#1Famous people · Columbia
Musicians stand out among the 25 famous people born in Columbia
Jack Douglass, the American Internet personality, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 21 in all. Born in 1839, Gus W. Dorsey is the first name on record, and Isaiah Coulter, born in 1998, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 195 towns in Maryland with famous people list more.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Jack Douglass
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Gus W. Dorsey
Youngest
1998
Isaiah Coulter
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
6
notable residents
What stands out about Columbia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Columbia’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 10.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Columbia is known for
Columbia has 2.9× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Columbia
Two of the three are musicians.
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Sports
Andrew Gemmell
born 1991American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Columbia
The other 22 span the years 1839 to 1998.
Eric Nathaniel Mack
born 1987American painter, multi-media installation artist, and sculptor
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Columbia home
6 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Michael Chabon the best known.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Columbia and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (15)
- Jack Douglass: Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Sitek: Joly MacFie / Wwwhatsup, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Gorham: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Ulman: Doug Gansler, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Atterbeary: Edward Kimmel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erica Dawson: Robert Kennicott, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gus W. Dorsey: Nashville, Tenn.: S.A. Cunningham, Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Chabon: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Tripp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Bailey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd K. Rutherford: Maryland GovPics c/o:Joe Andrucyk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry G. Johnson: Milesaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Arikan: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Riggs Jr.: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- DeWanda Wise: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons