#1Famous people · Columbia
35 famous people were born in Columbia from 1818 to 2000
The best known is the American racing driver Sterling Marlin, with articles in 10 languages. The list comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Tennessee. 9 of them were born since 1970. Sterling Marlin was born in 1957.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Sterling Marlin
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Edmund Kelly (Baptist minister)
Youngest
2000
Sandra Seaton
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Columbia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Columbia’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableMilitaryMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Columbia
Sterling Marlin has articles in 10 languages, Henry Cooper in 9 and Lucius M. Walker in 8.
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#3Known for
What Columbia is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 13 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Columbia
The other 32 span the years 1818 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Columbia home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Columbia, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Spring Hill has the most on record: 3.
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 (8)
- Sterling Marlin: Ed McDonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Cooper: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucius M. Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaq Mason: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hunter: Ragtimedorianhenry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Willis: See below, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel P. Padgett: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. Jeff McLemore: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons