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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×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Football72
  2. Basket50
  3. Baseball45
  4. Politician35
  5. Actor21
  6. Wrestler15
  7. Singer13
  8. Music12
  1. Nascar7105.3×
  2. Golf810.2×
  3. Wrestler1510.1×
  4. Basket508.6×
  5. Baseball458.6×
  6. Driver64.2×
  7. Novelist73.8×
  8. Swimmer62.7×
  1. Politician350.6×
  2. Writer100.7×

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.

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0012 SWIMMER

Don Schollander

Born 1946

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0018 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Graham T. Allison

Born 1940

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0026 POLITICIAN

Hamilton Jordan

1944 - 2008

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0043 FILM

Ross McElwee

Born 1947

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0056 ART HISTORIAN

William Craft Brumfield

Born 1944

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0065 POLITICIAN

John Spratt

Born 1942

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0069 ACTOR

Melendy Britt

Born 1943

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0070 ACTOR

Berlinda Tolbert

Born 1949

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0071 WRESTLING

Jim Crockett Jr.

Born 1944

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0084 ACTOR

Altovise Davis

1943 - 2009

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0090 BUSINESS

Richard Darman

1943 - 2008

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0103 THEOLOGIAN

Carter Heyward

Born 1945

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0112 ACADEMIC

Stephen Leatherman

Born 1947

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0115 LAWYER

Walter E. Dellinger III

Born 1941

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0120 BUSINESS

John A. Allison IV

Born 1948

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0138 POLITICAL

Richard Vinroot

Born 1941

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0144 ORNITHOLOGIST

Harold Douglas Pratt Jr.

Born 1944

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0159 GEOLOGIST

Harry McSween

Born 1945

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0161 BASKET

Goo Kennedy

Born 1949

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0169 FOOTBALL

Rick Arrington

Born 1947

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0170 BASEBALL

Tommy Helms

Born 1941

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0191 COMPOSER

Michael Colina

Born 1948

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0194 BASEBALL

John Donaldson (second baseman)

Born 1943

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0196 COLEGIO

Dorothy Counts

Born 1942

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0204 SINGER

Sammy Johns

1946 - 2013

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0224 NASCAR

Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)

1943 - 2017

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0230 JUDGE

Sarah Parker

Born 1942

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0236 BASEBALL

Mike Martin (baseball coach)

Born 1944

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0240 FOOTBALL

Jim Yarbrough

Born 1946

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0242 NOVELIST

Bill Henderson (novelist)

Born 1943

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0244 WRESTLER

Bugsy McGraw

Born 1945

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0248 JUDGE

Graham Calder Mullen

Born 1940

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0264 ACTOR

Peter Newman (actor)

Born 1942

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0268 POLITICIAN

Patsy Keever

Born 1947

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0284 PLAYWRIGHT

Amon Liner

1940 - 1976

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0304 POLITICIAN

Kelly Alexander

Born 1948

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0306 FOOTBALL

Jim Richards (American football)

Born 1946

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0322 FOOTBALL

Dick Westmoreland

Born 1941

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0334 BASEBALL

Van Kelly

Born 1946

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0345 WRESTLER

David Crockett (wrestling)

Born 1946

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0353 POLITICIAN

J. Curtis Blackwood Jr.

Born 1942

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0382 BASEBALL

Dave Lemonds

Born 1948

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0388 GOLF

Pam Barnett

Born 1944

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0399 MILITAR

Charles T. Robertson Jr.

Born 1946

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0406 BASKET

Neill McGeachy

1942 - 2018

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0415 LAW

James Earl Coleman

Born 1946

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0421 POLITICIAN

Tom Woodruff

Born 1943

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0438 ARTIST

Nellie Ashford

Born 1943

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