Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 14 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
James Edmund Boyd
1845 – 1935
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William Artis
1914 – 1977
sculptor
William L. Swing
1934 – 2021
diplomat
John J. Tolson
1915 – 1991
military personnel
Don Cardwell
1935 – 2008
baseball player
William Montgomery
1789 – 1844
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Louis C. Latham
1840 – 1895
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Robert H. McNeill
1917 – 2005
photographer
Preston Henn
1931 – 2017
racing automobile driver
Rufus Harley
1936 – 2006
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
John Green
1807 – 1887
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John Hardy Steele
1789 – 1865
military officergovernorpolitician
John H. Rogers
1845 – 1911
juristpoliticianlawyer
John Crowell
1780 – 1846
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Gabriel J. Rains
1803 – 1881
soldierinventorscientist
Clinton L. Cobb
1842 – 1879
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Lacy Gibson
1936 – 2011
guitaristsongwritersinger
John B. Earle
1766 – 1836
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Aaron Marshall Elliott
1844 – 1910
literary scholarphilologistromanist
Charles Paris
1911 – 1994
comics artistartist
James W. Reid
1849 – 1902
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Vermont C. Royster
1914 – 1996
editorjournalistmilitary officer
James Owen
1784 – 1865
militia officerpolitician
John Nichols
1834 – 1917
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Smith Miller
1804 – 1872
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Archibald McNeill
1771 – 1849
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William Brantley Aycock
1915 – 2015
chancellormilitary personnel
Donald L. Shaw
1936 – 2021
communication scholaruniversity teacherjournalist
James Holland
1754 – 1823
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Lori Wilson
1937 – 2019
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John Fletcher Darby
1803 – 1882
bankerpoliticianlawyer
Thomas Pleasant Dockery
1833 – 1898
farmerstudent
James Graham
1793 – 1851
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Charles Pelham
1835 – 1908
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John Adams Gilmer
1805 – 1868
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James Houston Thomas
1808 – 1861
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John Bragg
1806 – 1878
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James E. Cheek
1932 – 2010
theologianeducator
William Dickson
1770 – 1816
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John H. Hager
1936 – 2020
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William Henry Hill
1767 – 1809
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Fred Foster
1931 – 2019
songwriterrecord producer
James L. Robinson
1838 – 1887
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Meredith Poindexter Gentry
1809 – 1866
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John Outterbridge
1933 – 2020
artistsculptor
Walter B. Jones, Sr.
1913 – 1992
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Robert Hoke
1837 – 1912
soldiermilitary personnel
John Walter Stephens
1834 – 1870
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Ray C. Osborne
1933 – 2011
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Joab Lawler
1796 – 1838
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