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20 Celebrities Born in South Carolina: A Diverse Showcase of Talent from the Palmetto State
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- Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates worked as a child laborer in a cotton mill, where he lost his leg. ...
- Dizzy Gillespie, a Cheraw native, taught himself how to play the trumpet at age 12. ...
- Born in Orangeburg, Eartha Kitt had a tough time landing jobs due to her refusal to perform for segregated audiences.
James Brown is known as the Godfather of Soul and the hardest working man in show business. Although born in Barnwell County on May 3, 1933, Brown has called Beech Island home for many years. In a career that spans four decades, Brown has had 98 Top 40 Billboard R&B singles, 17 making it to number one.
Apart from Darius Rucker, the other members of the famous band Hootie & the Blowfish also have ties to South Carolina. Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Soni Sonefeld, the band's guitarist, bassist, and drummer, respectively, all have homes in the state.
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- Raymond Felton - NBA player.
- Ernest A. Finney, Jr. - first African-American Chief Justice of South Carolina's State Supreme Court since the Reconstruction.
- Joe Frazier - professional heavyweight boxer - also called Smokin' Joe
- Pearl Fryar - topiary artist.
The Lords Proprietors founded South Carolina in 1670, and within fifty years African Americans outnumbered white settlers. By 1740, African Americans made up two thirds of South Carolina's population.