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COLUMBIA
Most Famous People Born in Columbia, United States
- Notable people
- 556
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1952
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 6.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Columbia during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Columbia Is Known For
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Politician is Columbia's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (85).
Columbia over-indexes on baseball — 6.2× the global rate.
Columbia under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Columbia's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
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- Writing
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Norbert Wiener
1894 - 1964
Aziz Ansari
Born 1983
Stanley Donen
1924 - 2019
Jeezy
Born 1977
Iron & Wine
Born 1974
Jessica Capshaw
Born 1976
Angie Stone
Born 1961
Charles Bolden
Born 1946
Walter Payton
1954 - 1999
Lee Thompson Young
1984 - 2013
Barton MacLane
1902 - 1969
Alexis Jordan
Born 1992
Toro y Moi
Born 1986
Mike Colter
Born 1976
Clay Shirky
Born 1964
William Smith (actor)
Born 1933
James Mark Baldwin
1861 - 1934
Kelsey Chow
Born 1991
Alex English
Born 1954
Joseph Bernardin
1928 - 1996
Lisa Wilcox
Born 1964
Coco Jones
Born 1998
Carlos Pena Jr.
Born 1989
Ann Savage
1921 - 2008
Robin Swicord
Born 1952
Rebecca Blank
Born 1955
Rob Benedict
Born 1970
Andrew VanWyngarden
Born 1983
James Henry Hammond
1807 - 1864
Lucky Thompson
1924 - 2005
Bill Anderson (singer)
Born 1937
Jermaine O'Neal
Born 1978
J. Johnston Pettigrew
1828 - 1863
Xavier McDaniel
Born 1963
Kortney Kane
Born 1986
Allison Munn
Born 1974
Jack Douglass
Born 1988
Carl Edwards
Born 1979
Nick Jameson
Born 1950
Howard Hickman
1880 - 1949
Tyler Hansbrough
Born 1985
Henry McMaster
Born 1947
Russ Carnahan
Born 1958
Bob Bowman (coach)
Born 1964
Dave Sitek
Born 1972
Leon Wood
Born 1962
Dakota Meyer
Born 1988
Jayson Blair
Born 1976
Michael Porter Jr.
Born 1998
Jake Adelstein
Born 1969
Felix Zollicoffer
1812 - 1862
Lance Burton
Born 1960
William Bowie (engineer)
1872 - 1940
Noelle Stevenson
Born 1991
George Bass (archaeologist)
Born 1932
Simon Barrett (filmmaker)
Born 1978
Walter Russell Mead
Born 1952
Benjamin Anderson
1886 - 1949
Carlos Knight
Born 1993
Sterling Marlin
Born 1957
Rocco Reed
Born 1982
Zach Brown
Born 1989
Dustin Johnson
Born 1984
Torrey Craig
Born 1990
Edward Douglass White Sr.
1795 - 1847
Tyrone Corbin
Born 1962
Stan Kroenke
Born 1947
Maxcy Gregg
1814 - 1862
Coy Stewart
Born 1998
John Murphy (Alabama)
1786 - 1841
Anthony Alford
Born 1994
Brevard Childs
1923 - 2007
Graves B. Erskine
1897 - 1973
Helen Hill
1970 - 2007
Conrad Goode
Born 1962
John F. Shafroth
1854 - 1922
Steve Hamilton
1935 - 1997
Samuel R. Watkins
1839 - 1901
Josh Stolberg
Born 1971
Harry Dent
Born 1950
Lance Harris (basketball)
Born 1984
Jackie Smith
Born 1940
Edgar Diddle
1895 - 1970
LaMarr Hoyt
Born 1955
Liz J. Patterson
1939 - 2018
Stephen Mallory II
1848 - 1907
Monique Hennagan
Born 1976
Peter Boulware
Born 1974
DeWayne Wise
Born 1978
Lo-Fang
Born 1983
Julian Adams
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Brian Quick
Born 1989
Dylann Roof
Born 1994
Brett James
Born 1968
Constantine Manos
Born 1934
Jack Weatherford
-
George Lemuel Woods
1832 - 1890
Randall Kennedy
Born 1954
Barbara Parker (writer)
1947 - 2009
Andrew Gemmell
Born 1991
Lauren Michelle Hill
Born 1979
Paul Clemens (baseball)
Born 1988
James Philip Eagle
1837 - 1904
Floyd Spence
1928 - 2001
Pokey Reese
Born 1973
Eustace Conway
Born 1961
William Hawkins Polk
1815 - 1862
William Rainey Marshall
1825 - 1896
Scott Murphy
Born 1970
Jason Jones (musician)
Born 1978
Bud Walton
1921 - 1995
Tyrone Hayes
Born 1967
Roger B. Wilson
Born 1948
John William Boone
1864 - 1927
Flournoy Miller
1885 - 1971
P. J. Dozier
Born 1996
Travis Williams (basketball)
Born 1969
Jim Dunaway
1941 - 2018
Terrance Hayes
Born 1971
Mike Kohn
Born 1972
Susan Reed (singer)
1926 - 2010
John Blackwell (musician)
1973 - 2017
Lynnette Cole
Born 1978
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Born 1950
The Patriot (wrestler)
Born 1961
Stephanie Seneff
Born 1948
Nate Williams
Born 1950
Jeff Maggert
Born 1964
Webster Young
1932 - 2003
Merrill Moore
1903 - 1957
John Chilton Burch
1826 - 1885
Warren R. Davis
1793 - 1835
Courtney Shealy
Born 1977
Amelia Reynolds Long
1904 - 1978
Wesley Bryan
Born 1990
Charles Hunter (composer)
1876 - 1906
Dutch Boyd
Born 1980
David Diaan
Born 1959
Alexander Beaufort Meek
1814 - 1865
J'den Cox
Born 1995
Blake Tekotte
Born 1987
Ulysses Dove
1947 - 1996
Percy Priest
1900 - 1956
Frank Lane Wolford
1817 - 1895
Amy Benedict
Born 1964
John Finis Philips
1834 - 1919
Thomas Phifer
Born 1953
Apollo M. O. Smith
1911 - 1997
Hamilton G. Ewart
1849 - 1918
Ron Stander
Born 1944
Peter Muldoon
1862 - 1927
Maurice G. Burnside
1902 - 1991
Shaq Mason
Born 1993
David Roediger
Born 1952
Andre Roberts (American football)
Born 1988
Zach Neal
Born 1988
Tom Bass (horse trainer)
1859 - 1934
Leon W. Johnson
1904 - 1997
Jason Downs
Born 1973
Kirby Higbe
1915 - 1985
John Freitag
1877 - 1932
Joseph H. Burckhalter
1912 - 2004
Greg Whittington
Born 1993
Anthony Gregg
Born 1986
Henry Cooper (U.S. senator)
1827 - 1884
Charles J. Boatner
1849 - 1903
Mary Reeser
1884 - 1951
George Caldwell (politician)
1814 - 1866
Kimberly Clarice Aiken
Born 1975
Michelle Hendley
Born 1991
Leon Benbow
Born 1950
James E. Smith Jr.
Born 1967
Florence Hinkle
1885 - 1933
Torrell Martin
Born 1985
Taylar Hender
Born 2002
Lemuel P. Padgett
1855 - 1922
Phil Cousineau
Born 1952
Craig Melvin
Born 1979
Isaac Roberts Hawkins
1818 - 1880
Terry Long (American football)
1959 - 2005
Jonathan Goodwin (American football)
Born 1978
James Argyle Smith
1831 - 1901
Russell Payne (soccer)
Born 1975
Brad Hopkins
Born 1970
Judy Baker
Born 1960
W. Fox McKeithen
1946 - 2005
Linden Wiesman
Born 1975
Rufus King Polk
1866 - 1902
Nate Davis
Born 1953
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
1899 - 1992
Ron Westray
Born 1970
Max Schwabe
1905 - 1983
Robert Porter Caldwell
1821 - 1885
Dooley Womack
Born 1939
Scott Holroyd
Born 1975
Nathaniel D. Wallace
1845 - 1894
Shaunzinski Gortman
Born 1979
Edwin Bucher Williams
1891 - 1975
Jerry Martin (baseball)
Born 1949
Snookum Russell
1913 - 1981
Matthew J. Perry
1921 - 2011
Gil Carmichael
1927 - 2016
Grace Lee (director)
Born 1968
Daniel A. Wren
Born 1932
James R. Hindman
1839 - 1912
Fred Morris Dearing
1879 - 1963
Nancy Dye
1947 - 2015
Dean Young (poet)
Born 1955
Peter Singleton Wilkes
1827 - 1900
Bob Vanatta
1918 - 2016
David Howard (defensive tackle)
Born 1987
J. Anthony Brown
-
David Treadwell
Born 1965
Vi Lyles
Born 1952
Suzanne Westenhoefer
Born 1961
Ricky Sapp
Born 1986
Burnie Peacock
1921 - 1997
Clint Peay
Born 1973
Preston Ward
1927 - 2013
Lyman T. Johnson
1906 - 1997
James Alexander Williamson
1829 - 1902
Nadia Alexander
Born 1993
Anna Heyward Taylor
1879 - 1956
John E. Thrasher
Born 1943
Billy Laval
1885 - 1957
John Harlan Willis
1921 - 1945
Rolando Howell
1982 - 2016
Katrina Shealy
Born 1954
Julianne Morris
Born 1968
Puma Jones
1953 - 1990
Zebrie Sanders
Born 1989
Blake Cooper Griffin
-
Jacolby Satterwhite
Born 1986
Man Mountain Mike
1940 - 1988
Mike Cofer (kicker)
Born 1964
Derek Phillips (footballer, born 1975)
Born 1975
Neil Riser
Born 1962
Howard Rusk Long
1906 - 1988
Terry Blocker
Born 1959
Wray Physioc
1890 - 1933
Alex Wan
Born 1967
Ryan W. Ferguson
Born 1984
Kip Bouknight
Born 1978
Robert Galloway (tennis)
Born 1992
C. FitzSimons Allison
Born 1927
Lucius M. Walker
1829 - 1863
Kris Jenkins (basketball)
Born 1993
Elizabeth Callahan
Born 1952
Jane Chambers
1937 - 1983
Henry H. Kennedy Jr.
Born 1948
Fleda Brown
Born 1944
Rodney McMillian
Born 1969
T. J. Mathews
Born 1970
Peter Gerard
-
Gerald Mason
1934 - 2017
Buddy Caldwell
Born 1946
Gene Gossage
1935 - 2011
Richard Gergel
Born 1954
Megan Bradley
Born 1983
Andrew Droz Palermo
-
Carol Rasco
Born 1948
William J. Abernathy
1933 - 1983
Matt Wells (American football coach)
Born 1973
Bobby Johnson
Born 1951
Rachel Rockwell
1969 - 2018
Stephen Atkins Swails
1832 - 1900
Bryant Wright
Born 1952
Race Owen
Born 1975
LaMont McIntosh
Born 1982
Henry Goodwin (musician)
1910 - 1979
Hal Jeffcoat
1924 - 2007
Coo Coo Marlin
1932 - 2005
Henry E. Baker
1857 - 1928
Annie Maria Barnes
Born 1857
Missy Crider
Born 1974
Weston Adams (diplomat)
Born 1938
Chet D. Traylor
Born 1945
Edith O'Shaughnessy
1876 - 1939
Frank Gaines Harris
1871 - 1944
Mary Jane Irving
1913 - 1983
Travis Jervey
Born 1972
Lilian Welsh
1858 - 1938
Ray McManus
Born 1972
Shelby Ringdahl
Born 1992
Mary Geiger Lewis
Born 1958
James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr.
1867 - 1932
Scott Ourth
Born 1959
Claudis James
1943 - 2013
Eagle Day
1932 - 2008
Sandra Seaton
-
Todd Rutherford
Born 1970
Airese Currie
Born 1982
Zachary Dylan Smith
Born 1994
Ricky Bell (cornerback)
1974 - 2011
Greg Jones (fullback)
Born 1981
Ryan Bethea
Born 1967
Guido Norman Lieber
1837 - 1923
Bobby Roe
Born 1978
Kenneth Ulman
Born 1974
Zack Bowman
Born 1984