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The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Denmark, South Carolina. Pages in category "People from Denmark, South Carolina" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (April 3, 1872 – December 14, 1906) was an American humanitarian and educator, founding several schools for black children. She founded Denmark Industrial Institute in Denmark, South Carolina, as a school for African-American youth. It is present-day Voorhees College, a historically black college (HBCU).
Area code (s) 803, 839. FIPS code. 45-19105 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1247519 [2] Denmark is a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. The population at the 2010 census is 3,538.
State flag of South Carolina Location of South Carolina in the U.S. map The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of South Carolina, lived in South Carolina, or for whom South Carolina is a significant part of their identity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with ...
Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (c. 1767 –July 2, 1822) was a free Black man and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major slave revolt in 1822. [1] Although the alleged plot was discovered before it could be realized, its potential scale stoked the fears of the antebellum planter class ...
Mascot. Tiger. Website. www.voorhees.edu. Voorhees University (formerly Voorhees College) is a private historically black university in Denmark, South Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Jim Harrison (January 12, 1936 – June 18, 2016) was an American artist and writer whose work is known for chronicling earlier twentieth-century rural life. Harrison's paintings are featured in personal and corporate art collections across the United States, and he had successful one-man shows at the Hammer Galleries in New York City and the Conacher Gallery in San Francisco.
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989), born George William Jorgensen Jr., [4] was an American actress, singer, recording artist, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.