Famous People Born in North Carolina
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Andrew Johnson
( Raleigh )
- Andy Griffith ( Mount Airy )
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Art Bell
( Camp Lejeune )
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Ava Gardner
( Grabtown )
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Billy Graham
( Charlotte )
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Clay Aiken
( Chapel Hill )
- Dale Earnhardt ( Kannapolis )
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
( Concord )
- Doc Watson ( Deep Gap )
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Dolley Madison
( Piedmont )
- Donna Fargo ( Mount Airy )
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Edward R. Murrow
( Polecat Creek )
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Elizabeth Dole
( Salisbury )
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Fantasia Barrino
( High Point )
- Franklin Graham ( Asheville )
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Jaime Pressly
( Kinston )
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James K. Polk
( Mecklenburg County )
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Jay Bakker
( Charlotte )
- Jesse Helms ( Monroe )
- John Coltrane ( Hamlet )
- Joseph Mitchell ( Near Iona )
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Julianne Moore
( Fayetteville )
- Laurie Dhue
- Max Roach ( New Land )
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Michael C. Hall
( Raleigh )
- Nina Simone ( Tryon )
- O. Henry ( Greensboro )
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Pam Grier
( Winston-Salem )
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Randy Travis
( Marshville )
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Richard Petty
( Level Cross )
- Robert C. Byrd ( North Wilkesboro )
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Roberta Flack
( Black Mountain )
- Star Jones ( Badin )
- Thelonious Monk ( Rocky Mount )
- Thomas Wolfe ( Asheville )
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Tori Amos
( Newton )
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Valeisha Butterfield
( Wilson )
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Zach Galifianakis
( Wilkesboro )