James F. Byrnes
Born in Charleston, SC, James F. Byrnes was a U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Senator, and Governor of South Carolina from 1951-1955.
Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars was an author of children’s books who lives in Seneca, South Carolina. She won a Newbery Medal for her novel, Summer of the Swans.
Pierce Butler
Pierce Butler was a Founding Father of the United States who represented South Carolina at the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and as a U.S. Senator.
Edgar A. Brown
Born in Aiken County, Edgar Allan Brown was a longtime Democratic legislator of South Carolina from Barnwell County who served South Carolina from 1922-1972.
James Brown
Born in Barnwell, SC, James Joseph Brown was a singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and bandleader.
Preston Brooks
Born in Roseland, SC (Edgefield County), Preston Brooks was a Democratic congressman from South Carolina who brutally beat Charles Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts, in the US Senate chamber.
Eliza and Harry Briggs
Eliza and Harry Briggs were the petitioners in the important school desegregation case, Briggs v. Elliott.
Ann Pamela Cunningham
Ann Pamela Cunningham was the founder of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association that purchased and preserved Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.
Charles Craven
Charles Craven was the governor of the colony of South Carolina from 1711-1716.
Thomas Coram
Thomas Coram was an 18th-century landscape artist who painted the Mulberry Plantation in Berkeley County, SC.
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