Science Fair Project Encyclopedia

List of people from North Carolina

The following is a list of famous people born in North Carolina, USA.

Clay Aiken, (born 1978), singer
George Clinton, (born 1940) funk musician
John Coltrane, (1926 - 1967), Jazz musician
Charlie Daniels, (born 1936), singer/songwriter
Pamela Duncan, (born 1961), writer
Dale Earnhardt, (1951 - 2001), stock car driver
Roberta Flack, singer
Ava Gardner, actress
Andy Griffith, (born 1926), actor
Richard Jordan Gatling, M.D., inventor of the Gatling gun
Jesse Helms (born 1921), U.S. Senator from North Carolina
Jim "Catfish" Hunter, (1946 - 1999), Baseball Hall of Famer
Andrew Johnson, (1808 - 1875), President of the United States
Charles Kuralt, journalist and television personality
Sugar Ray Leonard, (born 1956), boxer
Thelonious Monk, (1917 - 1982), Jazz pianist
Edward R. Murrow, journalist
Kyle Petty, (born 1960), stock car driver
James K. Polk, (1797 - 1849), President of the United States
Hiram Revels, (1822 - 1901), first African-American member of the United States Senate
[Fantasia Barrino],Born 1984], singer,first person born in North Carolina to win American Idol
[Shirley Caesar],Born 1938,Singer

This list is of famous people who were not born in North Carolina, but were raised or made their most significant contributions there.

Michael Jordan (born 1963), basketball legend
Mike Krzyzewski (born 1947), basketball coach
Dean Smith (born 1931), basketball coach
[Maya Angelou],born 1928,poet,historian,author,actress,playwright,producer,directer,and teacher