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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
Rollin Jarrett
Born 1960
Dorian Brown
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Joan Murray (skydiver)
Born 1955
Kelly Alexander
Born 1948
Chase Pistone
Born 1983
Jim Richards (American football)
Born 1946
Jamar Adams
Born 1985
Samuel Polk
1760 - 1827
Dre Moore
Born 1985
Sarah Frew Davidson
1804 - 1889
Luke Payne
Born 1985
Joseph Harvey Wilson
1810 - 1884
David Mims (offensive tackle)
Born 1988
Michael Hamilton Morgan
Born 1951
George Murray (baseball)
1898 - 1955
Charles Grier Sellers
Born 1923
Larry Littleton
Born 1954
Edwin Peacock III
Born 1970
Bob Harkey
1930 - 2016
Edith Henderson
1911 - 2005
Michael S. Tucker
Born 1954
Dick Westmoreland
Born 1941
Mark Funderburk
Born 1957
Pep Hamilton
Born 1974
William Andrew Moffett
1933 - 1995
Duggar Baucom
Born 1960
Bobby Thompson (baseball)
1953 - 2011
Patrick Flomo
Born 1980
Heather Childers
Born 1969
Andy Dulin
-
Austin Proehl
Born 1996
Eddie Payne
Born 1951
Roy D. Moore
1921 - 2014
Van Kelly
Born 1946
Sam Talbot
Born 1977
Dean Arp
Born 1966
George South
Born 1962
Doug Yates
Born 1967
Chuck Driesell
Born 1962
John Benteen
1926 - 1977
Catherine Popper
Born 1973
Todd Parrott
Born 1964
Lois Clark (botanist)
1884 - 1967
Claire Ritter
Born 1952
David Crockett (wrestling)
Born 1946
Anne D. Yoder
Born 1959
Reggie Howard
Born 1977
Brock Gutierrez
Born 1973
Austin Yearwood
Born 1994
Lute (rapper)
Born 1989
Jim Stacy
Born 1929
Marie Hines
Born 1986
J. Curtis Blackwood Jr.
Born 1942
Maureen O'Boyle
Born 1963
Tony White (1988)
Born 1988
Frederick D. Alexander
1910 - 1980
Jim Tucker (journalist)
1934 - 2013
Thabiti Davis
Born 1975
Brad Anderson (wrestler)
Born 1969
Harold Dunaway
1933 - 2012
Jim Hopper
1919 - 1982
Scott Jackson (baseball)
-
Don Bradey
Born 1934
Cam Phillips
Born 1995
Daniel Jones (American football)
Born 1997
Lewis Worrell
Born 1934
Bob Caudle
-
Rivers Guthrie
Born 1972
Sonny Dixon (baseball)
1924 - 2011
Danny Pearman
Born 1965
Jake Robbins
Born 1976
Chris Hastings
-
David Venable (television personality)
Born 1964
Roy Hord Jr.
1934 - 2002
Tiffani Johnson
Born 1975
Marquez North
Born 1995
Elias Polk
1806 - 1886
Mike Davis (politician)
Born 1957
Lloyd Christenbury
1893 - 1944
Garland Kiser
Born 1968
James Walker Hardin
Born 1929
Dave Lemonds
Born 1948
Reed Sarratt
1917 - 1986
Victor Hampton (American football)
Born 1992
Jerry K. Crump
1933 - 1977
Briauna Jones
Born 1992
John Raymond Reeder
1914 - 2009
Pam Barnett
Born 1944
Van Smith (American football)
Born 1996
Jay Robinson (auto racing)
Born 1959
Patti Wheeler
Born 1963
Zoe Helene
Born 1964
Mychal Kearse
Born 1983
Dolly Vanderlip
Born 1937
Hope Nicholls
Born 1961
Gregory Clifton
Born 1968
Carlton Bost
Born 1975
Anna Forbes Liddell
1891 - 1979
Charles T. Robertson Jr.
Born 1946
Mildred Meacham
1924 - 2017
Chavis Holmes
Born 1986
Jack Lawrence (bluegrass)
Born 1953
Fred Johnston
1899 - 1959
Daniel Knost
Born 1978
Jay Gordon (blues musician)
-
Neill McGeachy
1942 - 2018
Mike Merrell
Born 1973
Paul H. Bruske
1877 - 1956
James W. Crawford III
-
Johnny Grier
-
Wayne Benson
Born 1969
Martha Louise Morrow Foxx
1902 - 1975
Neil Castles
Born 1934
Robert Jackson (guard)
Born 1953
James Earl Coleman
Born 1946
Clay Mull
Born 1979
W. Craig Lawing
1925 - 1999
Charles M. Gettys
1915 - 1982
Ellen Peterson
1923 - 2011
Cameron Moore
Born 1993
Tom Woodruff
Born 1943
Davison M. Douglas
Born 1956
Jacob Coggins
Born 1978
Keith Belton
Born 1981
Jule Mallonee
1900 - 1934
Herschel Lynn Greer
1906 - 1976
Rocco Moore
1955 - 2007
Patrick Love
Born 1968
Reid Wilson
Born 1996
Trezzvant Anderson
1906 - 1963
Haven Bruce
Born 1979
John Kuykendall
Born 1938
Joel D. M. Ford
Born 1969
Scott Ralls
-
Carlos Crawford
Born 1971
Eugene C. Lewis
1845 - 1917
Jack Curtis (World War II aviator)
1923 - 2009
Nellie Ashford
Born 1943
Austin Duke
Born 1993
Red Jones (umpire)
1905 - 1987
DeAndrea Salvador
-
Joe Blalock
1919 - 1974
Paul Hinson
1904 - 1960
Terry L. Bellamy
Born 1955
E. Nelson Cole
Born 1937
Kevin Dailey
-
Dusty Dellinger
Born 1973
Hunter Marshall III
1917 - 1942
Paul Barringer
1776 - 1844
Kelly Alexander Sr.
1915 - 1985
Harriet Bogart
1917 - 1988
Thereasea Elder
Born 1927
Matt Hughston
Born 1989
Frank I. Osborne
1853 - 1920
Jack Helms
1922 - 2002
Justin Gordon (basketball)
Born 1993
Katharine Cramer Angell
1890 - 1983
Pug Pearman
1929 - 2004
Braxton Ogbueze
Born 1993
James H. Carson Jr.
1935 - 2015
Javonte Douglas
Born 1992
Anthony B. Akers
1914 - 1976
Paula Julander
Born 1939