Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 16 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Joe P. Tolson
1941 – 2019
politician
Vermont C. Royster
1914 – 1996
editorjournalistmilitary officer
Lori Wilson
1937 – 2019
politician
Charles Paris
1911 – 1994
comics artistartist
Jacob E. Long
1880 – 1955
politicianlawyer
Donald L. Shaw
1936 – 2021
communication scholaruniversity teacherjournalist
John Outterbridge
1933 – 2020
artistsculptor
Charles Caldwell
1772 – 1853
physician
Loretta Braxton
1934 – 2019
mathematician
John H. Hager
1936 – 2020
politicianbusinessperson
Jean R. Preston
1935 – 2013
politician
Ralph Beilby
1744 – 1817
copper engraverpainter
Fred Foster
1931 – 2019
songwriterrecord producer
Walter B. Jones, Sr.
1913 – 1992
politician
Mabel Hampton
1902 – 1989
activistdancer
Abraham Rencher
1798 – 1883
diplomatgovernorambassador
James C. Neill
1788 – 1848
military officer
Walter Leak Steele
1823 – 1891
politicianlawyer
James E. Cheek
1932 – 2010
theologianeducator
Julia Pearl Hughes
1873 – 1950
publisherpharmacistbusinessperson
Henry Hunter Bryan
1786 – 1835
politician
Charles O'Neal
1904 – 1996
novelistwriterscreenwriter
Carr Smith
1901 – 1989
baseball player
John Milton
1756 – 1817
politician
Ray C. Osborne
1933 – 2011
politicianlawyer
Gertrude Weil
1879 – 1971
suffragist
Algernon Lee Butler
1905 – 1978
politicianlawyerjudge
William O. Burgin
1877 – 1946
politician
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
1932 – 2004
classical composerjazz musicianfilm score composer
John Fletcher Darby
1803 – 1882
bankerpoliticianlawyer
Benjamin Smith
1756 – 1826
politician
John Van Alstyne Weaver
1893 – 1938
novelistpoetscreenwriter
James Crawford Biggs
1872 – 1960
American football playeruniversity teacherpolitician
George E. Hood
1875 – 1960
politicianlawyer
John Anthony Copeland, Jr.
1834 – 1859
abolitionist
Charles A. Jonas
1876 – 1955
politicianlawyer
Bartlett Yancey
1785 – 1828
politicianlawyer
Rosalie Gwathmey
1908 – 2001
artistphotographer
Tom Brewer
1931 – 2018
baseball player
Popcorn Sutton
1946 – 2009
criminal
Charles Kuralt
1934 – 1997
journalistcorrespondentnews presenter
William Biddle Shepard
1799 – 1852
politicianlawyer
John Nichols
1834 – 1917
politician
John Spencer Bassett
1867 – 1928
university teacherhistorian
John Baxter
1819 – 1886
prosecutorjuristpolitician
Charles R. Jonas
1904 – 1988
juristpoliticianlawyer
Holland Thompson
1873 – 1940
history teacherhistorian
George Donner
1784 – 1847
Edwin Alexander Anderson
1860 – 1933
military officer
Edwin Alderman
1861 – 1931
teacherwriter