Editing Beaufort, South Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
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'''Actors, authors and entertainers'''
* [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]], author
* [[Danni Ashe]], adult entertainer
* [[Tom Berenger]], actor
* [[Pat Conroy]], author of numerous novels with several depicting communities resembling Beaufort
* [[Esther Dale]], film actress
* [[Cool John Ferguson]], blues guitarist, singer and songwriter<ref name="V2016">{{cite book|author=Benjamin Franklin V|title=An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsnYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT218|date=30 May 2016|publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]]|isbn=978-1-61117-622-3|pages=218–9}}</ref>
* [[Candice Glover]], ''[[American Idol]]'' [[American Idol (season 12)|season 12]] winner
* [[Jazzy Jay]], hip-hop disc jockey
* [[Maude Odell]], stage actress
* [[Terry Sweeney]], actor
* [[Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker]] (1820–1906), author

'''Athletes'''
* [[Brendan Allen]], UFC mixed martial artist
* [[Kevin Brooks (basketball)|Kevin Brooks]], basketball, [[National Basketball Association]] and [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]] (Australia)
* [[Clarence Cummings|C.J. Cummings]], weightlifter
* [[Dee Delaney]], football, [[cornerback]], [[National Football League]]
* [[Lacey Evans]], real name Macey Estrella, former professional wrestler in the [[WWE]]
* [[Joe Frazier]], [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|heavyweight boxing champion of the world]], first man to beat [[Muhammad Ali]]
* [[Greg Jones (fullback)|Greg Jones]], football, [[National Football League]]
* [[Ashley Lelie]], football, [[National Football League]] and University of Hawaii wide receiver
* [[Ron Parker (American football)|Ron Parker]], football, [[Safety (American football position)|safety]], [[National Football League]]
* [[Naya Tapper]], rugby, [[Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Rugby Sevens]]
* [[Devin Taylor (American football)|Devin Taylor]], football, [[National Football League]] and University of South Carolina defensive end

'''Politicians and leaders'''
* [[Robert Barnwell]], former U.S. congressman
* [[Robert Woodward Barnwell]], former U.S. and Confederate congressman
* [[Edward Junius Black]], former U.S. congressman (represented Georgia)
* [[Alvin Brown]], first African American mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
* [[William F. Colcock]], former U.S. congressman
* [[Charles Craven]], former governor and founder of Beaufort
* [[William Elliott (American politician)|William Elliot]], former U.S. congressman
* [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|John Floyd]], former U.S. congressman (represented Georgia)
* [[Richard Howell Gleaves]], former [[List of lieutenant governors of South Carolina|Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina]]
* [[William J. Grayson]], former U.S. congressman and poet
* [[W. Brantley Harvey Jr.]], state legislator and lawyer
* [[W. Brantley Harvey Sr.]], state legislator and lawyer
* [[Francis Lubbock]], former governor of Texas
* [[Michael P. O'Connor (politician)|Michael P. O'Connor]], former U.S. congressman
* [[Libby Pataki]], wife of former Governor of New York [[George Pataki]]
* [[Clementa C. Pinckney]], assassinated state senator and pastor
* [[Robert Rhett]], former U.S. congressman and leading secessionist politician
* [[Robert Smalls]], former slave and Civil War hero who became one of the first African-Americans elected to the U.S. Congress
* [[William Verity, Jr.]], former U.S. [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]

'''Others'''
* [[Robert Woodward Barnwell (bishop)|Robert W. Barnwell]], former Episcopal bishop, third [[Bishop of Alabama]].
* [[Richard W. Colcock]], former president of [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]]
* [[Donald Conroy]], former colonel, USMC; also known as "The Great Santini" and father of Pat Conroy
* [[Patricia Denkler]], record setting woman aviator
* [[Stephen Elliott (bishop)|Stephen Elliott]], former Episcopal bishop
* [[John Edwards Holbrook]], former zoologist
* [[Leon Keyserling]], economist and adviser to President Truman
* [[Anita Pollitzer]], former photographer
* [[Anne Pressly]], former news anchor whose murder in Arkansas attracted national attention

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