Famous Celebrities from North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh: to live, restaurant, license plate)

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Originally Posted by CharlotteAgent

Michael Jordan Wilmington

He grew up in the Wilmington area but he was actually born in Brooklyn, NY.

[saralee]

Maya Angelous has been in NC since the early 80s but she was born in Missouri, raised in Arkansas and has spent a lifetime travelling throughout this country and overseas.

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[cowboy_wilhelm]

James Taylor was born in Belmont, Massachusetts and grew up in Chapel Hill.

[architect77]

Soupy Sales was born in Franklinton,NC in Franklin County

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SPORTS

Dale Earnhardt — One of the most popular NASCAR drivers of all time
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. — Currently of one NASCAR's top drivers
Ric Flair — Minnesota native who became professional wrestling's most
honored champion while based in Charlotte
Jim "Catfish" Hunter — pitcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Marion Jones — Olympic gold medalist
Michael Jordan — hit the winning shot for the UNC Tar Heels in the 1982
NCAA Championship game; won six NBA Titles with the
Chicago Bulls. Raised in Wilmington.
Sonny Jurgensen — former Washington Redskins football player
Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice — former Washington Redskins football player
Meadowlark Lemon — played with the Harlem Globetrotters for 24 years
Sugar Ray Leonard — world famous boxer
Gaylord Perry — Baseball Hall of Famer who pitched 3,534 strikeouts during
his career
Richard Petty — the King of Nascar
Kyle Petty — son of Richard Petty, NASCAR driver
Adam Petty — NASCAR driver killed in 2000
Brendan Haywood — Washington Wizards
Tracy McGrady — Houston Rockets
Jeff Capel II — assistant coach of the Charlotte Bobcats
Jeff Capel III — Former Duke basketball player, NCAA Division 1 coach.
Jason Capel — Son of Jeff II, brother of Jeff III. Former UNC basketball
player.
Carl Eller — NFL Hall Of Famer
Ernie Shore — Former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and NY Yankees,
teammate of Babe Ruth and completed a perfect game that
Ruth started but was later ejected. Later, he became sheriff of
Forsyth County
Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Shannon Moore — professional wrestlers with the
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from Moore County
Lawrence Taylor — All-America football player for the UNC Tar Heels; later
helped lead the New York Giants to two Super Bowl
victories.
David Thompson — legendary basketball player for NC State University,
led NC State to the NCAA Championship in 1974; arguably
one of the best basketball players of all time
Brian Vickers — NASCAR driver
James Worthy ("Big Game James"), star UNC basketball player who
led Tar Heels to 1982 NCAA Title, won three NBA Titles with
the Los Angeles Lakers
Julius Peppers UNC-CH and Carolina Panthers Defensive star.
Brad Daugherty — UNC and Cleveland Cavs star, born in Black Mountain
Eddie Pope — American international soccer player, attended UNC.
From High Point.
Scott Riggs — NASCAR driver

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Children

Virginia Dare — first English child born in the New World
Conrad Reed — found gold nugget while fishing, causing the first gold rush in North Carolina

Public Figures

William Blount (1749-1800) — First NC signer of the United States Constitution, a Tennessee Senator
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. (1758-1802) — Second NC signer of the US Constitution, eighth NC Governor
Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) — Physician and third NC signer of the US Constitution,
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — Seventh President of the United States of America and Democratic Party founder, Leading General in the Battle of New Orleans, Governor of the Florida Territory, Lost all family in the Revolutionary War, nicknamed Old Hickory
James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — Eleventh President of the United States of America and Democrat (his administration gained the most territory for the United States of any administration and was also only one term in length), gained the Mexican cession and the Oregon territory specifically, Tennessee Governor and US Representative, nicknamed Young Hickory
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) — Seventeenth President of the United States of America and Democrat, First President to be impeached and nearly removed by the Congress, involoved in the purchase of Alaska
Elizabeth Dole — current Republican US Senator from North Carolina, former president of the American Red Cross
John Edwards — former Senator, who ran for Vice President with John Kerry in 2004, Democrat
Sam Ervin — Former Democratic Senator, involved in the Watergate prosecution
William Friday — Head of the University of North Carolina system and host of North Carolina People.
Jesse Helms — Five-term conservative Republican US Senator and preacher
Terry Sanford — Former governor and President of Duke University
Charlie Duke — One of twelve astronauts to have walked on the Moon
Michael Smith — astronaut killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger
Curtis Brown — astronaut
Dolley Madison — wife to President James Madison
Billy Graham — Protestant Chrisitan evangelist
Levi Coffin — fought against slavery and helped set up the Underground Railroad
Adolph Dial — historian who wrote about the Lumbee tribe
John Hope Franklin — historian, and professor at Duke University
Alexander Martin — Four times Governor of the State, Col 2nd NC Continental Regt, US Senator and member of the Constitutional Convention
Daniel McFadden — Nobel Prize winner
John Merrick — founded North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company in Durham in 1898. By 1948, it was the largest African American owned business in the country.

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Fantasia Barrino -winner of American Idol in 2004-born and raised in High Point.
George Clinton-born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, grew up in Plainfield, NJ
Michael Evans- born in Salisbury, North Carolina-co-creator of the show Good Times and plays the character Lionel Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" and "All in the Family."
Jermaine Dupri -born in Asheville, North Carolina,grew up in the College Park
Pam Grier-born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sharon Lawrence-born in Charlotte, North Carolina-played Sylvia Costas Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.
K-Ci and JoJo- born and raised in Charlotte, NC-members of the group Jodeci
Jester Hairston-Belews Creek, N.C -appeared in the show Amen as Rolly Forbes
Brad Daugherty-Black Mountain-Former NBA player
Michael C. Hall-born in Raleigh-Six Feet Under
Star Jones Reynolds-formerly of The View-born in Badin, NC
Nina Simone-born in Tryon, North Carolina
Yancey Thigpen-Tarboro, NC-Wide Receiver
Jackée Harry-Winston-Salem-actress-227 and Sister Sister
Earle Hyman-Rocky Mount, NC native-best known on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable
Jerry Stackhouse-Kinston-NBA player
Rolonda Watts-born in Winston Salem-a talk show host, journalist, actor, producer and writer in Hollywood
Howard Cosell-born in Winston Salem

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Frankie Muniz- born in NJ but raised in NC
Evan Rachel Wood- Raleigh
Chris Daughtry- Roanoke Rapids

[Bethanytedder]

Emily Mallory Proctor of CSI: Miami was born in Raleigh, NC (Calleigh)
She also played the part of Leah Fuller in "Big Momma's House 2"

[wilmygirl]

Andie lives in Asheville, but is originally from Gaffney, SC.