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This is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in or are closely associated with Greensboro, North Carolina and have an article on Wikipedia.
A–E
- Ethan Albright, NFL Pro Bowl long snapper, played for University of North Carolina and NFL's Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins [1]
- Keenan Allen, NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers [2]
- Tom Alston, former Major League Baseball first baseman and first African-American to play for the St. Louis Cardinals [3]
- Samuel E. Anderson, United States Air Force Four Star General; commanded Fifth Air Force during the Korean War [4]
- Clarence Avant, entertainment industry agent, entrepreneur, mogul [5]
- Patrick Bailey, catcher for the San Francisco Giants [6]
- Fantasia Barrino, winner of American Idol season three and Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, briefly lived in Greensboro and is from nearby High Point
- Thomas Berry, ecology spokesman [7]
- Rex M. Best, Emmy Award-winning writer for the CBS daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
- Jeff Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins [8]
- Joe Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the St. Louis (later Arizona) Cardinals [9]
- Michael Brooks, NFL defensive back [10]
- Hal "Skinny" Brown, MLB pitcher, member of Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame [11]
- Tony Brown, record producer [12]
- Joseph M. Bryan, businessman and philanthropist, lived in Greensboro until his death in 1995
- Kathleen Price Bryan, philanthropist, was born and lived in Greensboro
- Frances Webb Bumpass, newspaper publisher [13]
- Lamont Burns, NFL offensive lineman [14]
- Sharon Raiford Bush, American television's first African-American female weather anchor of primetime news, in 1975 at WGPR-TV, the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station [15]
- Gianluca Busio, Major League Soccer player [16]
- Andy Cabic, of indie folk band Vetiver; lived in Greensboro while a member of indie-rock band The Raymond Brake [17]
- Orson Scott Card, author, journalist and professor; several of his books, including Ender's Game and Shadow Puppets feature settings in and around Greensboro [18]
- Jimmy Carpenter, electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer [19]
- Eugene Chadbourne, composer and musician [20]
- Spencer Chamberlain, lead vocalist of the band Underoath, was raised in Greensboro
- Joey Cheek, Olympic gold medal speed skater [21]
- Howard Coble, former member of U.S. House of Representatives (6th District, N.C.) [22]
- Levi Coffin, Quaker educator and abolitionist [23]
- Tarik Cohen, NFL player, attended North Carolina A&T State University [24]
- Billy "Crash" Craddock, country music singer, born and lives near Greensboro [25]
- Chris Daughtry, American Idol contestant
- Jeff Davis, NFL player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team; attended Dudley High School
- Rick Dees, radio personality; graduated from Grimsley High School [26]
- Louis DeJoy, current Postmaster of the United States of America and major Republican Party benefactor [27]
- Marques Douglas, NFL player [28]
- James Lamont DuBose, executive television and film producer, [29] BET [30]
- Eric Ebron, NFL tight end; attended Ben L. Smith High School [31]
- Donna Edmondson, 1987 Playboy Playmate of the year [32]
- Vince Evans, NFL quarterback and 1977 Rose Bowl most valuable player [33]
F–J
- Barry Farber, radio talk show host, author and language-learning enthusiast; born in Greensboro, and graduated from Greensboro Senior High School (see Grimsley High School) [34]
- Tal Farlow, pioneering jazz guitarist [35]
- Wes Ferrell, MLB pitcher 1927–41, two-time All-Star [36]
- Henry Flynt (b. 1940), philosopher, avant-garde musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist often associated with Conceptual Art, Fluxus and Nihilism [37]
- Charles Foster, Olympic track hurdler [38]
- Inez and Charlie Foxx, rhythm-and-blues and soul duo known for the 1963 hit " Mockingbird" [39]
- Golda Fried, novelist and poet
- Elissa Minet Fuchs, ballerina and ballet mistress [40]
- Peter Paul Fuchs, composer and conductor [41]
- Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company
- Rhiannon Giddens, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops [42]
- Edwin Forbes Glenn, United States Army officer [43]
- Dino Hackett, NFL linebacker; has jersey number retired by Appalachian State [44]
- Joey Hackett, NFL tight end [45]
- Kay Hagan, former U.S. Senator [46]
- PJ Hairston, played college basketball for North Carolina Tar Heels, 26th pick in the 2014 NBA draft by Charlotte Hornets, now plays for Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League [47]
- Brendan Haywood, NBA player for Dallas Mavericks, attended Dudley High School [48]
- O. Henry, short-story writer.
- John Henson, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers [49]
- David Hickman, last American soldier killed in the Iraq War [50]
- Matt Hill, electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Terrence Holt, NFL safety, played for NC State and Detroit Lions; born in nearby Gibsonville along with his brother Torry Holt
- Torry Holt, wide receiver for NC State and All-Pro for the St. Louis Rams; born in nearby Gibsonville and attended Eastern Guilford High School
- Lindsey Hopkins Jr., businessman, banker, investor, and sportsman
- Lou Hudson, NBA All-Star [51]
- Chanita Hughes-Halbert, psychologist and medical researcher [52]
- Jim Hunt, former 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina [53]
- John Inman, professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour [54]
- John Isner, professional tennis player [55]
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, minister, politician, attended and graduated from North Carolina A&T University [56]
- Randall Jarrell, nationally acclaimed poet, professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro until his death in 1965; buried near Guilford College campus [57]
- Haywood Jeffires, NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, coach of a Texas semi-pro team [58]
- Ken Jeong, actor, grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Page High School; starred in NBC sitcom Community [59]
- Dr. Frank Jobe, orthopedic surgeon, invented UCL reconstruction known as Tommy John surgery [60]
- Robert Elijah Jones, early African American Bishop in the Methodist Church [61]
K–O
- Paris Kea, All-American basketball player at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, WNBA player for the Indiana Fever [62]
- J. William Kime, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard [63]
- Debra Lee, chief executive officer of BET [64]
- John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950), composer [65]
- Janet Lilly, dancer, choreographer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro [66]
- Caroline Lind, Olympic rower and two-time gold medalist in the women's eight event [67]
- Ann Livermore, former Executive Vice President at Hewlett-Packard [68]
- Frank Lucas, infamous heroin dealer, subject of American Gangster film starring Denzel Washington
- Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States [69]
- Dolley Madison, First Lady and wife of President James Madison [70]
- Carolyn Maloney (née Carolyn Jane Bosher, born 1946), politician serving as U.S. Representative [71]
- Danny Manning, an All-America basketball player for the University of Kansas and NBA star, attended Page High School in Greensboro [72]
- Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist [73]
- Margaret Maron, author of award-winning mystery novels [74]
- Joyce Martin Dixon, businesswoman and philanthropist [75]
- Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to U.S.S.R., 1987–1991 [76]
- Maryhelen Mayfield, ballet dancer and former artistic and executive director of Greensboro Ballet, lived in Greensboro
- Bob McAdoo, NBA All-Star, college basketball All-American, and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame [77]
- Franklin McCain, one of The Greensboro Four, African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States; attended Dudley [78]
- Courtney McClellan, interdisciplinary artist [79]
- Adrian McDonnell, conductor living in France
- Mark McGuinn, country music artist [80]
- Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern US [81]
- Beth Mitchell, competitive shag dancer
- Jason Miyares, 48th Attorney General of Virginia [82]
- John Motley Morehead, 29th Governor of North Carolina [83]
- Emmanuel Moseley, NFL cornerback [84]
- Cedric Mullins, MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles [85]
- Edward R. Murrow, World War II CBS radio broadcaster and award-winning television journalist; born outside Greensboro [86]
- Fred "Curly" Neal, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters [87]
- Ed Nelson, actor who played Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place, spent last years in Greensboro and died there in 2014 [88]
P–T
- Michael Parker, novelist [89]
- Clara J. Peck, public health nurse and hospital matron
- Ronald Perelman, billionaire investor [90]
- Garry Peterson, longtime drummer for the Guess Who
- Carl Pettersson, Swedish PGA Tour player, graduated from Grimsley High School [91]
- Theo Pinson, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets [92]
- Eddie Pope, soccer player for Real Salt Lake and the US National Soccer Team [93]
- Millard Powers, musician, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy-nominated recording engineer; member of Counting Crows [94]
- George Preddy, World War II fighter ace [95]
- Ethel Clay Price, nurse and socialite [96]
- Julian Price, insurance executive [96]
- Ricky Proehl, NFL player [97]
- Morgan Radford, journalist and reporter for NBC News and MSNBC [98]
- D.J. Reader, NFL Defensive Tackle [99]
- Eddie Robinson, Major League Soccer (MLS) player [100]
- Mark Robinson, 35th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina [101]
- Lee Rouson, NFL running back, attended Page High School
- Gregory Charles Royal, jazz musician from Duke EllingtonOrchestra, founder of New York Jazz Film Festival [102]
- Virginia Ragsdale, mathematician and creator of the Ragsdale conjecture
- Ski Beatz, music producer [103]
- Charlie Sanders, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame and North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, NFL tight end for Detroit Lions, attended Dudley High School [104]
- H.T. Kirby-Smith, author and poet
- Graham Sharp, musician [105]
- Nicholas Sparks, author
- Wilbur Daniel Steele, author, playwright, Provincetown Players
- Stanley Tanger, founder of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers [106]
- Edwin Teague, Olympic sports shooter [107]
- Sonny Terry, blues musician (1911–1986) [108]
- Whitney Way Thore, star of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life [109]
U–Z
- Jan Van Dyke, dancer and choreographer, resided in Greensboro, taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; pioneer for modern dance in Greensboro [110]
- Jeff Varner, Survivor contestant ( Season 2)
- Don Vaughan, former state senator and former member of the Greensboro City Council; helped obtain passage in 2010 of Susie's Law [111]
- Nancy Vaughan, 48th mayor of Greensboro [112]
- Robert Walden, pioneer NASCAR driver, lives near Greensboro
- Cody Ware, NASCAR driver [113]
- Allen Webster, MLB pitcher [114]
- Gene White, NFL defensive back [115]
- Kelly Wigglesworth, Survivor contestant ( Season 1) [116]
- Aldona Wos, physician and politician who has served in various positions at several U.S. government agencies and nonprofit organizations [117]
- Jerome Young, professional wrestler; born, lived, and died in Greensboro [118]
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verification. (October 2018) |
This is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in or are closely associated with Greensboro, North Carolina and have an article on Wikipedia.
A–E
- Ethan Albright, NFL Pro Bowl long snapper, played for University of North Carolina and NFL's Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins [1]
- Keenan Allen, NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers [2]
- Tom Alston, former Major League Baseball first baseman and first African-American to play for the St. Louis Cardinals [3]
- Samuel E. Anderson, United States Air Force Four Star General; commanded Fifth Air Force during the Korean War [4]
- Clarence Avant, entertainment industry agent, entrepreneur, mogul [5]
- Patrick Bailey, catcher for the San Francisco Giants [6]
- Fantasia Barrino, winner of American Idol season three and Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, briefly lived in Greensboro and is from nearby High Point
- Thomas Berry, ecology spokesman [7]
- Rex M. Best, Emmy Award-winning writer for the CBS daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
- Jeff Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins [8]
- Joe Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the St. Louis (later Arizona) Cardinals [9]
- Michael Brooks, NFL defensive back [10]
- Hal "Skinny" Brown, MLB pitcher, member of Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame [11]
- Tony Brown, record producer [12]
- Joseph M. Bryan, businessman and philanthropist, lived in Greensboro until his death in 1995
- Kathleen Price Bryan, philanthropist, was born and lived in Greensboro
- Frances Webb Bumpass, newspaper publisher [13]
- Lamont Burns, NFL offensive lineman [14]
- Sharon Raiford Bush, American television's first African-American female weather anchor of primetime news, in 1975 at WGPR-TV, the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station [15]
- Gianluca Busio, Major League Soccer player [16]
- Andy Cabic, of indie folk band Vetiver; lived in Greensboro while a member of indie-rock band The Raymond Brake [17]
- Orson Scott Card, author, journalist and professor; several of his books, including Ender's Game and Shadow Puppets feature settings in and around Greensboro [18]
- Jimmy Carpenter, electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer [19]
- Eugene Chadbourne, composer and musician [20]
- Spencer Chamberlain, lead vocalist of the band Underoath, was raised in Greensboro
- Joey Cheek, Olympic gold medal speed skater [21]
- Howard Coble, former member of U.S. House of Representatives (6th District, N.C.) [22]
- Levi Coffin, Quaker educator and abolitionist [23]
- Tarik Cohen, NFL player, attended North Carolina A&T State University [24]
- Billy "Crash" Craddock, country music singer, born and lives near Greensboro [25]
- Chris Daughtry, American Idol contestant
- Jeff Davis, NFL player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team; attended Dudley High School
- Rick Dees, radio personality; graduated from Grimsley High School [26]
- Louis DeJoy, current Postmaster of the United States of America and major Republican Party benefactor [27]
- Marques Douglas, NFL player [28]
- James Lamont DuBose, executive television and film producer, [29] BET [30]
- Eric Ebron, NFL tight end; attended Ben L. Smith High School [31]
- Donna Edmondson, 1987 Playboy Playmate of the year [32]
- Vince Evans, NFL quarterback and 1977 Rose Bowl most valuable player [33]
F–J
- Barry Farber, radio talk show host, author and language-learning enthusiast; born in Greensboro, and graduated from Greensboro Senior High School (see Grimsley High School) [34]
- Tal Farlow, pioneering jazz guitarist [35]
- Wes Ferrell, MLB pitcher 1927–41, two-time All-Star [36]
- Henry Flynt (b. 1940), philosopher, avant-garde musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist often associated with Conceptual Art, Fluxus and Nihilism [37]
- Charles Foster, Olympic track hurdler [38]
- Inez and Charlie Foxx, rhythm-and-blues and soul duo known for the 1963 hit " Mockingbird" [39]
- Golda Fried, novelist and poet
- Elissa Minet Fuchs, ballerina and ballet mistress [40]
- Peter Paul Fuchs, composer and conductor [41]
- Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company
- Rhiannon Giddens, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops [42]
- Edwin Forbes Glenn, United States Army officer [43]
- Dino Hackett, NFL linebacker; has jersey number retired by Appalachian State [44]
- Joey Hackett, NFL tight end [45]
- Kay Hagan, former U.S. Senator [46]
- PJ Hairston, played college basketball for North Carolina Tar Heels, 26th pick in the 2014 NBA draft by Charlotte Hornets, now plays for Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League [47]
- Brendan Haywood, NBA player for Dallas Mavericks, attended Dudley High School [48]
- O. Henry, short-story writer.
- John Henson, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers [49]
- David Hickman, last American soldier killed in the Iraq War [50]
- Matt Hill, electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Terrence Holt, NFL safety, played for NC State and Detroit Lions; born in nearby Gibsonville along with his brother Torry Holt
- Torry Holt, wide receiver for NC State and All-Pro for the St. Louis Rams; born in nearby Gibsonville and attended Eastern Guilford High School
- Lindsey Hopkins Jr., businessman, banker, investor, and sportsman
- Lou Hudson, NBA All-Star [51]
- Chanita Hughes-Halbert, psychologist and medical researcher [52]
- Jim Hunt, former 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina [53]
- John Inman, professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour [54]
- John Isner, professional tennis player [55]
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, minister, politician, attended and graduated from North Carolina A&T University [56]
- Randall Jarrell, nationally acclaimed poet, professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro until his death in 1965; buried near Guilford College campus [57]
- Haywood Jeffires, NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, coach of a Texas semi-pro team [58]
- Ken Jeong, actor, grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Page High School; starred in NBC sitcom Community [59]
- Dr. Frank Jobe, orthopedic surgeon, invented UCL reconstruction known as Tommy John surgery [60]
- Robert Elijah Jones, early African American Bishop in the Methodist Church [61]
K–O
- Paris Kea, All-American basketball player at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, WNBA player for the Indiana Fever [62]
- J. William Kime, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard [63]
- Debra Lee, chief executive officer of BET [64]
- John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950), composer [65]
- Janet Lilly, dancer, choreographer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro [66]
- Caroline Lind, Olympic rower and two-time gold medalist in the women's eight event [67]
- Ann Livermore, former Executive Vice President at Hewlett-Packard [68]
- Frank Lucas, infamous heroin dealer, subject of American Gangster film starring Denzel Washington
- Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States [69]
- Dolley Madison, First Lady and wife of President James Madison [70]
- Carolyn Maloney (née Carolyn Jane Bosher, born 1946), politician serving as U.S. Representative [71]
- Danny Manning, an All-America basketball player for the University of Kansas and NBA star, attended Page High School in Greensboro [72]
- Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist [73]
- Margaret Maron, author of award-winning mystery novels [74]
- Joyce Martin Dixon, businesswoman and philanthropist [75]
- Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to U.S.S.R., 1987–1991 [76]
- Maryhelen Mayfield, ballet dancer and former artistic and executive director of Greensboro Ballet, lived in Greensboro
- Bob McAdoo, NBA All-Star, college basketball All-American, and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame [77]
- Franklin McCain, one of The Greensboro Four, African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States; attended Dudley [78]
- Courtney McClellan, interdisciplinary artist [79]
- Adrian McDonnell, conductor living in France
- Mark McGuinn, country music artist [80]
- Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern US [81]
- Beth Mitchell, competitive shag dancer
- Jason Miyares, 48th Attorney General of Virginia [82]
- John Motley Morehead, 29th Governor of North Carolina [83]
- Emmanuel Moseley, NFL cornerback [84]
- Cedric Mullins, MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles [85]
- Edward R. Murrow, World War II CBS radio broadcaster and award-winning television journalist; born outside Greensboro [86]
- Fred "Curly" Neal, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters [87]
- Ed Nelson, actor who played Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place, spent last years in Greensboro and died there in 2014 [88]
P–T
- Michael Parker, novelist [89]
- Clara J. Peck, public health nurse and hospital matron
- Ronald Perelman, billionaire investor [90]
- Garry Peterson, longtime drummer for the Guess Who
- Carl Pettersson, Swedish PGA Tour player, graduated from Grimsley High School [91]
- Theo Pinson, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets [92]
- Eddie Pope, soccer player for Real Salt Lake and the US National Soccer Team [93]
- Millard Powers, musician, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy-nominated recording engineer; member of Counting Crows [94]
- George Preddy, World War II fighter ace [95]
- Ethel Clay Price, nurse and socialite [96]
- Julian Price, insurance executive [96]
- Ricky Proehl, NFL player [97]
- Morgan Radford, journalist and reporter for NBC News and MSNBC [98]
- D.J. Reader, NFL Defensive Tackle [99]
- Eddie Robinson, Major League Soccer (MLS) player [100]
- Mark Robinson, 35th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina [101]
- Lee Rouson, NFL running back, attended Page High School
- Gregory Charles Royal, jazz musician from Duke EllingtonOrchestra, founder of New York Jazz Film Festival [102]
- Virginia Ragsdale, mathematician and creator of the Ragsdale conjecture
- Ski Beatz, music producer [103]
- Charlie Sanders, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame and North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, NFL tight end for Detroit Lions, attended Dudley High School [104]
- H.T. Kirby-Smith, author and poet
- Graham Sharp, musician [105]
- Nicholas Sparks, author
- Wilbur Daniel Steele, author, playwright, Provincetown Players
- Stanley Tanger, founder of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers [106]
- Edwin Teague, Olympic sports shooter [107]
- Sonny Terry, blues musician (1911–1986) [108]
- Whitney Way Thore, star of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life [109]
U–Z
- Jan Van Dyke, dancer and choreographer, resided in Greensboro, taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; pioneer for modern dance in Greensboro [110]
- Jeff Varner, Survivor contestant ( Season 2)
- Don Vaughan, former state senator and former member of the Greensboro City Council; helped obtain passage in 2010 of Susie's Law [111]
- Nancy Vaughan, 48th mayor of Greensboro [112]
- Robert Walden, pioneer NASCAR driver, lives near Greensboro
- Cody Ware, NASCAR driver [113]
- Allen Webster, MLB pitcher [114]
- Gene White, NFL defensive back [115]
- Kelly Wigglesworth, Survivor contestant ( Season 1) [116]
- Aldona Wos, physician and politician who has served in various positions at several U.S. government agencies and nonprofit organizations [117]
- Jerome Young, professional wrestler; born, lived, and died in Greensboro [118]
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