Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 32 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
R. Fenwick Taylor
1849 – 1926
lawyerjudge
Archie Clement
1846 – 1866
partisan
Melvin Parker
1944 – 2021
drummer
John Bell
1750 – 1820
farmer
Asbury Dickins
1780 – 1861
publishercivil servant
Risden Tyler Bennett
1840 – 1913
politicianlawyerjudge
Harry Hosier
1750 – 1806
religious leaderpreacherdomestic worker
Theodore F. Kluttz
1848 – 1918
pharmacistpoliticianlawyer
Wally Shoup
1944 – 2024
saxophonistjazz musician
Carrie Jenkins Harris
1847 – 1903
magazine editorwriter
Danny Talbott
1944 – 2020
American football playerbaseball player
Benny Carter
1943 – 2014
painter
Worta McCaskill-Stevens
1949 – 2023
cancer researcherphysician-scientistoncologist
Emily Selinger
1848 – 1927
artistwriter
John Patterson Green
1845 – 1940
juristpoliticianlawyer
Yonaguska
1759 – 1839
William Francis Strudwick
1765 – 1812
politician
Samuel Dickens
1775 – 1840
politician
Walter Moses Burton
1840 – 1913
politician
Burke Day
1954 – 2017
businesspersonpolitician
Jerry Carter
1955 – 2021
politician
Steve Jenkins
1952 – 2021
writer
Bob Boyd
1955 – 2011
golfer
John Williams Shackelford
1844 – 1883
politician
Benjamin H. Bunn
1844 – 1907
politicianlawyer
Disco King Mario
1956 – 1994
rapperdisc jockey
Francis Edwin Shober
1831 – 1896
politicianlawyerjudge
George Strother Gaines
1784 – 1873
politician
Bobby Thompson
1953 – 2011
baseball player
Thomas A. Sykes
1835
politician
Bruce Davis
1956 – 2021
American football player
Louisa Matilda Jacobs
1833 – 1917
suffragistabolitionist
Bill Bailey
1916 – 1990
American football player
Bosh Pritchard
1919 – 1996
American football player
Boyd Perry
1914 – 1990
baseball player
Buck Ross
1915 – 1978
baseball player
Banks Simpson
1916 – 2009
racing driver
Burgess Whitehead
1910 – 1993
baseball player
Buster Maynard
1913 – 1977
baseball player
Glenn Gardner
1916 – 1964
baseball player
Charlie Frye
1914 – 1945
baseball player
Chubby Dean
1915 – 1970
baseball player
Clayton Heafner
1914 – 1960
golfer
Dan Hill
1917 – 1989
American football player
Danny Reynolds
1919 – 2007
baseball player
Dave Coble
1912 – 1971
baseball player
Dean W. Colvard
1913 – 2007
academic administrator
Jimmy Brown
1910 – 1977
baseball player
Marvin Allen
1915 – 1996
association football playerassociation football coach
Zachary Smith Reynolds
1911 – 1932
aircraft pilot