List of Famous people born in North Carolina, United States of America
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
Charlotte Flair
Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, author and actress. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair, and is one half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with Asuka in their first reign as a team and Flair's first reign with the title overall. A second generation professional wrestler, she is the daughter of Ric Flair.
Seth Curry
Seth Adham Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year with the Liberty Flames before transferring to the Duke Blue Devils. He is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and the younger brother of NBA player Stephen Curry.
Madison Cawthorn
David Madison Cawthorn is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Cawthorn is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district after winning the 2020 election. The district includes most of Western North Carolina. He is the youngest member of Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. and the first born in the 1990s.
Zion Williamson
Zion Lateef Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the power forward position. Following a dominant freshman-year stint with the Duke Blue Devils, Williamson was selected by the Pelicans with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2020.
Nancy Mace
Nancy Ruth Mace is an American businesswoman, politician and author serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, her district includes much of the state's share of the East Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.
Daniel Jones
Daniel Stephen Jones III, nicknamed Danny Dimes, is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Duke, and was drafted by the Giants in the first round in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Chris Paul
Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and led the NBA in assists four times and steals a record six times. He has also been selected to ten NBA All-Star teams, nine All-NBA teams, and nine NBA All-Defensive teams.
Randy Travis
Randy Bruce Traywick, known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor.
Corey Seager
Corey Drew Seager is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers selected Seager in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his major league debut in 2015. Seager was the 2016 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was an MLB All-Star in his first two seasons in the majors. He was named the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the World Series MVP while leading the Dodgers to the 2020 World Series title over the Tampa Bay Rays.