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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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0029 POLITICIAN

James Henry Hammond

1807 - 1864

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0042 POLITICIAN

Henry McMaster

Born 1947

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0043 POLITICIAN

Russ Carnahan

Born 1958

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0051 POLITICIAN

Felix Zollicoffer

1812 - 1862

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0065 POLITICIAN

Edward Douglass White Sr.

1795 - 1847

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0070 POLITICIAN

John Murphy (Alabama)

1786 - 1841

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0076 POLITICIAN

John F. Shafroth

1854 - 1922

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0085 POLITICIAN

Liz J. Patterson

1939 - 2018

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0086 POLITICIAN

Stephen Mallory II

1848 - 1907

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0103 POLITICIAN

James Philip Eagle

1837 - 1904

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0104 POLITICIAN

Floyd Spence

1928 - 2001

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0107 POLITICIAN

William Hawkins Polk

1815 - 1862

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0108 POLITICIAN

William Rainey Marshall

1825 - 1896

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0109 POLITICIAN

Scott Murphy

Born 1970

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0113 POLITICIAN

Roger B. Wilson

Born 1948

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0131 POLITICIAN

John Chilton Burch

1826 - 1885

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0132 POLITICIAN

Warren R. Davis

1793 - 1835

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0143 POLITICIAN

Percy Priest

1900 - 1956

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0144 POLITICIAN

Frank Lane Wolford

1817 - 1895

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0165 POLITICIAN

Henry Cooper (U.S. senator)

1827 - 1884

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0166 POLITICIAN

Charles J. Boatner

1849 - 1903

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0172 POLITICIAN

James E. Smith Jr.

Born 1967

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0176 POLITICIAN

Lemuel P. Padgett

1855 - 1922

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0185 POLITICIAN

Judy Baker

Born 1960

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0186 POLITICIAN

W. Fox McKeithen

1946 - 2005

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0188 POLITICIAN

Rufus King Polk

1866 - 1902

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0192 POLITICIAN

Max Schwabe

1905 - 1983

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0193 POLITICIAN

Robert Porter Caldwell

1821 - 1885

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0196 POLITICIAN

Nathaniel D. Wallace

1845 - 1894

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0202 POLITICIAN

Gil Carmichael

1927 - 2016

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0205 POLITICIAN

James R. Hindman

1839 - 1912

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0209 POLITICIAN

Peter Singleton Wilkes

1827 - 1900

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0214 POLITICIAN

Vi Lyles

Born 1952

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0224 POLITICIAN

John E. Thrasher

Born 1943

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0228 POLITICIAN

Katrina Shealy

Born 1954

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0237 POLITICIAN

Neil Riser

Born 1962

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0241 POLITICIAN

Alex Wan

Born 1967

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0261 POLITICIAN

Carol Rasco

Born 1948

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0287 POLITICIAN

Scott Ourth

Born 1959

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0291 POLITICIAN

Todd Rutherford

Born 1970

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0308 POLITICIAN

Jay Lucas

Born 1957

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0311 POLITICIAN

Katherine Hanley

Born 1943

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0317 POLITICIAN

Katon Dawson

Born 1956

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0322 POLITICIAN

Jody Richards

Born 1938

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0323 POLITICIAN

Beth Bernstein

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0331 POLITICIAN

Ben West

1911 - 1974

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0333 POLITICIAN

R. Goodwyn Rhett

1862 - 1939

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0335 POLITICIAN

Jane Cunningham

Born 1946

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0342 POLITICIAN

Marlon Kimpson

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0345 POLITICIAN

John E. Courson

Born 1944

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0357 POLITICIAN

Nathan Ballentine

Born 1970

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0369 POLITICIAN

Christopher R. Hart

Born 1972

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0384 POLITICIAN

Joel Lourie

Born 1962

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0385 POLITICIAN

Alma Wheeler Smith

Born 1941

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0387 POLITICIAN

John Adams Jr. (Nebraska)

1906 - 1999

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0395 POLITICIAN

Gerry E. Hinton

1930 - 2000

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0401 POLITICIAN

Darrell Jackson (politician)

Born 1957

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0405 POLITICIAN

Mike Burns (politician)

Born 1952

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0412 POLITICIAN

Tom McVea

Born 1945

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0416 POLITICIAN

Kirkman Finlay III

Born 1970

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0417 POLITICIAN

Vernie McGaha

Born 1947

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0418 POLITICIAN

Ken Morgan (politician)

Born 1951

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0440 POLITICIAN

Kit Spires

Born 1954

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0442 POLITICIAN

Derham Cole

Born 1977

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0446 POLITICIAN

Ralph Shealy Kennedy Jr.

Born 1958

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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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0460 POLITICIAN

Vanessa Atterbeary

Born 1975

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0461 POLITICIAN

Chuck Graham

1965 - 2020

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0464 POLITICIAN

Kenneth Bingham (politician)

Born 1962

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0470 POLITICIAN

Micah Caskey

Born 1981

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0481 POLITICIAN

Javaid Siddiqi

Born 1977

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0493 POLITICIAN

Kirkman Finlay Jr.

1936 - 1993

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0503 POLITICIAN

James S. Rollins (20th-century politician)

1887 - 1972

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0522 POLITICIAN

Tristram T. Hyde

1862 - 1931

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0523 POLITICIAN

James Barber (politician)

1921 - 2001

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0524 POLITICIAN

John Hancock LaFitte Jr.

Born 1936

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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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0533 POLITICIAN

Irene Krugman Rudnick

1929 - 2019

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0548 POLITICIAN

R. H. Gordon

1844 - 1917

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0551 POLITICIAN

John P. Bethell

1907 - 1981

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0553 POLITICIAN

Augustus High

1844 - 1927

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0554 POLITICIAN

Margaret Feierabend

Born 1951

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0555 POLITICIAN

Ty Cobb (politician)

Born 1978

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