Category
page 1Military personnel from North Carolina
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Charles Duke
American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)
James E. Webb
administrator of NASA in 1961–1968 (1906–1992)
Michael J. Smith
American astronaut (1945-1986)
Susan J. Helms
Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and NASA astronaut
Tom Robbins
American writer (1932–2025)
Jesse Helms
American politician (1921–2008)
Kenneth Noland
American artist (1924–2010)
William E. Thornton
American astronaut (1929–2021)
Percy Heath
American musician (1923–2005)
Michael Blake
American writer (1945-2015)
David Brinkley
American journalist (1920–2003)
Brad Cooper (admiral)
Charles Bradford Cooper II is an American admiral who has served as the commander of the United States Central Command since 2025 and has led U.S. forces during the 2026 Iran war.
William H. McRaven
United States admiral
Sidney Blackmer
American actor (1895-1973)
Terry Sanford
65th governor of North Carolina (1917–1998)
Mark Robinson
American politician (born 1968)
Robert Sink
United States Army officer (1905–1965)
Robert Hines
American astronaut
Kenneth Claiborne Royall
United States general (1894-1971)
Sam Ervin
United States Senator and jurist
Bill Johnson
American politician and academic administrator (born 1954)
Art Bell
American broadcaster (1945-2018)
Edolphus Towns
American politician
Togo D. West, Jr.
Member of the United States Cabinet (1942-2018)
Charity Adams Earley
United States African American woman Army officer
Thomas Ferebee
American bombardier (1918–2000)
Daniel P. Driscoll
American politician
Luther H. Hodges
American politician (1898-1974)
William C. Lee
United States general (1895-1948)
Lawrence Tyson
United States Senator from Tennessee
William B. Umstead
American politician (1895-1954)
Daryl Caudle
U.S. Navy admiral
Enos Slaughter
former baseball player from the United States
Edward Burleson
American politician (1798-1851)
Henry Johnson
Medal of Honor recipient (1892–1929)
Earl B. Ruth
American politician (1916-1989)
Robert F. Williams
American civil rights activist (1925–1996)
Cass Ballenger
American politician (1926-2015)
Julian Robertson
American businessman
Lee J. Carter
American politician
James Carson Gardner
American politician (1933-)
Nick Galifianakis
American politician
Carl Kasell
American radio personality
Martin Lancaster
American politician
Pat Harrigan
American politician
Dan K. Moore
American politician (1906-1986)
Otto Reich
American diplomat and lobbyist
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
American civil rights and criminal defense lawyer (1914-2018)
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
North Carolina politician; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient (1890–1964)
Charles George
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1932-1952)
Xavier Brunson
U.S. Army general
Clara Leach Adams-Ender
American military officer
Donald L. Shaw
American social scientist (1936–2021)
Edwin Alexander Anderson
officer in the United States Navy
Luke Lea
American politician, born 1783
C. Boyden Gray
American lawyer and diplomat
Vermont C. Royster
American writer (1914-1996)
John H. Hager
American businessman and politician
Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey
American Brigadier general