Biographical Records

Notable People from North Carolina

1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 34 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.

Nate Andrews
Nate Andrews
American baseball player (1913-1991)
1913 – 1991
baseball player
James Bryan McMillan
United States federal judge (1916–1995)
1916 – 1995
military officerlawyerjudge
Bette McLaurin
American jazz musician
1929
jazz musician
Bob Welborn
former NASCAR driver (1928–1997)
1928 – 1997
racing automobile driverracing driver
Jake Wade
American baseball player
1912 – 2006
baseball player
Hugh Butt
American physician (1910–2008)
1910 – 2008
physician
Howie Moss
American baseball player (1919-1989)
1919 – 1989
baseball player
John L. Pennington
John L. Pennington
American politician (1829-1900)
1829 – 1900
publisherjournalistgovernor
Herman Fink
Herman Fink
American baseball player (1911–1980)
1911 – 1980
baseball player
George Watts
American football player (1914-1990)
1914 – 1990
American football player
Fred Crawford
American football player (1910-1974)
1910 – 1974
American football player
Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.
United States federal judge
1913 – 1995
military officerlawyerjudge
John Ingram
John Ingram
American politician and insurance commissioner from North Carolina (1929-2013)
1929 – 2013
politicianlawyer
Henry C. Bourne, Jr.
Interim president of Georgia Institute of Technology (1921-2010)
1921 – 2010
engineer
Johnny Temple
Johnny Temple
American baseball player and coach (1927-1994)
1927 – 1994
baseball player
Frank Messer
American sportscaster
1925 – 2001
sports commentator
Marshall Parker
American politician in South Carolina (1922-2008)
1922 – 2008
politician
James Dickson Phillips, Jr.
American judge
1922 – 2017
lawyerjudge
Joseph B. Raynor, Jr.
Joseph B. Raynor, Jr.
American politician
1923 – 2014
politician
Harvey Gentry
Major League Baseball player
1926 – 2018
baseball player
James Madison Lee
James Madison Lee
American general (1926-2017)
1926 – 2017
military personnel
James Graham Ramsay
James Graham Ramsay
American politician, North Carolina (1823–1903)
1823 – 1903
politician
Evander McNair
Evander McNair
Confederate Army general
1820 – 1902
military leader
Earl P. Yates
Earl P. Yates
US Navy admiral (1923–2021)
1923 – 2021
United States Naval Aviator
R. P. Hunnicutt
American military historian (1926-2011)
1926 – 2011
military historian
Forrest Thompson
American baseball player
1918 – 1979
baseball player
Eugene Andrew Gordon
United States federal judge (1917-2002)
1917 – 2002
lawyerjudge
Ralph Ketner
American businessperson (1920-2016)
1920 – 2016
businessperson
Elliott Loughlin
Elliott Loughlin
United States Navy admiral; All-American basketball player
1910 – 1989
basketball playermilitary officer
Effie Neal Jones
Effie Neal Jones
American activist (1919-2002)
1919 – 2002
activist
Eddie Yount
American baseball player
1915 – 1973
baseball player
Irvin Stokes
American jazz trumpeter
1926 – 2007
saxophonistmusician
Dewey Williams
American baseball player
1916 – 2000
baseball player
Robin Murphy Williams
American sociologist (1914-2006)
1914 – 2006
sociologistuniversity teacher
Johnny Best
Johnny Best
American musician (1913–2003)
1913 – 2003
jazz musiciantrumpetermusician
Homer Sherrill
American musician (1915–2001)
1915 – 2001
fiddlermusician
Montrose Hagins
American actress (1917–2012)
1917 – 2012
television actoractor
Max Wilson
American baseball player (1916-1977)
1916 – 1977
baseball player
Ken Holcombe
Ken Holcombe
American baseball player (1918-2010)
1918 – 2010
baseball player
Katherine Stenholm
American film director
1917 – 2015
film director
Johnny Peacock
Johnny Peacock
American baseball player (1910-1981)
1910 – 1981
baseball player
Bartlett S. Durham
American businessman
1824 – 1859
physician
Jack Hensley
American engineer
1955 – 2004
engineer
Benton Johnson
American sociologist
1928 – 2024
sociologist
Bill Cox
American football player (1929-2017)
1929 – 2017
American football player
Bill Harrington
American baseball player
1927 – 2022
baseball player
Jim Hopper
American baseball player
1919 – 1982
baseball player
Billy Queen
American baseball player (1928-2006)
1928 – 2006
baseball player
Blackie Pitt
American stock car racing driver
1925 – 1992
racing driver
Bobby Harold Barbee
American politician
1927 – 2013
politician
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