South Carolina People
Gloria Blackwell Rackley
Gloria Blackwell Rackley was a Civil Rights activist and educator.
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
David Ramsay
Physician, legislator, historian
Benjamin Franklin Randolph
Legislator, clergyman
Willie Randolph
Willie Randolph is a former professional baseball second basement coach and manager.
Alonzo Jacob Ransier
Alonzo Jacob Ransier was South Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor.
Ron Rash
Ron Rash is a poet and novelist from Chester, SC.
Beatrice Witte Ravenel
Beatrice Witte Ravenel was a poet associated with the Charleston Renaissance in South Carolina.
Harriott Horry Rutledge Ravenel
Novelist, biographer, historian
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is a former LPGA Tour professional golfer.
Esquerita
Esquerita was an R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is known for influencing rock and roll pioneer Little Richard.
Ennis Rees
Ennis Rees was a poet, children's author, and professor. He was named by Governor Riley as the third South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1985.
Don Reno
Don Reno was a bluegrass and country musician from Spartanburg, SC.
Jean Ribault
Jean Ribault was a French navigator who led an expedition to the New World in 1562 that founded the outpost of Charlesfort on Paris Island.
Jim Rice
Jim Rice is a former Boston Red Sox baseball player, coach, and sports commentator.
John Gardiner Richards, Jr.
John Gardiner Richards, Jr. was the governor of South Carolina from 1926-1931.
Bobby Richardson
Bobby Richardson is a former professional baseball second baseman.
Richard Wilson Riley
Richard Wilson Riley was the governor of South Carolina from 1979-1987.
Katharine Ball Ripley
Between 1923 and 1953 the couple published ten books—including novels and memoirs—and dozens of short stories and nonfiction pieces.
Leon Rippy
Leon Rippy is an actor best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series Saving Grace, saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the series Deadwood, and John Billings in The Patriot.
Henry Martyn Robert
Henry Martyn Robert is the author of Robert’s Rules of Order, the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure.
Richard Samuel Roberts
Richard Samuel Roberts was one of South Carolina's most famous photographers in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his photographs captured the life of African-Americans living in the South.
Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts is a popular country music singer.
Eugene Harold Robinson
Eugene Harold Robinson is a newspaper columnist and an associate editor of The Washington Post.
Bernice Robinson
Educator, civil rights activist
Chris Rock
Chris Rock is a well-known comedian, actor, screenwriter, television and film producer, and director.
George Rogers
George Rogers won the Heisman Trophy in 1980 while playing for the University of South Carolina.
Rollin Sisters
Born to an aristocratic free Black family in Charleston, the Sisters were noted for their influence and political savvy in Reconstruction politics.
Al Rosen
Al Rosen was a Major League Baseball player in the 1940s and 1950s, and was the president of several teams in his career.
Richard Rowland Kirkland:
Born in Flatrock township near Camden, Kirkland is remembered as a Civil War hero. Kirkland helped opposing forces during battle by crossing enemy lines and providing water to injured soldiers.
Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Louis D. Rubin’s distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, editor, and novelist has brought him numerous awards and honors, including honorary degrees from the University of Richmond, the College of Charleston, and Clemson University.
Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker is a musician and lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish.
Edwin Roberts Russell
Dr. Edwin Roberts Russell was a chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory.
Donald Stuart Russell
Army Major, Lawyer, University of South Carolina President, SC Governor, US Senator, Assistant US Secretary of State, US District Judge, US Circuit Judge
John Rutledge
John Rutledge was a signer of the US constitution and the first governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Archibald Rutledge
Archibald Rutledge was a famous naturalist writer who was also the first poet laureate of South Carolina.
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of South Carolina from 1798-1800.
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