List of Famous people born in North Carolina, United States of America

Rashad Dion McCants is an American former professional basketball player who has played in the National Basketball Association as well as overseas. He played for Trilogy in the BIG3 three-on-three league.

Lee Jin Carter is an American politician who has represented the 50th district in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated Jackson Miller, the Republican House Majority Whip, to win the seat. Born in North Carolina, Carter is an IT specialist and a former U.S. Marine. In the House of Delegates, Carter serves on the Finance Committee and the Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee. He is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, and in 2017, he was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which he is a member.

Marlanna Evans, better known by her stage name Rapsody, is an American rapper from Snow Hill, North Carolina. Her album Laila's Wisdom received two Grammy Award nominations, for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song.

David Richmond Gergen is an American political commentator and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a senior political analyst for CNN and a professor of public service and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is also the former editor at large of U.S. News and World Report and a contributor to CNN.com and Parade Magazine. He has twice been a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards—in 1988 with MacNeil–Lehrer, and in 2008 with CNN.

Josh Gattis is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator at the University of Michigan.

Ronald Owen Perelman is an American banker, businessman and investor. MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, his company, has invested in companies with interests in groceries, cigars, licorice, makeup, cars, photography, television, camping supplies, security, gaming, jewelry, banks, and comic book publishing. Perelman holds significant shares in companies such as Deluxe Entertainment, Revlon, SIGA Technologies RetailMeNot, Merisant, Scantron, Scientific Games Corporation, Valassis, vTv Therapeutics and Harland Clarke. He previously owned a majority of shares in AM General, but in 2020 sold the majority of his shares in AM General along with significant works of art, in light of the impact of the economy on the high debt burdens many of his companies have from leveraged buyouts. In early 2020, Revlon, acquired by Perelman in the 1980s, undertook a debt deal. Previously worth 19.8 billion in 2018, Perelman is, as of September 2020, worth 4.3 billion.

David Michael Harwood is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood, where he is one-time AEW World Tag Team Champions with Cash Wheeler. Harwood is also known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Scott Dawson. In WWE he held both the Raw and SmackDowns as well as the NXT Tag Team Championship and WWE 24/7 Championship along with his partner Dash Wilder.

Dale DaBone is an American pornographic actor and director. He has appeared in more than 500 adult movies.

Brenda Berkman is a pioneering female firefighter. She was the sole named class plaintiff in the federal sex discrimination lawsuit that opened the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) to women firefighters. After she won the lawsuit in 1982, she and 40 other women became FDNY firefighters.

Lowell Bailey is an American biathlon coach and retired biathlete who competed from 2001 until 2018.