Ariana DeBose
born 1991 American actress
Sugar Ray Leonard
born 1956 American boxer
Stoya
born 1986 American pornographic actress and writer
Sam Jones
1933–2021 American basketball player and coach
Charlie Daniels
1936–2020 American singer and musician
Lara Trump
born 1982 American television producer and campaign adviser
Percy Heath
1923–2005 American musician
David Brinkley
1920–2003 American journalist
Kristen Dalton
born 1986 American model
Cheyenne Kimball
born 1990 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist
Don Payne
1964–2013 American screenwriter and film producer
Kadeem Allen
born 1993 American basketball player
Jane Barnell
1871–1945 American bearded lady
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1932–2015 American basketball player
Barbara Guest
1920–2006 American writer
Derek Brunson
born 1984 American sport wrestler and martial artist
Tamera Young
born 1986 American basketball player
David Walker
1785–1830 Outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist
George Davis
1820–1896 American and Confederate politician
Lori Henry
born 1966 Association football player
George B. Anderson
1831–1862 Confederate Army officer
Myles Borne
born 1999 American professional wrestler
Sonny Jurgensen
1934–2026 American football player
Alton Lennon
1906–1986 American politician
Clarence Kea
born 1959 American basketball player
William W. Loring
1818–1886 Confederate Army general
John D. Barry
1839–1867 Confederate Army general
Kenny Gattison
born 1964 American basketball player-coach
Sammy Davis, Sr.
1900–1988 American dancer
Allyn King
1899–1930 American actress
James Thorington
1816–1887 American politician
Robert Robinson Taylor
1868–1942 American architect
Robert Ruark
1915–1965 American writer
Roman Gabriel
1940–2024 American football player
Sharyn McCrumb
born 1948 American writer
Thomas Frederick Price
1860–1919 Co-founder of American religious group
Ty Walker
born 1989 American basketball player
Alex Highsmith
born 1997 American football player
Elijah Wilson
born 1994 American basketball player
James Owen
1784–1865 American politician
Jonathan Cooper
born 1990 American football player
Kayvon Zand
born 2000 American nightlife personality and musician
Sam Pellom
born 1951 Basketball player
Andy McGhee
1927–2017 American musician
Charles Kuralt
1934–1997 American journalist, correspondent, news anchor
Connor Barth
born 1986 American football player
Ed Hinton
1927–1958 American actor
Edwin Alderman
1861–1931 American educator, first president of the University of Virginia
Edwin Alexander Anderson
1860–1933 Officer in the United States Navy
Henry G. Connor
1852–1924 United States federal judge
James B. Dudley
1859–1925 American academic
Ross Tomaselli
born 1992 American soccer player
Vaughn Wilson
born 1976 American actor
Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.
1924–1983 American diplomat
Edward E. David Jr.
1925–2017 American engineer
Elle Graham
born 2009 American actress
Hiram Houston Merritt
1902–1979 American neurologist
Jay Ross
born 1987 American football player
John Dillard Bellamy
1854–1942 American politician
Lucien C. Gause
1836–1880 Confederate Army officer
Marvin Allen
1915–1996 American soccer coach
Paul Teal
1989–2024 American actor
Samuel D. Purviance
1774–1806 American politician
Teana Miller
born 1980 American basketball player
Blake Walston
born 2001 American baseball player
Briana Venskus
born 1984 American actress
Charles A. McClenahan
1941–2017 American politician
Emily Selinger
1848–1927 American painter, writer, poet, educator
Frank Holmes
1885–1980 American long and high jumper
Jackie Rogers
born 1943 American racing driver
Jyler Noviello
born 1984 American soccer player
Kevin Whitted
born 1973 American basketball coach and basketball player
Lauren Collins
born 1980 American journalist
Mary Ann Caws
born 1933 American historian and writer
Mike Nifong
born 1950 District attorney for Durham County, North Carolina
Mike Vollmin
born 1993 American-Swiss professional ice hockey player
Robert Daniel Potter
1923–2009 United States federal judge
Sharon Green
born 1962 American rapper
William Francis Strudwick
1765–1812 American politician
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Michael Jordan
born 1963 American basketball player and businessman
Nicholas Pryor
1935–2024 American actor
Minnie Evans
1892–1987 African American artist
Julia Boseman
born 1966 American politician
Brittany York
born 1990 American beauty pageant contestant
Thomas Godfrey
1736–1763 American poet and playwright
Andria "Dreamz" Herd
born 1981 American reality television participant
David Bryant Fulton
1863–1941 American journalist, essayist, novelist
Sydney Perry
born 1991 Beauty pageant contestant
Alice Lee Larkins Houston
Boardinghouse operator
Carli Batson
born 2000 Miss North Carolina 2021
Eli West Hall
born 1827 Lawyer and senator of North Carolina
Harold Leslie Nevers
born 1892
Henry Bacon
1822–1891 Engineer and businessperson of Massachusetts
James O. Carr
1869–1949 Lawyer and politician of Wilmington, North Carolina
John B. Cranmer
1874–1954 American physician
K. Craig Boatright
American orthopedic surgeon
Kristin Whitehill Mapson
born 1982 American social work scholar
Lemuel Bannister
President of the Green Swamp Company
Marsden Bellamy
1843–1909 Confederate Navy paymaster of Wilmington, North Carolina
Robert Hill Long
American poet and teacher
William James Harriss Bellamy
Confederate Army private of Wilmington, North Carolina