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CHARLOTTE
Most Famous People Born in Charlotte, United States
- Notable people
- 463
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1962
- Most distinctive
- Nascar 105.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Charlotte during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 70 notable births.
What Charlotte Is Known For
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Football is Charlotte's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (72).
Charlotte over-indexes on nascar — 105.3× the global rate.
Charlotte under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Charlotte's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
Billy Graham
1918 - 2018
Chyler Leigh
Born 1982
Britt Robertson
Born 1990
Oscar Robertson
Born 1938
Jim Rash
Born 1971
Charlotte Flair
Born 1986
Charles Duke
Born 1935
Anthony Hamilton (musician)
Born 1971
Wednesday 13
Born 1976
Sharon Lawrence
Born 1961
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
Don Schollander
Born 1946
Eben Alexander (author)
Born 1953
John Shelby Spong
Born 1931
Charles Alston
1907 - 1977
Ralph Santolla
1966 - 2018
John Cocke
1925 - 2002
Graham T. Allison
Born 1940
Charles Gwathmey
1938 - 2009
George C. Williams (biologist)
1926 - 2010
Ish Smith
Born 1988
Joe Henry
Born 1960
Brad Maddox
Born 1984
Seth Curry
Born 1990
Steven M. Greer
Born 1955
Hamilton Jordan
1944 - 2008
Anthony Morrow
Born 1985
Brooke Ballentyne
Born 1982
Charles Robinson (referee)
Born 1964
Corey Seager
Born 1994
Davis Love III
Born 1964
Charlie Sifford
1922 - 2015
Angelica Sin
Born 1974
Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)
Born 1951
Ricky Berens
Born 1988
Tim Griffin
Born 1968
Wilbert Harrison
1929 - 1994
Cedric Alexander
Born 1989
Kyle Seager
Born 1987
DeAndre' Bembry
Born 1994
Betsy Byars
1928 - 2020
Bevin Prince
Born 1982
Ross McElwee
Born 1947
Alex Wood (baseball)
Born 1991
Cedric Simmons
Born 1986
Susan Helms
Born 1958
Richard Taylor (philosopher)
1919 - 2003
Kenny Gabriel
Born 1989
Anthony Foxx
Born 1971
David Vincent
Born 1965
Ryan Vogelsong
Born 1977
Virginia Dale
1917 - 1994
Tessa Blanchard
Born 1995
Jared Boll
Born 1986
Haywoode Workman
Born 1966
William Craft Brumfield
Born 1944
James Lee Barrett
1929 - 1989
Rockin' Robin (wrestler)
Born 1964
Jason Latour
Born 1977
Jay Larrañaga
Born 1975
DeMarco Johnson
Born 1975
Benji Hughes
Born 1975
Dannie Heineman
1872 - 1962
William S. Hatcher
1935 - 2005
John Spratt
Born 1942
Clint Irwin
Born 1989
Prairie Prince
Born 1950
Bill Haas
Born 1982
Melendy Britt
Born 1943
Berlinda Tolbert
Born 1949
Jim Crockett Jr.
Born 1944
Floyd Simmons
1923 - 2008
Nappy Brown
1929 - 2008
Junior Burrough
Born 1973
John Sadri
Born 1956
Chelsea Cooley
Born 1983
Jerrelle Benimon
Born 1991
Saad Abdul-Salaam
Born 1991
Chad Tracy
Born 1980
Antywane Robinson
Born 1984
John Hicks (baseball)
Born 1989
Harry T. Morey
1873 - 1936
Luke Combs
Born 1990
Altovise Davis
1943 - 2009
Jeff McInnis
Born 1974
Jake Buchanan
Born 1989
Dan Fesperman
Born 1955
Hunter Kemper
Born 1976
Richie Steamboat
Born 1987
Richard Darman
1943 - 2008
D. Richard Hipp
Born 1961
David Branch (fighter)
Born 1981
Molly Haskell
Born 1939
Alex McMillan
Born 1932
Calvin Brock
Born 1975
Hakeem Nicks
Born 1988
Anthony Gill (basketball)
Born 1992
Supastition
Born 1976
Reid Flair
1988 - 2013
Jim Nantz
Born 1959
Erin McKean
Born 1971
John Scott Trotter
1908 - 1975
Carter Heyward
Born 1945
Nathaniel Alexander (governor)
1756 - 1808
Byron Dinkins
Born 1967
Tony White (basketball)
Born 1965
Richie Shaffer
Born 1991
Stewart Walker
Born 1974
Tiffany Mitchell (basketball)
Born 1994
John Mark McMillan
Born 1979
Kennedy Meeks
Born 1995
Stephen Leatherman
Born 1947
Robert Greene (filmmaker)
Born 1976
Ray Durham
Born 1971
Walter E. Dellinger III
Born 1941
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
1914 - 2018
Patsy Pease
Born 1956
Ian Miller (basketball)
Born 1991
Jared Irwin
1750 - 1818
John A. Allison IV
Born 1948
Mo Collins (American football)
1976 - 2014
Kim Morgan Greene
Born 1960
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Born 1995
D. J. Smith (American football)
Born 1989
DeVonte Holloman
Born 1991
Brian Huskey
Born 1968
Vincent Grier
Born 1983
Roy O. Woodruff
1876 - 1953
Brock Cole
Born 1938
David Joy (author)
Born 1983
Jobey Thomas
Born 1980
Brandis Raley-Ross
Born 1987
Cierra Burdick
Born 1993
Hamilton C. Jones
1884 - 1957
A. Whitney Brown
Born 1952
Jaylin Lindsey
Born 2000
D. J. Humphries
Born 1993
Richard Vinroot
Born 1941
Terry Holladay
Born 1955
Jeff Ferrell
Born 1990
Ed Brown (quarterback)
1928 - 2007
Mike LaValliere
Born 1960
Harriet Morrison Irwin
1828 - 1897
Harold Douglas Pratt Jr.
Born 1944
Ena Swansea
Born 1966
Lena Wilson
1898 - 1939
Reggie Hanson
Born 1968
Walt Aikens
Born 1991
Paul Hardin III
1931 - 2017
Bryant Westbrook
Born 1974
Ali Forney
1975 - 1997
Jack Reinheimer
Born 1992
Gail E. Haley
Born 1939
Jaire Alexander
Born 1997
Peter Joseph Jugis
Born 1957
Jason V. Brock
Born 1970
Ricky Hendrick
1980 - 2004
Smith Miller
1804 - 1872
Harry McSween
Born 1945
Don Kirkpatrick
1905 - 1956
Goo Kennedy
Born 1949
William Polk (colonel)
1758 - 1834
Kim Roberts
Born 1961
Robert O. Work
Born 1953
William Byron (racing driver)
Born 1997
Charles H. Cowles
1875 - 1957
Rosalie Gwathmey
1908 - 2001
Kevin Shackelford
Born 1989
Rick Arrington
Born 1947
Tommy Helms
Born 1941
Deniro Farrar
Born 1989
Eliza Ann Grier
1864 - 1902
Lenoir Chambers
1891 - 1970
Joe Firstman
Born 1979
Jay Bakker
Born 1975
Doris Marie Leeper
1929 - 2000
DeShaun Foster
Born 1980
Mohamed Massaquoi
Born 1986
Prince Shembo
Born 1991
George Butler (record producer)
1931 - 2008
David Addison Reese
1794 - 1871
Donald Lawrence
Born 1958
Sydenham Benoni Alexander
1840 - 1921
Je'Rod Cherry
Born 1973
Lakeem Jackson
Born 1990
Titus Ivory
Born 1977
Seth Avett
Born 1980
Brenton Bersin
Born 1990
Michael Dobson (author)
Born 1952
John Motley Morehead II
1866 - 1923
Michael Colina
Born 1948
Jeff Hammond (NASCAR)
Born 1956
Omar Gaither
Born 1984
John Donaldson (second baseman)
Born 1943
St. Clair McKelway
1905 - 1980
Dorothy Counts
Born 1942
Cooper Rush
Born 1993
Kelvin Seabrooks
Born 1963
Jason Hunter (American football)
Born 1983
Evan Shelby Alexander
1767 - 1809
Patrick Cannon
Born 1966
Kevin Martin (FCC)
Born 1966
Laura Ballance
Born 1968
Sammy Johns
1946 - 2013
Michael Chadwick (swimmer)
Born 1995
Juan Guzman (soccer)
Born 1988
Damier Pitts
Born 1989
Clemmie Spangler
1932 - 2018
Kendall Lamm
Born 1992
Amity Gaige
Born 1972
Anna Kooiman
Born 1984
Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate
1871 - 1930
Matthias Farley
Born 1992
John Van Alstyne Weaver
1893 - 1938
Alexander C. Davidson
1826 - 1897
Romeo Okwara
Born 1995
Dickie Noles
Born 1956
Stu Cole
Born 1966
William S. Tillett
1892 - 1974
Chris Leak
Born 1985
Vani Hari
Born 1980
Herman Lay
1909 - 1982
Rick McGraw
1955 - 1985
Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)
1943 - 2017
J. Sella Martin
1832 - 1876
Steve Wilks
Born 1969
Mike Shildt
Born 1968
Mary Helen Bowers
Born 1979
Thomas Hunter (soccer)
Born 1988
Sarah Parker
Born 1942
Daniel Conahan
Born 1954
Everett Withers
Born 1963
Brandon Miller (soccer)
Born 1989
George Leach
Born 1981
Steve Wallace (racing driver)
Born 1987
Mike Martin (baseball coach)
Born 1944
Elijah Hood
Born 1996
Richard Keith (actor)
Born 1982
Thomas Mobley
Born 1981
Jim Yarbrough
Born 1946
Marcus Crandell
Born 1974
Bill Henderson (novelist)
Born 1943
Jon Woods
Born 1977
Bugsy McGraw
Born 1945
Jeff Triplette
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Jaylen Samuels
Born 1996
Anna Mercedes Morris
Born 1977
Graham Calder Mullen
Born 1940
Annie Lowrie Alexander
1864 - 1929
Kenneth Moore (American football)
Born 1985
Jennifer Roberts (politician)
Born 1960
David S. Taylor
Born 1958
Buddy Shuman
1915 - 1955
Andre Coleman
Born 1972
Monk McDonald
1901 - 1977
Firebreaker Chip
Born 1963
Frank R. McNinch
1873 - 1950
Andrew Jordan (American football)
Born 1972
John E. Wilkes
1895 - 1957
Clayton Heafner
1914 - 1960
Doug Van Wie
Born 1984
Myatt Snider
Born 1994
Lew Massey
1956 - 2014
Peter Newman (actor)
Born 1942
Kourtnei Brown
Born 1988
Brick Smith
Born 1951
Adonis Alexander
Born 1996
Patsy Keever
Born 1947
Lacy Thornburg
Born 1929
Felix Ives Batson
1819 - 1871
Grier Martin
Born 1968
Ion Cortright
1889 - 1961
Dan Bishop
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Scoot Andrews
Born 1967
Travis Holmes
Born 1986
Vance Heafner
1954 - 2012
Reggie Clark
Born 1967
Brian F. Durkin
Born 1976
Luke Bard
Born 1990
Jeremy Ingram
Born 1992
Bill Baker (baseball)
1911 - 2006
Curtis Withers
Born 1984
Mariah Stackhouse
Born 1994
Amon Liner
1940 - 1976
Garrett Willis
Born 1973
Patrick Tate
Born 1987
J. Spencer Bell
1906 - 1967
Ayanga Okpokowuruk
Born 1987
Earl Wentz
1938 - 2009
Trent Guy
Born 1987
David Baker (poker player, born 1986)
Born 1986
Laraine Herring
Born 1968
Sick Boy (wrestler)
Born 1973
Andrew Seliskar
Born 1996
Francis C. Flaherty
1919 - 1941
Lexi Davis
Born 1994
Frank DeArmon Whitney
Born 1959
Reynolds Wolf
Born 1970
Tricia Cotham
Born 1978
Margaret Bland
1898 - 1996