TR Tequan Richmond
born 1992 American actor
Harold Covington
1953–2018 American neo-Nazi
Andrew Everett
born 1992 American professional wrestler
GC Geoff Crompton
1955–2002 American basketball player
Josh Bush
born 1989 American football safety
Maury Laws
1923–2019 American television and film composer
Seth Walker
born 1974 American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
Bobby Bennett
1938–2013 American singer
Brandon Tate
born 1987 American football player
Chris Castor
born 1960 American football player
Don Kernodle
1950–2021 American professional wrestler
James E. Long
1940–2009 American politician
Jessica Moore
born 1982 American journalist
Nelson Dollar
born 1961 American politician
William Edward Ellis
1908–1982 U.S. Navy officer
Billy Bryan
born 1955 American football player
Dwight Jones
born 1989 American football player
Floyd Wicker
born 1943 American baseball player
Gwyn Staley
1927–1958 American racing driver
Sammy Johnson
born 1952 American football player
Will Richardson
born 1996 American football offensive tackle
Bill Hollar
1938–2012 Former NASCAR driver
Brandon Spoon
born 1978 American football player
Drew Coble
born 1947 Baseball umpire
G. Robert Blakey
1936–2026 American attorney and law professor
Jeremy McLaughlin
born 1995 American basketball player
Nelson Garner
born 1976 American football player
Norman Adrian Wiggins
1924–2007 President of Campbell University
Rick Gunn
born 1958 American politician from North Carolina
William Edward Fitch
1867–1949 American physician
Clinton A. Fowler
1898–1972 American lawyer and politician
Hubert Westmoreland
1915–2006 NASCAR team owner
James Danieley
1924–2016 American academic administrator
Velma Dare Matthews
1904–1958 American botanist and mycologist
Betty Pulkingham
1928–2019 American musician and hymn writer
Clara Zimmerman Clayton
born 1936 American artist
Clyde Dorsett
1925–2007 Architectural consultant focused on mental healthcare design
Elizabeth Burke Southerland
1913–1992 American artist
James B. Butler
American politician
Joseph L. Allen
born 1928 American Methodist pastor, theologian and university professor
TJ NeSmith
born 2001 American basketball player
Yank D. Coble
American endocrinologist
Also called Burlington home
Sgt. Slaughter
born 1948 American professional wrestler
Adam Chandler
American lawyer and state government official
Jason Lonon
American graphic artist and musician