Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 18 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Starling Tucker
1770 – 1834
politician
William H. Murfree
1781 – 1827
politicianlawyer
Charles Biddle Shepard
1808 – 1843
politicianlawyer
Absalom Tatom
1742 – 1802
politician
Franklin Cannon
1794 – 1863
politician
Francis Strother Lyon
1800 – 1882
politicianlawyer
Kenneth Rayner
1808 – 1884
politicianlawyer
Greene Washington Caldwell
1806 – 1864
politicianlawyer
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer
1800 – 1865
politicianlawyer
Anna McNeill Whistler
1804 – 1881
model
Burgess Sidney Gaither
1807 – 1892
politicianlawyer
Mollie Bean
1801
impostor
William Horn Battle
1802 – 1879
politicianlawyerjudge
Henry H. Bell
1808 – 1868
military officer
James Wallace Cooke
1812 – 1869
military officer
Francis Burton Craige
1811 – 1875
politicianlawyer
William Beck Ochiltree
1811 – 1867
politicianjudge
William Brickly Stokes
1814 – 1897
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Robert Treat Paine
1812 – 1872
politicianlawyer
William Henry Washington
1813 – 1860
politicianlawyer
William W. J. Kelly
1814 – 1878
politicianjudge
William Waightstill Avery
1816 – 1864
politicianlawyer
Allen Ferdinand Owen
1816 – 1865
politicianlawyer
Allen Turner Davidson
1819 – 1905
politician
Abner Cook
1814 – 1884
architect
George Washington Logan
1815 – 1889
politicianlawyerjudge
Hardin E. Taliaferro
1811 – 1875
writer
James Grant
1812 – 1891
politicianlawyerjudge
William W. Wood
1818 – 1882
military officerengineer
John S. Jacobs
1818 – 1873
autobiographerstewardminer
Henry Gaston Bunn
1838 – 1908
politicianlawyerjudge
Robert V. Richardson
1820 – 1870
military officer
Thomas Courtland Manning
1825 – 1887
diplomatlawyerjudge
William F. Tucker
1827 – 1881
military officer
Thomas Bayne
1824 – 1888
dental assistant
Hunter Johnson
1906 – 1998
composer
Robert Franklin Armfield
1829 – 1898
politicianlawyerjudge
Alexander C. Davidson
1826 – 1897
politician
Richard Irving Dodge
1827 – 1895
military officerwriter
Isaac E. Avery
1828 – 1863
military officer
Glenn Dunaway
1914 – 1964
NASCAR team owner
George Washington Brooks
1821 – 1882
politicianlawyerjudge
Josiah Turner
1821 – 1901
politicianlawyer
James B. Gordon
1822 – 1864
soldierpolitician
Charles R. Thomas
1827 – 1891
politicianlawyerjudge
Alexander H. Jones
1822 – 1901
politician
John Benton Callis
1828 – 1898
politicianbusinessperson
Lenoir Chambers
1891 – 1970
publisherjournalisteditor
Lamar Edwin Stringfield
1897 – 1959
musicologistconductorcomposer
Lucius E. Polk
1833 – 1892
politician