NC People
Famous North Carolinians
By North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism
Jul 6, 2006, 02:47 PST

The following individuals have made their mark on North Carolina and the world:

• Astronauts: Mike Smith, Dr. William Thornton
  
  
• Educators: Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Annie Wealthy Holland, W. L. Moore (Waccamaw-Siouan), N. C. Newbold, Oscar R. Sampson (Lumbee), Sequoyah (Cherokee)
  
  
• Entertainers: Howard Cosell, Roberta Flack, Eileen Fulton, Ava Gardner, Andy Griffith, Ronnie Milsap, Doc Watson, Thelonious Monk, James Taylor, Rick Dees, John Coltrane, Randy Travis
  
  
• Literature: Doris Betts, O. Henry, Guy Owen, Betty Smith, Thomas Wolfe
  
  
• Media: David Brinkley, Charles Kuralt, Edward R. Murrow, Tom Wicker, Edwin Yoder, Sam Ragan, Charlie Rose, Howard Cosell
  
  
• Presidents: Andrew Jackson (7th), James K. Polk (11th), Andrew Johnson (17th)
  
  
• Pulitzer winners: Paul Green, Hatcher Hughes, Reynolds Price, Vermont Royster
  
  
• Religion: Billy Graham
  
  
• Baseball: “Catfish” Hunter, Gaylord Perry, Jim Perry
  
  
• Basketball: Phil Ford, Bobby Jones, Michael Jordan, Meadowlark Lemon, Danny Manning, Pete Maravich, Curley Neal, Dominique Wilkins, James Worthy, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood
  
  
• Boxing: Sugar Ray Leonard
  
  
• Football: Kelvin Bryant, Roman Gabriel, Sonny Jergenson
  
  
• Motorsports: Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Junior Johnson, Lee, Richard Petty, Kyle Petty
  
  
  

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