List of people from Asheville, North Carolina
This is a list of notable persons who were born in and/or have lived in the American city of Asheville, North Carolina.
Living
- Chad Allegra, professional wrestler; signed to WWE under ring name Karl Anderson
- Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author; born and raised in Asheville
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen, physician; first person to identify cystic fibrosis; inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in 2002 for scientific work
- John Avery (born 1976), football player in NFL, XFL, and CFL; attended Asheville High School[1]
- Mark Boswell (born 1960), film director
- Crezdon Butler (born 1987), NFL cornerback for Pittsburgh Steelers; born and raised in Asheville; led Asheville High School to 2006 state championship[2]
- Greg Cartwright (born 1970), rock musician; relocated to Asheville[3]
- Chris Chalk, television, film, and theater actor, born in Asheville and graduated from Asheville High School
- Luke Combs, country music singer/songwriter, born in Asheville and graduated from A.C. Reynolds High School
- Adam "Edge" Copeland (born 1973), retired professional wrestler, author, relocated to Asheville
- Evan Dahm, webcomic creator
- Eddie Golden (born 1973), professional wrestler, resides in Asheville
- Brad Daugherty (born 1965), retired NBA basketball player, 5-time All-Star, ESPN NASCAR analyst[4]
- Jennifer Pharr Davis (born 1982), long-distance hiker; unofficial record holder of fastest through-hike of Appalachian Trail
- Lawson Duncan (born 1964), former Grand Prix tennis tour player
- Jermaine Dupri, rapper
- Jim Eason (born 1935), radio talk show host
- Roberta Flack (born 1937), Grammy Award-winning singer, born in Asheville[5]
- Sallie Ford, of Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, singer[6]
- Charles Frazier (born 1950), author, born in Asheville and graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[7]
- Eileen Fulton (born 1933), actress, starred on the CBS soap As the World Turns, 1960–2010; born in Asheville[8]
- Kathleen M. Gainey (born 1956), retired US Army Lieutenant General
- Gail Godwin (born 1938), novelist, spent her early years in Asheville with mother Kathleen Krahenbuhl Cole
- Joel Goffin (born 1981), film composer, music producer
- Perla Haney-Jardine (born 1997), actress
- Warren Haynes (born 1960), musician, spent formative years in Asheville[9]
- Darren Holmes (born 1966), MLB player for eight teams
- David Holt (born 1946), folk musician, lives near Asheville[10]
- Jack Ingram, retired NASCAR driver
- Caleb Johnson (born 1991), American Idol Season 13 winner
- Gary Jules (born 1969), singer-songwriter, known for rendition of "Mad World" for film Donnie Darko
- Loyd King (born 1949), retired professional basketball player
- Taras Kulakov (born 1987), YouTuber
- Hope Larson (born 1982), Eisner Award-winning illustrator, cartoonist and author of graphic novels Salamander Dream and Chiggers[11]
- Stephen Leicht (born 1987), NASCAR driver
- Leonard Little (born 1974), NFL football player with St. Louis Rams; born and raised in Asheville[12]
- Andie MacDowell (born 1958), actress, lived for several years in Biltmore Forest, adjacent to Asheville[13]
- Cameron Maybin (born 1987), Major League Baseball player with Los Angeles Angels; born and raised in Asheville[14]
- Rashad McCants (born 1984), NBA basketball player for Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings; former Erwin High School basketball player[15]
- Sierra McCormick (born 1997), actress
- Angel Olsen (born 1987), musician[16]
- Bryan Lee O'Malley (born 1976), Canadian cartoonist and creator of Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series[17]
- Buzz Peterson (born 1963), former director of player personnel for NBA's Charlotte Bobcats; head basketball coach at UNC Wilmington;[18] born and raised in Asheville[19]
- Beth Phoenix (born 1980), real name Elizabeth Copeland; retired professional wrestler, four-time women's champion, and commentator; relocated to Asheville
- Robert Pressley (born 1959), retired NASCAR driver, born in Asheville[20]
- Chase Rice (born 1985), country music singer/songwriter
- Paul Schneider (born 1976), actor
- Ashleigh Shanti, chef
- Angela Shelton (born 1972), actress and producer
- Ronnie Silver (born 1951), NASCAR driver[21]
- Brett Swain (born 1986), NFL player for Green Bay Packers
- Nate Torbett (born 1994), professional soccer player for Coomera Colts SC
- Joe West (born 1952), MLB umpire for record-breaking 40 seasons
- David Wilcox (born 1958), folk musician and singer-songwriter
- Roy Williams (born 1950), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill basketball coach, raised in Asheville[22]
- William Winkenwerder, Jr. (born 1954), Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (2001–2007)[23]
- Bellamy Young (born 1970), actress, co-star of television series Scandal; born and raised in Asheville
Deceased
- Harry Anderson (1952–2018), actor, starred in nine seasons of NBC's Night Court[24]
- Donald V. Bennett (1915–2005), former commanding general of the US Army Pacific Command
- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910), first recognized woman doctor in the United States
- Joe Bowman (1925–2009), bootmaker and marksman of American West entertainment; grew up in Asheville but left for Houston, Texas, in 1937
- William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), 20th-century politician, presidential candidate[25]
- Ruth and Latrobe Carroll (1899–1999; 1894–1996), children's authors and illustrators
- Olive Tilford Dargan (1869–1968), proletarian novelist of the 1930s under the pen name "Fielding Burke"
- Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006), author and Southern liberal activist
- John Ehle (1925–2018), author
- John E. Exner, psychologist
- Backwards Sam Firk (1943–2007), country blues singer, fingerstyle guitarist, songwriter, and record collector[26]
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald; died in a fire with eight other women at Highland Hospital, an Asheville mental institution in the Montford district
- Edythe J. Gaines (1922–2006), educator and school superintendent, born in Asheville
- Edwin Wiley Grove (1850–1927), patent medicine inventor, builder and owner of the Grove Park Inn
- Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908), architect; final resting place at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville
- Dorothy Hart (1922–2004), screen actress, known mostly for supporting roles
- William S. Hart (1864–1946), cowboy actor in early Hollywood; resided in Asheville around 1900 and coached shows at the Asheville Opera House[27]
- Shirley Hemphill (1947–1999), stand-up comedian and actress, best known for What's Happening!!, 1976–79
- O. Henry (1862–1910), pen name of author William Sydney Porter; lived for a while in Asheville and is buried in Riverside Cemetery
- Hugh B. Hester (1895–1983), retired Army general who opposed the Vietnam War and the Cold War
- Charlton Heston (1923–2008), Oscar-winning actor, managed the Asheville Community Theatre with his wife Lydia in 1947
- Hughie Jennings (1869–1928), Major League Baseball player and manager, 1891–1925
- Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice (1924–2003), professional football player
- Howard Kester (1904–1977), author and organizer of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882–1973), folklorist, musician, folk festival founder
- Bill Monroe (1911–1996), musician, known as "the father of bluegrass"; lived in Asheville; had a show on a local radio station in 1939
- Dorothy Montgomery (1924–2009), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Robert Moog (1934–2005), pioneer of electronic music, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
- Robert Morgan (1918–2004), pilot of the Memphis Belle, the famed World War II B-17 bomber
- Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), abstract painter, one of the best-known American Color Field painters
- Doan Ogden (1908–1989), nationally noted landscape architect during the 20th century
- Edward W. Pearson, Sr. (1872–1946), businessman and developer of Asheville's African American neighborhoods
- William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965), leader of the "Silver Shirt" fascist movement in the 1930s and 1940s
- Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), Hollywood actress; was married to Francis A. Gudger, a resident of Asheville; resided in Asheville in the winter from 1932 to the mid-1940s[28]
- Robert Rice Reynolds (1884–1963), U. S. Senator of isolationist sympathies in World War II
- Michael Robinson (1924–2006), American Reform rabbi and civil rights activist
- Jimmie Rodgers, singer, known as "the father of country music"; lived in Asheville; had a show on a local radio station in 1927[29]
- Kiffin Rockwell (1892–1916), aviator; pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille; first American to shoot down an enemy aircraft
- Root Boy Slim, aka Foster Mackenzie III (1945–1993), blues musician
- Nina Simone (1933–2003), jazz singer, attended Allen Home School for Girls in Asheville[30]
- Don Thompson (1923–2009), Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), entrepreneur, founder of the Biltmore Estate
- Jonathan Williams (1908–1929), poet and publisher
- Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), author, born and raised in Asheville, buried in Riverside Cemetery
- Zachary Taylor Wood (1860-1915), Assistant Commissioner of Northwest Mounted Police and Commissioner of Yukon Territory.
See also
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