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

Kelvin Dale Sampson is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team. He was the head coach at Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, Washington State University from 1987 to 1994, the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006, and Indiana University 2006 to 2008. He has also been an assistant coach for National Basketball Association (NBA) teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets.

Robert Alexander Wood is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.

Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen with the first overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards after playing one year of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Wall plays the point guard position and is a five-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Team in 2017. He was traded to Houston in 2020.

Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. is an American businessman, former NFL player and former owner in the National Football League (NFL). He established the Carolina Panthers franchise, which he owned for 23 years.

William Grier is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and West Virginia Mountaineers, and was drafted by the Panthers in the third round in the 2019 NFL Draft.

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.

Loretta Elizabeth Lynch is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd attorney general of the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder and previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama (2010–2015). As a U.S. attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island.

James Frederick Webb Simpson is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won the 2012 U.S. Open and the 2018 Players Championship.

James William Nantz III is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA, and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has anchored CBS' coverage of the Masters Tournament since 1989 and been the play-by-play announcer on CBS' top NFL game since 2004.

Charles Duncan Trussell is an American actor, voice actor and stand-up comic, known for his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour. He appears on the Netflix series The Midnight Gospel, along with The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and Joe Rogan Questions Everything.