Biographical Records

Notable People from North Carolina

1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 30 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.

Joe Stewart
American baseball player (1879-1913)
1879 – 1913
baseball player
James Augustin Brown Scherer
James Augustin Brown Scherer
American academic administrator; President of the California Institute of Technology (1870–1944)
1870 – 1944
historianwriter
Henry W. Butner
Henry W. Butner
United States Army officer (1875-1937)
1875 – 1937
military officer
Frank R. McNinch
Frank R. McNinch
American lawyer, politician, and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1873-1950)
1873 – 1950
politician
Charles Clinton Spaulding
Charles Clinton Spaulding
American businessman
1874 – 1952
businessperson
Israel G. Lash
Israel G. Lash
American politician (1810-1878)
1810 – 1878
politician
Thomas McKissick Jones
American politician (1816-1892)
1816 – 1892
politicianjudge
Frances Nero
American musician (1943-2014)
1943 – 2014
singer
Edwin Godwin Reade
Edwin Godwin Reade
American politician and judge (1812-1894)
1812 – 1894
politicianlawyerjudge
William F. Russell
Florida settler, politician (1805 - 18..)
1805
politician
James McCallum
James McCallum
American politician (1806-1889)
1806 – 1889
politicianlawyer
Charles Cheatham Cavanah
Charles Cheatham Cavanah
United States federal judge
1871 – 1953
lawyerjudge
Champ Osteen
Champ Osteen
American baseball player
1877 – 1962
baseball player
Arthur Talmage Abernethy
American journalist, scholar, theologian and poet (1872-1956)
1872 – 1956
journalisteducatortheologian
Isaac Melson Meekins
Isaac Melson Meekins
United States federal judge (1875–1946)
1875 – 1946
lawyerjudge
Homer L. Lyon
Homer L. Lyon
American politician (1879-1956)
1879 – 1956
politicianlawyer
Charles H. Cowles
Charles H. Cowles
American politician (1875-1957)
1875 – 1957
politician
Robert L. Vann
Robert L. Vann
African American lawyer, politician, and newspaper publisher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1879 – 1940
newspaper proprietornewspaper editorpublisher
Violet A. Johnson
Violet A. Johnson
American civic leader (1870-1939)
1870 – 1939
Hugh Mangum
Hugh Mangum
American photographer (1877–1922)
1877 – 1922
photographer
Edward W. Pearson Sr.
African American entrepreneur who shaped community life and development in Asheville, NC
1872 – 1946
entrepreneur
Aaron Martin
American football player born 1941
1941 – 2017
American football player
Ada Fisher
Ada Fisher
American politician (1947–2022)
1947 – 2022
politicianphysician
Eliza Underwood
American supercentenarian (1866-1981)
1866 – 1981
Augustus Koopman
American painter, etcher, and teacher (1869–1914)
1869 – 1914
printmakeretchergraphic artist
Bill Champion
Bill Champion
American baseball player (1947-2017)
1947 – 2017
baseball player
Bill Kelly
American football player and coach
1947 – 2023
lawyer
Billy Harris
American baseball player
1943 – 2020
baseball player
Garry Hill
Major League Baseball pitcher
1946 – 2017
baseball player
Gene Black
racecar driver (1943-2010)
1943 – 2010
racing driver
Gomer Hodge
American baseball player (1944-2007)
1944 – 2007
baseball player
Joseph J. Kinyoun
Joseph J. Kinyoun
American bacteriologist (1860-1919)
1860 – 1919
bacteriologist
William Edmond Crump
American politician
1809 – 1889
politician
James Snyder, Jr.
American author, attorney and politician (1945–2021)
1945 – 2021
basketball playerpolitician
Jim Holt
Jim Holt
American baseball player (1944-2019)
1944 – 2019
baseball player
Memucan Hunt, Jr.
Memucan Hunt, Jr.
first Minister of Texas to the United States (1807-1856)
1807 – 1856
politician
John Bryan Grimes
John Bryan Grimes
North Carolina politician, farmer
1868 – 1923
Tom Winslow
Tom Winslow
American musician
1940 – 2010
street artistcomposer
Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith
American baseball player
1948 – 2024
baseball player
James B. Whitfield
James B. Whitfield
lawyer and Judge (1860–1948)
1860 – 1948
lawyerjudge
W. K. McNeil
American folklorist
1940 – 2005
historian
Waymon Reed
American musician (1940–1983)
1940 – 1983
jazz musiciantrumpetermusician
Wilbur Howard
Wilbur Howard
American baseball player
1949 – 2022
baseball player
John Baptista Ashe
American politician (1810-1857)
1810 – 1857
politicianlawyer
Charles Duncan McIver
Charles Duncan McIver
American academic
1860 – 1906
educator
Bill Wynne
Bill Wynne
American baseball player (1869-1951)
1869 – 1951
baseball player
Thomas J. R. Faulkner
Liberian politician
1869 – 1943
presidential candidatestatespersonbusinessperson
Jane Hicks Gentry
Appalacian folklorist and singer
1863 – 1925
folklorist
Joe Bonner
American musician (1948-2014)
1948 – 2014
jazz musicianmusicianpianist
Theodosia Grace Ammons
Theodosia Grace Ammons
American suffragist
1861 – 1907
suffragistlecturer
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