List of Sons and Daughters of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina

This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Charlotte ( North Carolina ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.

18th century

David Addison Reese (1794–1871), politician

19th century

John M. Morehead
(1866-1923)

John M. Morehead (1866-1923), politician
Dannie N. Heineman (1872–1962), American-Belgian electrical engineer
Charles H. Cowles (1875–1957), politician
Hamilton C. Jones (1884–1957), politician
William S. Tillett (1892–1974), internist and microbiologist
Lena Wilson (≈1898–1939), blues singer

20th century

1901-1950

Billy Graham
(1918-2018)

Richard Darman
(1943-2008)

Hamilton Jordan
(1944-2008)

Don Kirkpatrick (1905–1956), jazz pianist and arranger
John Scott Trotter (1908–1975), arranger, composer and orchestra conductor
Romare Bearden (1911–1988), caricaturist, painter and songwriter
Virginia Dale (1917–1994), actress
Billy Graham (1918–2018), Baptist pastor and revival minister
Charlie Sifford (1922-2015), professional golfer
Floyd Simmons (1923-2008), track and field athlete
John Cocke (1925-2002), computer scientist
George C. Williams (1926-2010), evolutionary biologist
Joseph B. Tyson (* 1928), theologian
James Lee Barrett (1929–1989), screenwriter and producer
Nappy Brown (1929-2008), blues singer
Wilbert Harrison (1929–1994), musician and singer
George Butler (1931–2008), jazz producer
John Shelby Spong (born 1931), Bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Diocese of Newark
Alex McMillan (* 1932), politician
Neil Castles (* 1934), racing car driver
Lewis Worrell (* 1934), free jazz bassist
Charles Moss Duke (born 1935), astronaut
William S. Hatcher (1935–2005), mathematician, philosopher and Baha'i theologian
Charles Gwathmey (1938–2009), architect
Walter E. Dellinger (* 1941), lawyer, professor and United States Solicitor General
John Spratt (* 1942), politician
Richard Darman (1943–2008), economist and business manager
John Donaldson (born 1943), baseball player
Hamilton Jordan (1944-2008), political advisor
Harold Douglas Pratt (* 1944), ornithologist
Don Schollander (* 1946), swimmer
Stephen Leatherman (* 1947), geoscientist
Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949), actress
Prairie Prince (born 1950), rock and roll drummer

1951-1980

John Sadri
(born 1956)

Sharon Lawrence
(* 1961)

Anthony Foxx
(* 1971)

Bobby Jones (born 1951), NBA basketball player
Eben Alexander (* 1953), neurosurgeon
Alicia Bridges (* 1953), singer and lyricist
Daniel Conahan (* 1954), serial killers, as Hog Trail Murderer known
Terry Holladay (* 1955), tennis player
Dickie Noles (born 1956), baseball player
John Sadri (born 1956), tennis player
Peter Joseph Jugis (* 1957), Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlotte
Susan Helms (* 1958), astronaut
David S. Taylor (born 1958), manager
Anne D. Yoder (* 1959), primatologist, evolutionary biologist and university teacher
Joe Henry (* 1960), songwriter, guitarist and producer
Sharon Lawrence (born 1961), actress
Kelvin Seabrooks (born 1963), bantamweight boxer
Dan Bishop (born 1964), politician
Davis Love III (born 1964), professional golfer
David Vincent (born 1965), lead singer and bassist
Haywoode Workman (born 1966), basketball player
Susan Stewart (* 1967), political scientist
Tim Griffin (* 1968), politician
Jennifer Niven (* 1968), writer and screenwriter
Ray Durham (born 1971), baseball player
Anthony Foxx (* 1971), politician
Joel Hailey (born 1971), R&B artist
Anthony Hamilton (born 1971), R&B singer
Jim Rash (* 1971), actor, screenwriter and director
Jeff McInnis (* 1974), NBA basketball player
Stewart Walker (* 1974), producer of electronic music
Calvin Brock (* 1975), heavyweight boxer
Hugh Howey (born 1975), science fiction writer
DeMarco Johnson (born 1975), basketball player
Patrick McHenry (* 1975), politician
Dieter T. Roth (* 1975), Protestant theologian and university professor
Hunter Kemper (* 1976), triathlete
Titus Ivory (born 1977), basketball player
Kon Artis (* 1978), rapper and hip-hop producer
Seth Avett (* 1980), member of the band The Avett Brothers
Patrick Flomo (* 1980), basketball player