List of people from Greensboro, North Carolina
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.
Born in Greensboro
- Keenan Allen, NFL wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers; attended Grimsley High School and graduated from Northern Guilford High School
- Samuel E. Anderson, United States Air Force Four Star General; commanded Fifth Air Force during the Korean War
- Clarence Avant, entertainment industry agent, entrepreneur, mogul
- Thomas Berry, ecology spokesman
- Hal "Skinny" Brown, MLB pitcher, Baltimore Orioles
- Tony Brown, record producer
- Lamont Burns, NFL player
- 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[1]
- Joey Cheek, Olympic gold-medal speed skater
- Howard Coble, former member of U.S. House of Representatives (6th District, N.C.)[2]
- Levi Coffin, Quaker educator and abolitionist
- Jeff Davis, NFL linebacker for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Marques Douglas, NFL player
- James Lamont DuBose, executive television and film producer,[3] BET[4]
- Donna Edmondson, Playboy Playmate of the year 1987
- Vince Evans, 1977 Rose Bowl most valuable player and NFL quarterback
- Tal Farlow, pioneering jazz guitarist
- Wes Ferrell, MLB pitcher 1927–41, two-time All-Star
- Henry Flynt (b. 1940), philosopher, avant-garde musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist often associated with Conceptual Art, Fluxus and Nihilism
- Inez and Charlie Foxx, rhythm-and-blues and soul duo known for the 1963 hit "Mockingbird"
- Rhiannon Giddens, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Joey Hackett, NFL tight end
- 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
- O. Henry, short-story writer (actually born in Guilford County, outside Greensboro)
- John Henson, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers[5]
- Matt Hill, electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Lindsey Hopkins Jr., businessman, banker, investor, and sportsman
- Lou Hudson, NBA All-Star[6]
- Jim Hunt, former 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina
- John Isner, professional tennis player
- Dr. Frank Jobe, orthopedic surgeon, invented UCL reconstruction known as Tommy John surgery
- Robert Elijah Jones, early African American Bishop in the Methodist Church
- Paris Kea, All-American basketball player at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, WNBA player for the Indiana Fever
- J. William Kime, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Debra Lee, Chief Executive Officer of BET[7]
- John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950), composer
- Caroline Lind, 2008 Olympic women's 8 rowing, gold medal
- Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States
- Dolley Madison, First Lady and wife of President James Madison
- Carolyn Maloney (née Carolyn Jane Bosher, born 1946), politician serving as U.S. Representative
- Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist[8]
- Joyce Martin Dixon, businesswoman and philanthropist[9]
- Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to U.S.S.R., 1987–1991
- Robert McAdoo, NBA All-Star and college basketball All-American
- Adrian McDonnell, conductor living in France
- Beth Mitchell, competitive shag dancer
- Cedric Mullins, MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles[10]
- Fred "Curly" Neal, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
- Ronald Perelman, billionaire investor
- Theo Pinson, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets
- Eddie Pope, soccer player for Real Salt Lake and the US National Soccer Team
- Millard Powers, musician, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy-nominated recording engineer; member of Counting Crows
- George Preddy, World War II ace
- Morgan Radford, journalist and reporter for NBC News and MSNBC
- Gregory Charles Royal, jazz musician from Duke EllingtonOrchestra, founder of New York Jazz Film Festival
- Ski Beatz, music producer
- Wilbur Daniel Steele, author, playwright, Provincetown Players
- Sonny Terry, blues musician (1911–1986)
- Josh Tobias, professional baseball player, second baseman
- 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[11]
- Cody Ware, NASCAR driver
- Gene White, NFL defensive back
- Kelly Wigglesworth, Survivor contestant (Season 1)
Residents
- Rex M. Best, Emmy Award-winning writer for the CBS daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
- Frances Webb Bumpass, newspaper publisher[12]
- Orson Scott Card, author, journalist and professor; several of his books, including Ender's Game and Shadow Puppets feature settings in and around Greensboro
- Eugene Chadbourne, composer and musician
- Chris Daughtry, American Idol contestant
- Golda Fried, novelist and poet
- Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company
- Kay Hagan, former U.S. Senator
- H.T. Kirby-Smith, author and poet
- Janet Lilly, dancer, choreographer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Ed Nelson, actor who played Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place, spent last years in Greensboro and died there in 2014[13]
- Michael Parker, novelist
- Clara J. Peck, public health nurse and hospital matron
- Garry Peterson, longtime drummer for the Guess Who
- Ricky Proehl, NFL player
- Virginia Ragsdale, mathematician and creator of the Ragsdale conjecture
- Nicholas Sparks, author
- Stanley Tanger, founder of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
- Whitney Way Thore, star of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life
- Nancy Vaughan, 48th mayor of Greensboro
Associated with Greensboro
- Ethan Albright, NFL Pro Bowl long snapper, played for University of North Carolina and NFL's Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins; born in Greensboro, graduated from Grimsley High School; coach of Page High School softball team, current athletic director at Grimsley High School
- 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
- Jeff Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins, born in Greensboro, graduated from Ben L. Smith High School
- Joe Bostic, NFL offensive lineman for the St. Louis (later Arizona) Cardinals, born in Greensboro, graduated from Ben L. Smith High School
- Joseph M. Bryan, businessman and philanthropist, lived in Greensboro until his death in 1995
- Andy Cabic, of indie folk band Vetiver; lived in Greensboro while a member of indie-rock band The Raymond Brake
- Spencer Chamberlain, lead vocalist of the band Underoath, was raised in Greensboro
- Tarik Cohen, NFL player, attended North Carolina A&T State University[14]
- Billy "Crash" Craddock, country music legend, born and lives near Greensboro
- Jeff Davis (born 1960), NFL player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team, attended Dudley High School
- Rick Dees, radio personality, graduated from Grimsley High School
- Marques Douglas, NFL player, attended Dudley High School
- Eric Ebron, NFL player, attended Ben L. Smith High School[15]
- 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)
- Brendan Haywood, NBA player for Dallas Mavericks, attended Dudley High School
- 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
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, minister, politician, attended and graduated from North Carolina A&T University[16]
- Randall Jarrell, nationally acclaimed poet, professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro until his death in 1965; buried near Guilford College campus
- Haywood Jeffires, NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, coach of a Texas semi-pro team
- Ken Jeong, actor, grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Page High School; starred in NBC sitcom Community
- Frank Lucas, infamous heroin dealer, subject of American Gangster film starring Denzel Washington
- Danny Manning, an All-America basketball player for the University of Kansas and NBA star, attended Page High School in Greensboro
- Maryhelen Mayfield, ballet dancer and former artistic and executive director of Greensboro Ballet, lived in Greensboro
- 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
- 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
- John Motley Morehead, 29th Governor of North Carolina
- Edward R. Murrow, World War II CBS radio broadcaster and award-winning television journalist; born outside Greensboro
- Carl Pettersson, Swedish PGA Tour player, graduated from Grimsley High School
- Lee Rouson, NFL running back, attended Page High School
- Charlie Sanders, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame and North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, played tight end for Detroit Lions, attended Dudley High School
- Ski, hip-hop producer and rapper, lived in Greensboro
- Jan Van Dyke, dancer and choreographer, resided in Greensboro, taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; pioneer for modern dance in Greensboro
- Robert Walden, pioneer NASCAR driver, lives near Greensboro
References
- TV Week, Greensboro Daily News, December 12, 1976
- "COBLE, Howard (1931 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- Deggans, Eric (2007). The Reality Man Helps BET Get Real. Ebony Magazine: Johnson Publishing Company. p. 222. ISSN 0012-9011.
- "DuBose Entertainment and BET Chronicle the Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of NFL Star Michael Vick in a New Original Docu-Series". Viacom Press. January 14, 2010.
- "John Henson". www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- "Lou Hudson". www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- "BET CEO Debra Lee and Jesse Williams party Friday night after Kennedy Center concert". The Washington Post. September 24, 2016.
- "Cartoonist Doug Marlette dies in wreck". Raleigh News and Observer. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- "Donor gives $1 million to the children". Greensboro News & Record. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Cedric Mullins". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- "Donald Vaughan's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- Paula S. Jordan, "Frances Webb Bumpass" Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (UNC Press 1979).
- William McDonald. "Ed Nelson, a Star of 'Peyton Place,' Dies at 85". Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- "Tarik Cohen buys gym equipment for Greensboro school hit by Tornado". www.wfmynews2.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- "Greensboro's Keenan Allen and Eric Ebron & Tarick Cohen selected for pro bowl". www.greensboro.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- "Rev Jesse Jackson reflects on his time at North Carolina A&T State University". www.myfox8.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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