Carolina QuotesTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORDS
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361 people connected through education, work, public service or named places to North Carolina.
A
- Stephanie G. AdamsAmerican engineering and academic administrator6
- Saheed AderintoNigerian-American writer and historian5
- James Emman Kwegyir AggreyGold Coast-born intellectual, missionary, and teacher (1875-1927)4
- Peter AgreAmerican chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry2
- Josef AlbersGerman-American designer, painter, educator and typographer (1888–1976)34
- John Richard AldenAmerican historian2
- Howard E. AldrichAmerican sociologist5
- Kecia AliAmerican scholar of Islam11
- Samuel AlitoAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 200618
- Angela AlsobrooksAmerican politician and lawyer (born 1971)7
- Mando Alvaradoactor4
- Al-Farouq AminuNigerian-American basketball player8
- John B. AndersonAmerican politician (1922–2017)4
- Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)71
- Kwame Anthony AppiahGhanian-British-American philosopher and writer5
- Val ApplewhiteAmerican politician from North Carolina13
- Ayana Tamu Holloway ArceAmerican physicist4
- Dan ArielyIsraeli-American professor of psychology and behavioral economics7
- Francis Arinzecatholic cardinal from Nigeria3
- Phoebe AsiyoKenyan politician (1932–2025)2
- Idelber AvelarBrazilian scholar1
B
- John BainBritish game commentator (1984-2018)59
- Ella Josephine BakerAfrican-American civil rights and human rights activist (1903–1986)22
- Lailee BakhtiarAmerican writer3
- Adrian Bardonphilosopher1
- Coleman BarksAmerican poet37
- Karl BarthSwiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)61
- Cheri BeasleyAmerican judge, Senate candidate (2022)2
- Lewis White BeckAmerican philosopher (1913-1997)12
- Adrian BejanAmerican thermodynamicist1
- J. Bowyer BellAmerican historian and artist (1931-2003)1
- Doris BergenProfessor and Holocaust historian2
- Megan Mayhew BergmanAmerican writer5
- Mary McLeod BethuneAmerican educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)11
- Reginald Dwayne BettsAmerican writer4
- Herbert BevardCatholic bishop1
- Helen BevingtonAmerican poet (1906–2001)7
- Simon BlackburnEnglish academic philosopher (born 1944)29
- Barbara BlockAmerican marine biologist1
- William R. BoggsConfederate Army general (1829–1911)5
- Ilya Bolotowskyartist (1907-1981)1
- Jay David BolterAmerican academic2
- Daniel BooneAmerican pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)6
- Carl BorgmannAmerican educator and chemical engineer (1905–1998)4
- Céline BoutierProfessional golfer2
- George E. P. BoxBritish statistician (1919-2013)14
- David S. BroderAmerican Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist1
- Angie BrooksLiberian diplomat (1928-2007)3
- Mo BrooksAmerican politician (born 1954)4
- Cynthia Stokes BrownAmerican historian (born 1938)1
- Gloristine BrownAmerican politician from North Carolina2
- H. Rap BrownAmerican activist (1943-2025)12
- Allen BuchananAmerican philosopher1
- Richard M. BurtonAmerican organizational theorist3
- Harrison ButkerAmerican football player (born 1995)1
- Bradley ByrneU.S. Representative2
C
- John CageAmerican avant-garde composer (1912-1992)29
- Bruce Caldwelleconomic historian8
- Joseph CaldwellAmerican mathematician (1773-1835)5
- John W. CampbellAmerican science fiction writer (1910–1971)7
- Aileen CannonColombian-American federal judge (born 1981)1
- Orson Scott CardAmerican science fiction novelist (born 1951)407
- Paul ChelimoKenyan-born American long-distance runner2
- Judy ChicagoAmerican artist, author, and teacher (born 1939)5
- Michel Evgenij ChossudovskyCanadian economist and conspiracy theorist24
- Danielle K. CitronAmerican law professor2
- Amal ClooneyLebanese-British-French barrister and human right activist6
- J. ColeAmerican rapper and record producer (born 1985)3
- Johnnetta B. ColeAmerican anthropologist7
- Francis CollinsAmerican geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health10
- Tim CookAmerican business executive, former Apple executive chairman20
- Helene CooperLiberian American journalist3
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisBritish general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805)2
- Tressie McMillan CottomAmerican writer, sociologist, and professor12
- Jefferson CowieAmerican historian1
- Merce CunninghamAmerican dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)4
- Ayesha CurryCanadian actress3
- Jabez Lamar Monroe CurryAmerican politician (1825-1903)5
D
- Mary DamronAmerican humanitarian and missionary (1954–2024)2
- Ingrid DaubechiesBelgian physicist and mathematician5
- Philip DeFrancoAmerican YouTube personality7
- Hans Georg DehmeltGerman physicist (1922-2017)1
- Martin DempseyChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff15
- Gerardine DeSanctisAmerican organizational theorist3
- Sarah DessenAmerican writer79
- Harmeet DhillonAmerican lawyer2
- Ariel DorfmanChilean writer4
- Cindy Lee Van DoverAmerican marine biologist4
- Charles DrewAmerican surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)1
- Andy DuncanAmerican writer13
- Lois DuncanAmerican young-adult and children's writer (1934-2016)12
E
F
- Paul FarmerAmerican anthropologist, 1959-20224
- Louis FarrakhanAmerican religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)97
- Lyonel FeiningerGerman-American painter (1871–1956)1
- Lawrence FerlinghettiAmerican artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)4
- Carly FiorinaAmerican businesswoman and politician15
- Stanley FishAmerican literary theorist and lawyer (born 1938)17
- Tom Flanaganauthor, academic, and political activist15
- Louise Celia FlemingAfrican-American physician4
- Shelby FooteAmerican novelist, historian (1916-2005)14
- Virginia FoxxUnited States Representative from North Carolina since 20054
- Louis XVI of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)2
- Samuel T. FrancisAmerican journalist and writer (1947–2005)17
- James FrancoAmerican actor (born 1978)1
- Benjamin FranklinAmerican polymath and statesman (1706–1790)15
- John H. Freeman(1944-2008) American sociologist and organizational theorist2
- R. Edward FreemanAmerican philosopher (1951-)9
- John R. P. FrenchAmerican social psychologist9
- Douglas P. FryAmerican anthropologist (1953-)7
- Jubal FulksAmerican violinist and university professor2
G
- Melinda GatesAmerican philanthropist2
- Norman GeislerAmerican evangelical theologian (1932-2019)6
- Robert Gibbs28th White House Press Secretary3
- Althea GibsonAmerican tennis player (1927-2003)5
- Dizzy GillespieCheraw-born jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader1
- René GirardFrench historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science7
- Jacquelyn GrantAmerican feminist and theologian6
- Nathanael GreeneAmerican general in the American Revolutionary War (1742-1786)15
- Eric GreitensAmerican politician2
- John GribbinBritish science writer3
- Emmett GroganAmerican anarchist (1944-1978)1
- Walter GropiusGerman-American architect (1883–1969)5
H
- Kimberly HahnAmerican writer2
- Scott HahnAmerican theologian2
- Alex HaleyAmerican biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)18
- Mia HammAmerican soccer player4
- Jenny HanAmerican writer (born 1980)11
- Philip HandlerAmerican biochemist and nutritionist (1917–1981)1
- Nikole Hannah-JonesAmerican journalist33
- Michael T. HannanAmerican sociologist of Stanford University12
- William HapperAmerican physicist8
- Leona HarrisPh.D. North Carolina State University 20014
- David Bentley HartAmerican author, Orthodox theologian, and philosopher8
- Ade HassanBritish businesswoman4
- Stanley HauerwasAmerican theologian11
- Robert Y. HayneAmerican politician (1791–1839)5
- Taraji P. HensonAmerican actress (born 1970)3
- DuBose HeywardAmerican novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940)5
- Oscar HijuelosAmerican novelist (1951–2013)3
- Oliver Wendell HolmesAmerican poet and physician (1809–1894)15
- James Walker HoodAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion bishop2
- Velma HopkinsAmerican labor organizer17
- Edgar HuffUnited States Marine1
- Aldous HuxleyEnglish writer and philosopher (1894–1963)277
I
J
- Jesse JacksonAmerican Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)28
- Ben JacobsAmerican political reporter1
- Chavonda Jacobs-YoungAmerican agriculture official10
- Tsitsi Jajipoet and academic5
- Thomas JeffersonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)15
- Sam JenkinsAmerican actress3
- Fara Ashiru JitubohNigerian Techpreneur, Software developer6
- Jack JohnsonAmerican boxer (1878–1946)2
- Jill JohnstonBritish-born American feminist author and cultural critic2
- Marion JonesAmerican athlete10
- John T. JostAmerican social psychologist2
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)1
- James W. Dean Jr.American academic administrator9
- John Paton Davies, Jr.American diplomat (1908–1999)1
- Leighton W. Smith, Jr.United States Navy admiral7
- Ralph P. Boas, Jr.American mathematician (1912–1992)2
- Richard A. Oppel Jr.American journalist5
K
- Ted KaczynskiAmerican domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)56
- Mohsen KadivarIranian philosopher1
- Jerome KaganAmerican psychologist (1929–2021)1
- Gladys Kalema-ZikusokaUgandan scientist14
- Jeffrey KaplanAmerican academic on extremism6
- Kevin Lane KellerAmerican business theorist1
- X. J. KennedyAmerican writer (born 1929)1
- John KesselAmerican writer1
- Sahar KhalifehPalestinian writer12
- Moushira KhattabEgyptian diplomat12
- Claude R. Kirk36th Governor of Florida (1926–2011)2
- Russell KirkAmerican political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)20
- Allison KirkbyBritish accountant and business manager2
- Arjo KlamerDutch columnist, economist and politician (born 1953)6
- Ben KlassenAmerican engineer, author and politician (1918-1993)14
- Michael Muhammad KnightAmerican novelist1
- John Komlosacademic99
- Elaine de KooningAmerican painter (1918-1989)18
- Willem de KooningDutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)38
- Harold KoontzAmerican business consultant17
- Claudia KoonzAmerican historian4
- Edward M. KorryAmerican politician1
- Sallie KrawcheckAmerican businesswoman2
- W. John KressAmerican botanist and curator4
- Kevin Michael KruseAmerican historian6
- Cheslie KrystAmerican television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022)4
- Donald KuspitAmerican art critic1
L
- LadipoeNigerian rapper and singer (born 1985)6
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de LafayetteFrench general and politician (1757–1834)7
- George LammingBarbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)3
- Sidney LanierAmerican musician and poet (1842–1881)16
- Robert LanzaAmerican stem cell researcher (born 1956)3
- Robert LathanAmerican editor and writer; Pulitzer Prize winner1
- Titilope LawoyinNigerian model3
- Jacob LawrenceAfrican American painter and art professor (1917–2000)4
- Gerda LernerAustrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)36
- Kurt Zadek LewinGerman-American psychologist (1890-1947)49
- Richard LewontinAmerican evolutionary biologist and mathematician (1929–2021)12
- Maya LinAmerican sculptor and architect (born 1959)23
- Kelly LinkAmerican writer1
- D. Stephen LongAmerican theologian5
- Allard K. LowensteinAmerican politician1
- Gerd LüdemannGerman biblical scholar (1946–2021)1
M
- Peter MaasAmerican journalist and author (1929-2001)1
- Alasdair MacIntyreScottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)22
- Nathaniel MackeyAmerican poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic and editor (born 1947)5
- Jeff MacNellyAmerican editorial cartoonist (1947–2000)1
- Carolyn MahoneyAmerican mathematician4
- Pamela G Marroneentomology researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5187-2122)5
- Texe MarrsAmerican writer (1944-2019)10
- Tucker MaxAmerican Internet personality; blogger; author32
- Achille MbembeCameroonian philosopher and political scientist (born 1957)8
- Elizabeth W. MburuKenyan theologian (born 1968)1
- Larry McDonaldAmerican politician (1935-1983)4
- Deborah L. McGuinnessAmerican computer scientist, professor2
- H. R. McMaster26th United States National Security Advisor2
- Jeffrey MeldrumAmerican anthropologist1
- Laura Mersini-HoughtonAlbanian cosmologist and theoretical physicist2
- Stephen MillerAmerican political advisor and Trump administration official (born 1985)19
- Ong Kian MingMalaysian politician1
- Deane MontgomeryAmerican mathematician (1909–1992)2
- Robert MoogAmerican electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005)1
- Charles MooseAmerican police officer and writer2
- Robert MotherwellAmerican abstract expressionist painter, printmaker (1915–1991)43
- Charity Basaza MulengaUgandan electric engineer6
- Mick Mulvaneyformer Director of the Office of Management and Budget and White House Chief of Staff4
- Jacqueline MusiitwaUgandan lawyer3
N
- Jennifer C. NashProfessor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies3
- Antonio NegriItalian political philosopher (1933–2023)61
- Richard Nixonpresident of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)200
- Victoria Chibuogu NnejiNigerian American robotics research scientist5
- Edgar Wilson NyeAmerican journalist and humorist (1850-1896)2
O
P
- Rajendra K. PachauriIndian academic (1940-2020)2
- Al PacinoAmerican actor (born 1940)3
- Nell Irvin PainterAmerican historian14
- Arnold PalmerAmerican golfer (1929–2016)3
- Laurie L. PattonAmerican indologist1
- Rand PaulUnited States Senator from Kentucky since 201150
- Ron PaulAmerican politician (born 1935)146
- Toni PayneNigerian-American soccer player3
- Roger PearsonBritish anthropologist and far-right political organiser1
- Azalia Emma PeetAmerican educator (1887–1973)2
- Walker PercyAmerican philosophical novelist38
- Charles PerrowAmerican sociologist (1925–2019)72
- Marisha PesslAmerican writer2
- Enrique PeñalosaColombian politician1
- Lori J PierceAmerican radiation oncologist5
- Jon PinedaAmerican writer4
- Robert PinskyAmerican poet, editor, literary critic, academic (born 1940)20
- Nic PizzolattoAmerican writer1
- Minnie Bruce PrattAmerican educator, poet, essayist and theorist (1946–2023)5
- Steven PressfieldAmerican screenwriter and novelist (1943-)33
- Robert M. PriceAmerican theologian18
- JB PritzkerAmerican businessman and politician (born 1965)9
Q
R
- James RachelsAmerican philosopher (1941–2003)6
- Walter RaleighEnglish statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)15
- Robert RauschenbergAmerican painter and graphic artist (1925–2008)47
- Tanya ReinhartIsraeli journalist and linguist (1943-2007)2
- John F. RichardsAmerican historian (1938-2007)1
- Joerg Riegerdivinity school scholar5
- Russell RobertsAmerican economist1
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of RockinghamBritish Prime Minister (1730-1782)9
- Alexander RosenbergAmerican philosopher (born 1946)18
- Helen RowlandAmerican journalist (1875–1950)13
- Mary Ellen RudinAmerican mathematician (1924–2013)4
- Alessia RussoEnglish footballer (born 1999)6
S
- Nawal El SaadawiEgyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)46
- Carl SandburgAmerican writer and editor (1878–1967)33
- Guillermo SapiroUruguayan computer scientist2
- Kshama SawantAmerican politician and economist4
- Nicola ScafettaItalian climatologist1
- Hunter SchaferAmerican actress, model, and LGBTQ activist (born 1998)4
- David SedarisAmerican author (born 1956)89
- Eve Kosofsky SedgwickAmerican scholar of queer theory (1950-2009)4
- Noam ShazeerAmerican machine learning researcher3
- Eric Ken Shinsekiretired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs4
- Clint Smithpoet, teacher32
- Jada Pinkett SmithAmerican actress (born 1971)15
- Stephen A. SmithAmerican sports journalist3
- Tony SnowAmerican White House Press Secretary (1955-2008)8
- Richard SpencerAmerican journalist and politician (b. 1978)22
- Robert Bruce SpencerAmerican anti-Muslim author (1962-)45
- Walter P. StacyAmerican judge (1884–1951)1
- Theodoros StamosAmerican artist (1922-1997)1
- Elizabeth StroutAmerican novelist (born 1956)3
- William StyronAmerican novelist and essayist (1925–2006)41
- Caridad SvichAmerican writer (born 1963)4
- Carol M. SwainAmerican political scientist1
- Eric SwalwellAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1980)2
- James H. SweetAmerican historian2
- Imre SzemanCanadian academic (1968–)3
T
- James Taborbiblical scholar3
- André Leon TalleyAmerican journalist (1948-2022)2
- Charles TartAmerican experimental psychologist (1937-)1
- Allen TateAmerican poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979)4
- James TaylorAmerican singer and guitarist24
- Lawrence TaylorAmerican football player (born 1959)8
- Zephyr TeachoutAmerican academic, political activist and candidate3
- Jerald terHorstAmerican journalist (1922–2010)1
- Namita ThaparIndian entrepreneur and businesswoman12
- R. A. TorreyAmerican evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer (1856–1928)2
- Georgia Tourassiphysicist, Computing Facility director3
- Charles Hard Townes20th-century American physicist2
- Phyllis Triblefeminist biblical scholar from the United States (1932–2025)1
- Peter TurchinRussian-American complexity scientist86
- Cy TwomblyAmerican painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)17
- Anne TylerAmerican novelist4
V
W
- Aissa WadeSenegalese mathematician3
- Vivek WadhwaAmerican academic8
- Hynden WalchAmerican actress1
- Randall WallaceAmerican filmmaker1
- Kelli WardAmerican politician (born 1969)1
- Bill WarnerAmerican critic of Islam and former physics professor1
- George WashingtonFounding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)15
- Marcey WatersAmerican organic chemistry researcher2
- Benjamin Watsongridiron football player1
- Haim WatzmanAmerican writer1
- David WeberAmerican science fiction and fantasy writer (born 1952)9
- Alex WebsterAmerican football player (1931-2012)15
- Manly Wade WellmanAmerican writer (1903-1986)9
- Ida B. WellsAmerican journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)29
- Allen WestAmerican politician & military officer (born 1961)39
- John Archibald WheelerAmerican physicist (1911-2008)21
- Sarina WiegmanDutch footballer and manager (born 1969)9
- Eric F. WieschausAmerican geneticist1
- Ken WilberAmerican writer and public speaker49
- David WilcoxAmerican folk musician and singer-songwriter guitarist1
- John WilkesEnglish radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)1
- Robert Wilkie10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs1
- Don WillettUnited States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit3
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of WilmingtonPrime Minister of Great Britain1
- Clyde N. WilsonAmerican historian1
- James WilsonJustice on the US Supreme Court (1742-1798)8
- Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States (1913–1921)161
- Judy WoodruffAmerican broadcast journalist3
- Molly WorthenAmerican writer1
- Orville WrightAmerican aviation pioneer (1871–1948)9
- Wilbur WrightAmerican aviation pioneer (1867-1912)6
- Lotte Wubben-MoyEnglish association football player (born 1999)10