Biographical Records
Notable People from North Carolina
1,702 notable figures born in North Carolina, showing page 5 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Charles Brantley Aycock
1859 – 1912
prosecutorjuristgovernor
William Dodd
1869 – 1940
university teacherhistoriandiplomat
Marion Butler
1863 – 1938
journalistpoliticianlawyer
Josiah Bailey
1873 – 1946
politicianlawyer
Luke Appling
1907 – 1991
baseball player
Thomas Ferebee
1918 – 2000
air force officeraircraft pilot
Joseph Tydings
1928 – 2018
state's attorneypoliticianlawyer
Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
1929
historiandiplomatambassador
Junior Johnson
1931 – 2019
racing automobile driver
James E. Holshouser Jr.
1934 – 2013
governorjuristpolitician
Reynolds Price
1933 – 2011
novelistpoetwriter
Chuck Brown
1936 – 2012
guitaristsinger
Joe Lewis
1944 – 2012
kickboxerkaratekamartial artist
Hamilton Jordan
1944 – 2008
politician
Jeff Galloway
1945 – 2026
marathon runnerathletics competitorathlete
Randy Boone
1942 – 2025
television actorsongwritersinger-songwriter
Jo Ann Davis
1950 – 2007
business executivepolitician
Dwight Clark
1957 – 2018
American football player
Lee McNeill
1964 – 2021
athletics competitor
John McLean
1791 – 1830
politicianlawyer
Ratliff Boon
1781 – 1844
politician
Newton Cannon
1781 – 1841
politician
Theophilus H. Holmes
1804 – 1880
army officerlieutenant general
Archibald Dixon
1802 – 1876
politicianlawyer
John J. McRae
1815 – 1868
politicianlawyer
Asa Biggs
1811 – 1878
politicianlawyerjudge
William Woods Holden
1818 – 1892
peace activistjuristgovernor
Jacob Thompson
1810 – 1885
politician
Warren Winslow
1810 – 1862
juristgovernorpolitician
William H. Smathers
1891 – 1955
politicianlawyerjudge
Sarah Boone
1832 – 1904
inventor
George B. Anderson
1831 – 1862
military personnel
Walter Hines Page
1855 – 1918
opinion journalistpublishereditor
Lee Slater Overman
1854 – 1930
politicianlawyer
Cameron A. Morrison
1869 – 1953
juristgovernorpolitician
Lawrence Tyson
1861 – 1929
politicianlawyer
Frank Porter Graham
1886 – 1972
secondary school teacherhistorianprofessor
J. Melville Broughton
1888 – 1949
politicianreporterteacher
Robert Rice Reynolds
1884 – 1963
peace activistjournalistpolitician
William B. Umstead
1895 – 1954
prosecutorjuristgovernor
William C. Lee
1895 – 1948
paratrooper
B. Everett Jordan
1896 – 1974
politicianbusinessperson
W. Kerr Scott
1896 – 1958
politician
Mary Elliott Hill
1907 – 1969
chemist
Susie Sharp
1907 – 1996
lawyerjudge
Richard M. Weaver
1910 – 1963
scholar of Englishessayistphilosopher
Stonewall Jackson
1932 – 2021
country musicianguitaristsongwriter
Robert F. Williams
1925 – 1996
autobiographerradio personalitycivil rights advocate
Archie Randolph Ammons
1926 – 2001
university teacherpoetwriter
Murphy Anderson
1926 – 2015
draftspersonvisual artistcomics artist