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

Terrmel Sledge is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the former assistant hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Yokohama BayStars. Prior to being hired by the Cubs, he was the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League.

Penelope Ann "Penny" Fuller is an American actress. She received two Tony Award nominations for her performances on Broadway stage: for Applause (1970), and The Dinner Party (2001). For her television performances, Fuller received six Emmy Award nominations, winning once, in 1982 for playing Madge Kendal in The Elephant Man.

Carter Lewis Capps is an American former professional baseball pitcher, and a current coach for the New York Mets. Carter played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, and Miami Marlins.

Chris Spencer is the vocalist and guitarist of the band Unsane, based in New York City. He also was vocalist and guitarist of the band The Cutthroats 9, when he moved to California after Unsane went on hiatus in 2000. He recently formed the sludge metal band Celan, along with composer/keyboardist Ari Benjamin Meyers.

Burgess Jenkins is an American actor. He is known for work in the film Remember the Titans opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington; and as Hilary Swank's husband David Winter in The Reaping (2007).

Michael Harrington is a former American soccer player.

William Lacy Swing. He is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador, and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Under Secretary General. He was the Director General of the International Organization for Migration until António Vitorino's appointment in 2018.

William Maurice Cowan is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from February 1, 2013, to July 16, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as legal counsel and chief of staff to Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick appointed him on an interim basis to fill the vacancy left by fellow Democrat John Kerry, who resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.

James Harvey Ward is an American actor, most known for portraying Michael on AMC's Low Winter Sun, Felton Norris on HBO's True Blood and Madden on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial Saints & Sinners. He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio