South Carolina People
Christopher Gadsden
Christopher Gadsden was a merchant and politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution.
James Gadsden
James Gadsden was the diplomat (known as a minister) to Mexico where he negotiated for the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.
David du Bose Gaillard
David du Bose Gaillard was a U.S. Army engineer instrumental in the construction of the Panama Canal.
Jim Gandy
South Carolina's Weatherman, Jim Gandy, was the Chief Meteorologist for WISTV (1984-1998) and WLTX (1999-2019).
Harvey Gantt
Harvey Gantt was the first African American student to attend Clemson University when he began classes on February 1, 1963.
Alexander Garden
Alexander Garden was a Scottish-born physician and naturalist who lived for many years in Charleston, South Carolina, collecting and observing flora and fauna of South Carolina.
Hank Garland
Walter Louis Garland, known professionally as Hank Garland, was a guitarist and songwriter.
Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett is an accomplished basketball player in the NBA. He has played with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Boston Celtics.
Martin Witherspoon Gary
Martin Witherspoon Gary was an attorney, soldier, and politician from South Carolina.
Emily Geiger
Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War.
Robert Wilson Gibbes
Robert Wilson Gibbes was a physician and naturalist who wrote paleontology articles on marine fossils found in South Carolina.
Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Gibbons is a talk show host of Entertainment Tonight and other Hollywood news shows.
William Gibson
Born in Conway, William Gibson is a speculative fiction writer credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was the first African-American player to win Wimbledon and U.S. National tennis championships.
Thomas Gibson
Thomas Ellis Gibson is an actor. He is known for his roles in Criminal Minds, Dharma & Greg, and Chicago Hope.
Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. was a journalist and author. He is best known for co-authoring Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes.
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer.
Caroline Gilman
Carolina Gilman was a writer and founder of The Rose Bud, one of the first juvenile weekly magazines published in the United States.
Mack Gipson, Jr.
Dr. Mack Gipson, Jr. was the first African American man to obtain a Ph.D. in Geology.
William Henry Gist
William Henry Gist was the governor of South Carolina from 1858-1860 and a leader of the secession movement.
Gordon Glisson
Gordon Glisson was a Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Charlamagne tha God
Charlamagne tha God is an actor, author, and television personality. He is best known as the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show, The Breakfast Club.
Juanita Willmon Goggins
Juanita Willmon Goggins was the first Black woman to be elected to the SC General Assembly
Ambrose E. Gonzales
Ambrose E. Gonzales and his brother, N.G. Gonzales founded The State newspaper in 1891.
Queen Quet
Marquetta L. Goodwine, better known as Queen Quet is an author, preservationist, and artist who serves as Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation.
Janie Glymph Goree
Janie Glymph Goree was South Carolina's first African American female mayor of Carlisle, SC.
Lindsey Graham
U. S. Congressman, lawyer, Major in the Air Force Reserve (Ret.)
AJ Green
AJ (Adriel Jeremiah) Green is a football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals.
Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green is a contemporary African-American painter and printmaker who was born in Gardens Corner, SC.
Richard Theodore Greener
Teacher, diplomat
Maxcy Gregg
Maxcy Gregg was a lawyer and later brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.
William Gregg
William Gregg was the founder of the Graniteville Company, an early cotton mill in Aiken County.
Sarah Moore Grimkè
Sarah Moore Grimkè was a prominent abolitionist and is widely held to be the mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Angelina Grimkè
Angelina Grimkè Weld was an abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Archibald Grimkè
Archibald Grimkè was a lawyer, journalist, community leader, and involved in the early NAACP. Sarah Grimkè and Angelina Grimkè Weld are Archibald's paternal Aunts.
John Faucheraud Grimké
Legislator, jurist
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