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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.

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0011 SCREENWRITER

Barton MacLane

1902 - 1969

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0130 PSYCHIATRIST

Merrill Moore

1903 - 1957

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0134 NOVELIST

Amelia Reynolds Long

1904 - 1978

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0143 POLITICIAN

Percy Priest

1900 - 1956

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0152 PROFESSOR

Maurice G. Burnside

1902 - 1991

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0158 OFFICER

Leon W. Johnson

1904 - 1997

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0192 POLITICIAN

Max Schwabe

1905 - 1983

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0220 TEACHER

Lyman T. Johnson

1906 - 1997

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0238 JOURNALIST

Howard Rusk Long

1906 - 1988

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0352 BASEBALL

Red Lucas

1902 - 1986

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0372 BASEBALL

Red Kress

1907 - 1962

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0381 FILM

Frank Woodruff

1906 - 1983

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0387 POLITICIAN

John Adams Jr. (Nebraska)

1906 - 1999

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0408 ARTIST

Catharine Rembert

1905 - 1990

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0458 SKIER

Charles Proctor

1906 - 1996

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0486 BASEBALL

Slim Embry

1901 - 1947

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0538 FOOTBALL

Ox McKibbon

Born 1904

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0547 BASEBALL

Edgar Barnhart

1904 - 1984

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0551 POLITICIAN

John P. Bethell

1907 - 1981

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