South Carolina People
Anna Heyward Taylor
Anna Heyward Taylor was an artist active in the Charleston Renaissance who became well-known for her woodblock prints.
John Taylor
John Taylor was the 51st Governor of South Carolina.
Susie King Taylor
Nurse, teacher
Jeremiah Theus
Jeremiah Theus was a painter from Switzerland who came to Charleston and became a well-established portrait artist, painting many people from Charleston society families.
Waddy Thompson
SC House of Representatives, US Congress, US Diplomat to Mexico. Born in Pickens Co., lived in Greenville Co. and Edgefield Co.
Hugh Smith Thompson
Hugh Smith Thompson was the 81st Governor of South Carolina.
Melanie Thornton
Melanie Thornton was the lead singer o the Eurodance group La Bouche. The group is known for their singles, "Sweet Dreams" and "Be My Lover."
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond was a governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and the oldest and 2nd longest-serving U.S. Senator.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman was the governor of South Carolina from 1890-1894 who founded what is now Clemson University.
George Bell Timmerman
George Bell Timmerman was the 105th Governor of South Carolina.
Elizabeth Timothy
Elizabeth Timothy was America’s first female newspaper editor.
Henry Timrod
Henry Timrod was a poet, sometimes called the poet laureate of the Confederacy.
Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin is a country music artist and record producer who was raised in Traveler’s Rest, SC.
Jean Hoefer Toal
Jean Toal was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the SC Supreme Court.
Laura Matilda Towne
Laura Matilda Towne was an abolitionist and educator known for forming the Penn School.
Charles Hard Townes
Charles Hard Townes was a physicist who won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964.
William Barret Travis
William Barret Travis was a 19th century American lawyer and soldier.
Henrie Monteith Treadwell
Civil rights activist; public health expert and advocate; First Black graduate and Black woman graduate from the University of South Carolina since Reconstruction
Irene Trowell-Harris
Irene Trowell-Harris was the first African-American female in the history of the National Guard to be promoted to the rank of Major General.
Josh Turner
Josh Turner is a contemporary country music artist.
Henry McNeal Turner
Black Nationalist, repatriationist, and minister
Leo Twiggs
Leo Twiggs developed the Fine Art Department at South Carolina State University.
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