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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

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.

  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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0008 NAVY

Charles Bolden

Born 1946

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0042 POLITICIAN

Henry McMaster

Born 1947

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0067 ENTREPRENEUR

Stan Kroenke

Born 1947

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0082 FOOTBALL

Jackie Smith

Born 1940

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0099 WRITER

Barbara Parker (writer)

1947 - 2009

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0113 POLITICIAN

Roger B. Wilson

Born 1948

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0118 FOOTBALL

Jim Dunaway

1941 - 2018

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0126 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stephanie Seneff

Born 1948

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0142 CHOREOGRAPHER

Ulysses Dove

1947 - 1996

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0150 BOXER

Ron Stander

Born 1944

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0186 POLITICIAN

W. Fox McKeithen

1946 - 2005

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0199 BASEBALL

Jerry Martin (baseball)

Born 1949

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0207 ACADEMIC

Nancy Dye

1947 - 2015

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0224 POLITICIAN

John E. Thrasher

Born 1943

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0234 WRESTLER

Man Mountain Mike

1940 - 1988

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0250 LAWYER

Henry H. Kennedy Jr.

Born 1948

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0251 POET

Fleda Brown

Born 1944

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0256 LAWYER

Buddy Caldwell

Born 1946

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0261 POLITICIAN

Carol Rasco

Born 1948

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0277 LAWYER

Chet D. Traylor

Born 1945

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0288 FOOTBALL

Claudis James

1943 - 2013

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0311 POLITICIAN

Katherine Hanley

Born 1943

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0312 FOOTBALL

John Douglas (linebacker)

Born 1945

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0313 LAWYER

Jean H. Toal

Born 1943

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0327 FOOTBALL

Freddie Summers

Born 1947

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0329 AUTHOR

Dorothy Spruill Redford

Born 1943

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0335 POLITICIAN

Jane Cunningham

Born 1946

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0339 ARTIST

Nade Haley

1947 - 2016

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0345 POLITICIAN

John E. Courson

Born 1944

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0361 BASEBALL

Nelson Mathews

Born 1941

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0365 FOOTBALL

Jimmie Jones (defensive end)

Born 1947

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0366 THEATRE

Horacena J. Taylor

Born 1940

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0385 POLITICIAN

Alma Wheeler Smith

Born 1941

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0404 BASEBALL

Mike Derrick (baseball)

1943 - 2009

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0412 POLITICIAN

Tom McVea

Born 1945

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0417 POLITICIAN

Vernie McGaha

Born 1947

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0422 ARMY

Clyde A. Vaughn

Born 1946

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0437 FOOTBALL

Joe Owens

1946 - 2013

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0444 PHYSICIAN

J. Michael McGinnis

Born 1944

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0445 LAWYER

George Dean Johnson Jr.

Born 1942

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0448 POLITICIAN

Mac Toole

Born 1946

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0454 POLITICIAN

John A. Polk

Born 1949

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0459 GOLF

Jack Kiefer (golfer)

1940 - 1999

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0475 EXECUTIVE

Susan Clough

Born 1945

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0477 JUDGE

Robert H. Hodges Jr.

Born 1944

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0519 SCIENTIST

Margaret Anne LeMone

Born 1946

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0525 POLITICIAN

I. S. Leevy Johnson

Born 1942

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0529 POLITICIAN

Mike Cunningham (politician)

Born 1947

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0556 HISTORIAN

Page Miller

Born 1940

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