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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×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Politician85
  2. Football80
  3. Actor39
  4. Baseball39
  5. Basket32
  6. Lawyer22
  7. Music12
  8. Singer11
  1. Baseball396.2×
  2. Basket324.6×
  3. Screenwriter62.5×
  4. Officer92.5×
  5. Lawyer222.3×
  6. Physician61.6×
  7. Music121.5×
  1. Writer90.5×

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.

18001850190019502000
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0053 ENGINEER

William Bowie (engineer)

1872 - 1940

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0136 COMPOSER

Charles Hunter (composer)

1876 - 1906

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0161 ROWER

John Freitag

1877 - 1932

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0206 DIPLOMAT

Fred Morris Dearing

1879 - 1963

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0223 PAINTER

Anna Heyward Taylor

1879 - 1956

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0278 WRITER

Edith O'Shaughnessy

1876 - 1939

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0279 LAWYER

Frank Gaines Harris

1871 - 1944

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0334 ENTREPRENEUR

Eugene Clark

1873 - 1942

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0400 FOOTBALL

Bradley Walker

1877 - 1951

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0423 PHYSICIAN

Henry McKee Minton

1870 - 1946

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0451 DIPLOMAT

Hal H. Sevier

1878 - 1935

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0488 PHYSICIAN

Elizabeth Bass

1876 - 1956

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0542 LAWYER

Isaac Melson Meekins

1875 - 1946

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