Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 15 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Edward T. Cone
1917 – 2004
music theoristmusicologistcomposer
Alexander Hawkins Graham
1890 – 1977
lieutenant governorjuristpolitician
Meredith Poindexter Gentry
1809 – 1866
politicianlawyer
Burton Smith
1941 – 2018
computer scientist
Woodrow Wilson Jones
1914 – 2002
politicianlawyerjudge
Don Cardwell
1935 – 2008
baseball player
Charles Bennett Deane
1898 – 1969
field of workpoliticianlawyer
Preston Henn
1931 – 2017
racing automobile driver
William L. Swing
1934 – 2021
diplomat
Joseph Raleigh Bryson
1893 – 1953
politicianlawyer
Robert Hoke
1837 – 1912
soldiermilitary personnel
Rufus Harley
1936 – 2006
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey
1919 – 2009
military officer
Nell Battle Lewis
1893 – 1956
activistjournalistcolumnist
John Walter Stephens
1834 – 1870
politician
Lacy Gibson
1936 – 2011
guitaristsongwritersinger
Minnie Evans
1892 – 1987
draftspersongatekeeperillustrator
William Artis
1914 – 1977
sculptor
Joab Lawler
1796 – 1838
politician
Robert H. McNeill
1917 – 2005
photographer
John J. Tolson
1915 – 1991
military personnel
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
1883 – 1961
suffragisteducatorcommunity leader
Donald L. Shaw
1936 – 2021
communication scholaruniversity teacherjournalist
Jean R. Preston
1935 – 2013
politician
Lori Wilson
1937 – 2019
politician
John H. Hager
1936 – 2020
politicianbusinessperson
George A. Shuford
1895 – 1962
politicianlawyerjudge
John Outterbridge
1933 – 2020
artistsculptor
Winder R. Harris
1888 – 1973
journalisteditorpolitician
James E. Cheek
1932 – 2010
theologianeducator
Lemuel Sawyer
1777 – 1852
politicianlawyer
Fred Foster
1931 – 2019
songwriterrecord producer
Loretta Braxton
1934 – 2019
mathematician
Lindsay Carter Warren
1889 – 1976
politicianlawyer
James McNair Baker
1821 – 1892
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Paris
1911 – 1994
comics artistartist
Julian Myrick
1880 – 1969
tennis player
Vermont C. Royster
1914 – 1996
editorjournalistmilitary officer
Hinton Rowan Helper
1829 – 1909
writer
James Daugherty
1889 – 1974
visual artistartistpainter
Max Lanier
1915 – 2007
baseball player
Nancy Hart
1735 – 1830
spy
John Fielding Crigler
1919 – 2018
pediatricianphysician
Mabel Hampton
1902 – 1989
activistdancer
Jacob E. Long
1880 – 1955
politicianlawyer
Charles Caldwell
1772 – 1853
physician
Charles Kuralt
1934 – 1997
journalistcorrespondentnews presenter
Tom Brewer
1931 – 2018
baseball player
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
1932 – 2004
classical composerjazz musicianfilm score composer
Charles O'Neal
1904 – 1996
novelistwriterscreenwriter