| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bernard M. Baruch |
Business |
19-Aug-1870 |
20-Jun-1965 |
Coined the term Cold War |
| James F. Byrnes |
Politician |
2-May-1882 |
9-Apr-1972 |
US Secretary of State, 1945-47 |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Charles Duke |
Astronaut |
3-Oct-1935 |
|
10th to walk on the Moon |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz Musician |
21-Oct-1917 |
7-Jan-1993 |
Be-bop jazz trumpeter |
| Wade Hampton |
Politician |
28-Mar-1818 |
11-Apr-1902 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1877-79 |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Jasper Johns |
Painter |
15-May-1930 |
|
Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag |
| Henry Laurens |
Politician |
24-Feb-1724 |
8-Dec-1792 |
Captured negotiating treaty with Holland |
| Francis Marion |
Military |
c. 1732 |
26-Feb-1795 |
The Swamp Fox |
| Frank McGuire |
Basketball |
8-Nov-1914 |
11-Nov-1994 |
NCAA Basketball Coach |
| Charles Pinckney |
Politician |
26-Oct-1757 |
29-Oct-1824 |
Author of much of the US Constitution |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Government |
25-Feb-1746 |
16-Aug-1825 |
Not one cent for tribute |
| Thomas Sumter |
Military |
14-Aug-1734 |
1-Jun-1832 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Strom Thurmond |
Politician |
5-Dec-1902 |
26-Jun-2003 |
US Senator from South Carolina, 1954-2003 |
| Charles H. Townes |
Physicist |
28-Jul-1915 |
|
Invention of the maser and laser |
| William Westmoreland |
Military |
26-Mar-1914 |
18-Jul-2005 |
Commanded US Army in Vietnam War |
