List of Famous people born in New Bern, United States of America

Linda Marie McMahon is an American political executive, former Trump administration official, and former professional wrestling executive and performer. She served as the 25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019 and Chairwoman of America First Action since 2019. She also chairs America First Policies, which contributed to Women for America First, the organization that obtained the permit for and helped organize the rally officially known as the “March to Save America”, which took place in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021. Individuals attending that rally stormed the Capitol later that day.

Elwood Edwards is an American voice actor. He is best known as the voice of the Internet service provider America Online, which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include "Welcome", "You've got mail", "You've got pictures", "You've got voicemail", "File's done", and "Goodbye", all recorded in his own living room on a cassette deck. In 1989, Edwards's wife overheard online service Q-Link CEO Steve Case describe how he wanted to add a voice to its user interface. In October, Edwards's voice premiered on AOL's new program. The voice is only heard in the American version of the software. In the UK version, a female voice is heard replacing "Welcome" with "Welcome to AOL" and "You've got mail" with "You have e-mail" Also, "File's done" is replaced with "Your files have been transferred".

Samuel Jesse Battle was the first black police officer in New York City. After attending segregated schools in North Carolina, Battle moved north, first to Connecticut, then to New York City, where he took a job as a train porter and began studying for the New York City Police Department civil service exam. He was sworn in on March 6, 1911.

Mike Hughes is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCF.

William Grainger Blount was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He is the son of Southwest Territory governor William Blount and nephew of Tennessee governor Willie Blount, serving under the latter as Tennessee Secretary of State from 1811 to 1815.

John Heritage Bryan was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

John L. Pennington was an American politician and newspaper publisher. He was an Alabama state senator, and the fifth Governor of Dakota Territory.

John Stanly was a Federalist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1801 and 1803 and again between 1809 and 1811. He was the father of Edward Stanly and rear admiral Fabius Stanly, and the father-in-law of General Walker Keith Armistead.

Kent Robert Williams is an American painter and graphic novel artist.

William J. Gaston was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. Gaston is the author of the official state song of North Carolina, "The Old North State". Gaston County, North Carolina, created just after his death, was named for him, as later were the city of Gastonia, North Carolina, artificial Lake Gaston, and the splendid Gaston Hall auditorium at his alma mater, Georgetown University.