List of celebrities from North Carolina
The List of Notable People from North Carolina includes well-known people from the state of North Carolina in the United States . The individuals were born in North Carolina and had a decisive influence on a social area of the state or the country.
Politics and military
- Braxton Bragg (1817–1876), General in the Confederate States Army
- Elizabeth Dole (* 1936), US Senator and Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan , wife of Bob Dole
- Sam Ervin (1896–1985), US Senator and member of the Watergate Committee of Inquiry
- Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States
- Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th President of the United States
- Daniel McFadden (* 1937), Nobel Prize in Economics 2000
- James K. Polk (1795–1849), 11th President of the United States
- Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr. (1758-1802), signer of the US Constitution and Governor
- Edward Snowden (* 1983), American whistleblower
Acting, entertainment and media
- Christopher "Tatanka" Chavis (* 1961), wrestler
- Zach Galifianakis (born 1969), actor, comedian
- Ava Gardner (1922–1990), actress
- Andy Griffith (1926–2012), actor and gospel singer
- Michael C. Hall (born 1971), actor
- Jeff Hardy (born 1977), wrestler
- Matt Hardy (born 1974), wrestler
- Barbara Loden (1932–1980), director
- Vince McMahon , wrestler and promoter
- Shannon Moore (born 1979), wrestler
- Vermont C. Royster (1914–1996), editor of The Wall Street Journal , two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Reginald VelJohnson (born 1952), actor
- Robert Williams (1897–1931), actor
- Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), actress
- Bellamy Young (born 1970), actress
music
- 9th Wonder (* 1975), hip-hop producer
- Ryan Adams (born 1974), singer
- Tori Amos (* 1963), singer
- BoB (* 1988), rapper and music producer
- John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musician
- Jermaine Dupri (* 1972), rapper and producer
- Donna Fargo (* 1945), singer
- Ben Folds (* 1966), singer, pianist and founder of the Ben Folds Five
- Blind Boy Fuller (1907-1941), blues guitarist and singer
- Warren Haynes (* 1960), southern rock and blues singer and guitarist
- Ben E. King (1938-2015), singer
- Ronnie Milsap (born 1943), country singer
- Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), jazz and blues pianist
- Earl Scruggs (1924-2012), Blue Grass - Banjo Player
- Doc Watson (1923–2012), folk guitarist
- Wednesday 13 (* 1976), singer
- Fred Durst (* 1970), band leader and singer
literature
- Pamela Duncan (* 1961), writer
- Charles Frazier (born 1950), writer
- Nicholas Sparks (* 1965), writer
- Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), writer
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951), writer
Sports
- Joey Cheek (* 1979), speed skater, Olympic gold medal in speed skating
- Dale Earnhardt Sr (1951-2001), racing driver ( NASCAR )
- Cecil Gordon (1941–2012), racing driver (NASCAR)
- Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), boxer, Olympic gold medal in boxing
- Willie "Fast Willie" Parker (born 1980), American football player ( Pittsburgh Steelers )
- Gaylord Perry (born 1938), baseball player ( Baseball Hall of Fame )
- Lee Petty (1914-2000), racing driver (NASCAR)
- Richard Petty (* 1937), racing driver (NASCAR)
Other
- Velma Margie Barfield (1932–1984), mass murderer
- Caleb Bradham (1867-1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
- Virginia Dare (1587–?), First child born in North America to English immigrants
- Billy Graham (1918-2018), evangelist
- Henry Berry Lowry (1845–?), Leader of the Lowry War