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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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 83 notable births.
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.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Stanley Donen
1924 - 2019
Joseph Bernardin
1928 - 1996
Ann Savage
1921 - 2008
Lucky Thompson
1924 - 2005
Brevard Childs
1923 - 2007
Floyd Spence
1928 - 2001
Bud Walton
1921 - 1995
Susan Reed (singer)
1926 - 2010
Matthew J. Perry
1921 - 2011
Gil Carmichael
1927 - 2016
Burnie Peacock
1921 - 1997
Preston Ward
1927 - 2013
John Harlan Willis
1921 - 1945
C. FitzSimons Allison
Born 1927
Hal Jeffcoat
1924 - 2007
Joe Landrum
1928 - 2018
Gloria Saunders
1927 - 1980
Barney Martin (baseball)
1923 - 1997
John H. Yardley
1926 - 2011
Virginia C. Purdy
1922 - 2015
Al Russell
1921 - 2011
Stephen Taber III
1924 - 2008
Dutch McCall
1920 - 1996
Evelyn West
1921 - 2004
Jim Peebles (American football)
1920 - 1997
Andrew Frierson
1929 - 2018
Margaret Towner
Born 1925
Tommy Mitchell
1926 - 2003
James Barber (politician)
1921 - 2001
Ralph Pruitt
1925 - 1986
Irene Krugman Rudnick
1929 - 2019
John Boatright
1923 - 2006