List of Famous people born in South Carolina, United States of America

Bashaud Breeland is an American football cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson, and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl LIV as a member of the Chiefs in 2019.

James "J.T." Taylor is an American singer and actor best known as the former lead singer of the R&B/funk band, Kool & the Gang. Before his rise to fame, Taylor was a schoolteacher and amateur night club singer having first joined a band at the age of 13. He joined Kool & the Gang in 1978 and became the band's lead singer in 1979.

Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. is a former American politician who served as a Democratic Congressman representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for children's rights. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such at Martin Luther King Jr. and Hillary Clinton.

Randy "Jay" Jackson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers, and in NPB for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Chiba Lotte Marines.

Perry Dozier Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Del Wilkes is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, The Trooper and The Patriot. Over the course of his nine-year career, Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.

DeMarcus Lawrence is an American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boise State and was drafted by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Ryan Hartman is an American professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hartman was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut in 2015 for the Blackhawks. He is also the first NHL player that is from the state of South Carolina.

Henry Louis Wallace, also known as "The Taco Bell Strangler", is an American serial killer who killed ten women in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is awaiting execution at Central Prison in Raleigh.