List of Famous People From North Carolina

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Below is a list of famous people from North Carolina.

List of Famous Public and Military Figures From North Carolina

William Blount
Erskine Bowles
William G. Boykin, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence under President George W. Bush and retired Lieutenant General for the U.S. Army
Braxton Bragg
Jim Broyhill
Robert Byrd
Julius L. Chambers
Levi Coffin
Josephus Daniels
William Dodd
Elizabeth Dole
Sam Ervin
Charles A. Gabriel
Richard Jordan Gatling
John H. Hager
Caleb V. Haynes, USAF major general, air pioneer
Jesse Helms
James B. Hunt, Jr.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Joseph Lane
Dolley Madison
Daniel McFadden
Walter Hines Page
James K. Polk
Hiram Revels
Hugh Shelton
Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr
Charles E. Whitmeyer
Robert F. Williams

List of Famous Musicians From North Carolina

Kayvon Zand, singer/songwriter
Dennis Lee
Spencer Chamberlain
9th Wonder
Ryan Adams
Clay Aiken
Gerald Alston
Tori Amos
Sunshine Anderson
Bessie Banks, singer
Fantasia Barrino
Riley Baugus
Shirley Caesar
Jason Michael Carroll
Eric Church
George Clinton
John Coltrane
David L. Cook
Elizabeth Cotten
Bucky Covington
Charlie Daniels
Chris Daughtry
J.Cole
Jermaine Dupri
Mitch Easter
Donna Fargo
Roberta Flack
Ben Folds
Blind Boy Fuller
Alfreda Gerald, opera singer and classical soloist
Andy Griffith
Anthony Hamilton
Wilbert Harrison
Warren Haynes
Rick Hendrix
Jimmy Herring
Byron Hill
Michael Houser
Randy Jones
Ben E. King
Ronnie Milsap
Dave Moody
Thelonious Monk
Oliver
Petey Pablo
Maceo Parker
Kellie Pickler
Joseph Poole
Max Roach
Earl Scruggs
Nina Simone
Supastition
James Taylor
Randy Travis
Loudon Wainwright III
Doc Watson
George Younce
Sandra Bullock born in

List of Famous Journalists From North Carolina

David Brinkley
Howard Cosell
Josephus Daniels
David Gergen
Al Hunt
Carl Kassel
Charles Kuralt
Jennifer Loven, journalist and White House press correspondent for the Associated Press
Edward R. Murrow
Charlie Rose
Vermont C. Royster
Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush
Jim Shumaker
Stuart Scott

List of Famous Artists and Writers From North Carolina

Ernie Barnes
Romare Bearden
Betsy Byars
Orson Scott Card
Fred Chappell
Allison Hedge Coke
Sarah Dessen
Thomas Dixon
Pamela Duncan
John Ehle
Charles Frazier
Kaye Gibbons
Herb Jackson
Paul Green
Harvey Littleton
John Littleton
Margaret Maron, award-winning author of numerous mystery novels
Kenneth Noland
William Sydney Porter
Tom Robbins
Nicholas Sparks
Theodore Taylor
Timothy Tyson, historian at Duke University and author of the bestselling book Blood Done Sign My Name
Kate Vogel
Thomas Wolfe

List of Famous Athletes From North Carolina

Sam Aiken
J.J. Arrington
Billy Ray Barnes
Brian Barnes
Stephen Bowen
Andre Brown
Madison Bumgarner
Brian Canter
Joey Cheek
Dwight Clark
Jim Cleamons
Terrance Copper
Alge Crumpler
Kenwin Cummings
Aaron Curry
Brad Daugherty
Walter Davis
Matt Dodge
Dale Earnhardt Sr
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Brad Edwards
Vince Evans
Rick Ferrell
Perry Fewell
Phil Ford
Roman Gabriel
Omar Gaither
Harry Gant
David Garrard
Kenny Gattison
Alvin Gentry
Joe Gibbs
Mark Grace
Josh Hamilton
Matt Harrison
William Hayes
Brendan Haywood
Madison Hedgecock
Torry Holt
Brad Hoover, NFL Football player for the Carolina Panthers, attended Western Carolina University
Joe Horn
Josh Howard
Jim “Catfish” Hunter
Dale Jarrett
Junior Johnson
Marc Johnson
Michael Jordan
Sonny Jurgensen
Mike LaValliere
Vonta Leach
Meadowlark Lemon
Sugar Ray Leonard
Buck Leonard
Sean Locklear
Calvin Lowry
JB Mauney
Eric Maynor
Robert “Bob” McAdoo
Vince McMahon
Nate McMillan
David Merritt
Kevin Millwood
Wilmer Mizell
Brian Moehler
Anthony Morrow
Hakeem Nicks
Willie Parker
Chris Paul
Julius Peppers
Gaylord Perry
Greg Peterson
Lee Petty
Richard Petty
Landon Powell
Jeff Reed
Brian Roberts
Razor Shines
Enos Slaughter
Terrmel Sledge
Brandon Spikes
Jerry Stackhouse
Melvin Stewart
Ryan Succop
John Swofford
Brandon Tate
David Thompson
Norv Turner
Hassan Whiteside
Brian Vickers
Chris Wilcox
Hoyt Wilhelm
Buck Williams
Mario Williams
Roy Williams
C. J. Wilson
James Worthy
Ryan Zimmerman

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