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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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0001 MATHEMATICIAN

Norbert Wiener

1894 - 1964

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0073 OFFICER

Graves B. Erskine

1897 - 1973

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0083 BASKET

Edgar Diddle

1895 - 1970

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0190 ACTIVIST

Modjeska Monteith Simkins

1899 - 1992

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0198 ACADEMIC

Edwin Bucher Williams

1891 - 1975

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0240 SCREENWRITER

Wray Physioc

1890 - 1933

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0332 OFFICER

Arthur C. Davis

1893 - 1965

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0353 OFFICER

William O. Brice

1898 - 1972

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0374 FLYING ACE

John Knox MacArthur

1891 - 1918

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0509 LAWYER

Graham T. Perry

1894 - 1960

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0512 FOOTBALL

Tommy Scaffe

Born 1896

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