol Brown
Born 1993
Tre' McLean
Born 1993
Jon Elmore
Born 1996