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Richard Coffey( Aurora, NC) American professional basketball player who had a brief stint with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves.
Joe Louis Dudley, Sr ( Aurora NC)founder of the Dudley hair care products ( one of the leading hair care products for Black Women)
Nina Simone (1933–2003), singer (Tryon)
Ava Gardner (1922–1990), actress (Smithfield)
Pam Grier (born 1949), actress (Winston-Salem
Andy Griffith (1926–2012), actor, director (Mount Airy)
Jeff Hardy (born 1977), professional wrestler, entertainer (Cameron)
Matt Hardy (born 1974), professional wrestler, entertainer (Cameron)
Jackee Harry (born 1956), actress (Winston-Salem)
Vince McMahon (born 1945), Chairman of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (Pinehurst)
Reginald VelJohnson (born 1952), actor, best known as Carl Winslow on Family Matters and Sgt. Al Powell in the first two Die Hard films. (Raleigh)
Ben Vereen (born 1946), actor, entertainer (Laurinburg)
Fantasia Barrino (born 1984), singer (High Point)
George Clinton (born 1941), funk musician (Kannapolis)
John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musician (Hamlet)
J. Cole (born 1985), rapper (Fayetteville)
Jermaine Dupri (born 1972), rap artist and record producer (Asheville)
K-Ci" and "JoJo" Hailey (born 1969) and (born 1971) respectively, R&B duo and members of the R&B group, Jodeci (Charlotte)
Anthony Hamilton (born 1985), soul artist (Charlotte)
Roberta Flack (born 1937), singer (Asheville)
Ben Folds (born 1966), singer/songwriter (Winston-Salem and Chapel Hill)
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), jazz & blues pianist (Rocky Mount)
The-Dream Real Name: Terius Nash, R&B Singer, Write & Producer (Rockingham)
Scotty McCreery (born 1993), country singer and American Idol Season 10 contestant (Garner)
Ronnie Milsap (born 1946), country singer/songwriter (Robbinsville)
David Brinkley (Wilmington)
Howard Cosell (Winston-Salem)
Charlie Rose (born 1942) (Henderson)
J. B. Smoove ( Plymouth NC)
Stuart Scott Winston-Salem, North Carolina
James Worthy (born 1961), (Gastonia)
Roy Williams (born 1950),(Spruce Pines
Damien Wilkins (born 1980), small forward and shooting guard for the Detroit Pistons (Washington)
Jerry Stackhouse (born 1974), (Kinston)
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), championship boxer and 1976 Olympic gold medal winner in boxing (Wilmington)
Julius Peppers( wilson)
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