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 1 
Will Patton
(Actor and Audiobook Narrator Known for His Role in the TV Series ‘Falling Skies’)
Will Patton
22
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 14, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Will Patton is best known as Bill Yoast from Remember the Titans and Dan Weaver from the sci-fi series Falling Skies. He has also appeared in films such as Armageddon and is also an Obie Award-winning theater actor. He has narrated countless books, too, mostly by James Lee Burke.
 2 
Khris Middleton
(Basketball player)
Khris Middleton
13
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 12, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 3 
Kwame Brown
(Basketball player)
Kwame Brown
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 10, 1982
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
 4 
Shanola Hampton
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Veronica Fisher’ in the TV Series ‘Shameless’)
Shanola Hampton
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 27, 1977
Sun Sign: Gemini

Shanola Hampton is an American actress known for her portrayal of Veronica Fisher in the popular comedy-drama television series Shameless, for which she received critical appreciation. In 2013, she won the Best Actor award at the American Black Film Festival for her performance in the drama film Things Never Said, in which she played Kalindra Stepney.

 5 
Art Shell
(American Football Player & Coach)
Art Shell
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 6 
Johnny Whitworth
(Actor)
Johnny Whitworth
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 31, 1975
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 7 
Mabel King
(Actress)
Mabel King
8
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 25, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: November 9, 1999
 8 
Robert Jordan
(Novelist)
Robert Jordan
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 17, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: September 16, 2007
 9 
Logan Marshall-Green
(Actor)
Logan Marshall-Green
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 1, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 10 
Earl Manigault
(Basketball player)
Earl Manigault
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 7, 1944
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: May 15, 1998
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 11 
Aaron Nesmith
(Basketball player)
Aaron Nesmith
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 16, 1999
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 12 
Andy Dick
(Comedian)
Andy Dick
16
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 21, 1965
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 13 
Charlamagne tha God
(Radio personality)
Charlamagne tha God
19
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 29, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 14 
John Rutledge
(Chief Justice)
John Rutledge
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 17, 1739
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: July 23, 1800
 15 
Mackenzie Rosman
(Actress)
Mackenzie Rosman
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 28, 1989
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 16 
Wade Hampton III
(General)
Wade Hampton III
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: April 11, 1902
 17 
Courtney Brown
(American Football Player)
Courtney Brown
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 14, 1978
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 18 
Julie Mitchum
(Actress)
Julie Mitchum
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 23, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: February 21, 2003
 19 
Kardea Brown
(Chef Being the Host of the Show Delicious Miss Brown)
Kardea Brown
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 16, 1987
Sun Sign: Scorpio
 20 
Clay Matthews Sr.
(American football player)
Clay Matthews Sr.
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: March 23, 2017
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 21 
Josh Powell
(Basketball player)
Josh Powell
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 25, 1983
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
 22 
Christopher Gadsden
(Politician)
Christopher Gadsden
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 16, 1724
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: August 28, 1805
 23 
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
(Statesman)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 25, 1746
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: August 16, 1825
 24 
Henry Laurens
(Politician)
Henry Laurens
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 6, 1724
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: December 8, 1792
 25 
Thomas Pinckney
(Governor)
Thomas Pinckney
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 23, 1750
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: November 2, 1828
 26 
Edward Rutledge
(Politician)
Edward Rutledge
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 23, 1749
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: January 23, 1800
 27 
Catherine Coleman
(Chemist, Air force officer, Astronaut, Engineer)
Catherine Coleman
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 14, 1960
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 28 
Septima Poinsette Clark
(Educator)
Septima Poinsette Clark
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 3, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: December 15, 1987
 29 
Charles Pinckney
(Statesman)
Charles Pinckney
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 26, 1757
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: October 29, 1824
 30 
Arthur Freed
(Film producer, Composer, Screenwriter, Actor, Lyricist, Songwriter)
Arthur Freed
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 9, 1894
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: April 12, 1973
 31 
DuBose Heyward
(Author)
DuBose Heyward
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 31, 1885
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: June 16, 1940
 32 
Jarrell Brantley
(Basketball player)
Jarrell Brantley
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 33 
Shepard Fairey
(Contemporary Artist)
Shepard Fairey
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 15, 1970
Sun Sign: Aquarius
 34 
Robert Mills
(American architect)
Robert Mills
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: August 12, 1781
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: March 3, 1855
South Carolina architect Robert Mills is considered to be the first native-born American to be professionally trained as an architect. A Neoclassical architect, Mills is known for using classical forms with originality. His best-known structures include Treasury and the Old Patent Office. Built in the US, the World War II Liberty Ship SS Robert Mills was named in his honour.
 35 
Joel Roberts Poinsett
(15th US Secretary of War (1837 – 1841))
Joel Roberts Poinsett
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 2, 1779
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: December 12, 1851

Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American diplomat, physician, and slave owner. He served as the United States Minister to Mexico from 1 June 1825 to 17 October 1829. He also served as the 15th US Secretary of War from 7 March 1837 to 4 March 1841. 

 36 
William Moultrie
(General)
William Moultrie
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 23, 1730
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 27, 1805
 37 
James Gadsden
(Diplomat)
James Gadsden
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 15, 1788
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: December 26, 1858
 38 
Arthur Middleton
(Politician)
Arthur Middleton
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 26, 1742
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: January 1, 1787
 39 
Alice Childress
(Former novelist, playwright, and actress, acknowledged as)
Alice Childress
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 12, 1916
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: August 14, 1994
 40 
James Skivring Smith
(Politician)
James Skivring Smith
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: February 26, 1825
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: 1892 AD
 41 
William Gilmore Simms
(Writer)
William Gilmore Simms
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 17, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: June 11, 1870
 42 
Henry Timrod
(Poet)
Henry Timrod
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 8, 1829
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: October 7, 1867
 43 
Alonzo J. Ransier
(Politician)
Alonzo J. Ransier
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 3, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 17, 1882
 44 
Dave Meggett
(American Football Player)
Dave Meggett
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 30, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 45 
Maria Martin
(Artist)
Maria Martin
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 6, 1796
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: December 18, 1863
 46 
Ada Clare
(Actress)
Ada Clare
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1834
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: March 4, 1874
 47 
Alonzo Morphy
(Lawyer)
Alonzo Morphy
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 23, 1798
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: November 22, 1856
 48 
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
(Philologist)
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 23, 1831
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: January 9, 1924
 49 
William Johnson
(Judge)
William Johnson
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 27, 1771
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 4, 1834
 50 
Henry L. Pinckney
(Politician)
Henry L. Pinckney
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 24, 1794
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: February 3, 1863
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