| Artists | Entertainers |
| William Thomas Bain--Chatham County | Frances Bavier--Chatham County |
| Romare Bearden--Mecklenburg County | Howard Cosell--Forsyth County |
| John Bigger--Gaston County | Eileen Fulton--Buncombe County |
| Boston Napoleon Bonapart Boyd--Pitt County | Ava Gardner--Johnston County |
| Selma Burke--Iredell County | Maureen Garrett--Nash County |
| Claude Howell--New Hanover County | Kathryn Grayson--Forsyth County |
| Joseph Wallace King--Robeson County | Pam Grier--Forsyth County |
| Gene Locklear--Robeson County | Andy Griffith--Surry County |
| Ben Long--Iredell County | George Grizzard--Halifax County |
| Jacob Marling--Warren County | Jackee Harry--Forsyth County |
| Kenneth Noland--Buncombe County | Moms Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken)--Transylvania County |
| Thomas Gilchrist Polk--Mecklenburg County | Dewey (Pigmeat) Markham--Durham County |
| Bob Timberlake--Davidson County | Elizabeth "Betsy" MacRae--Cumberland County |
| Mary Lyde Hicks--Duplin County | Debbi Morgan--Harnett County |
| Lonnie Schorr--Wake County | |
| Alice Elizabeth Webb--Guilford County | |
| Authors/Poets | Inventors |
| Maya Angelou--Forsyth County | Caleb D. Bradham--Craven County |
| Doris Betts--Iredell County | William H. Cumming--Guilford County |
| Fred Chappell--Haywood County | Frederick Elliot--Guilford County |
| Charles W. Chesnutt--Cumberland County | Joe L. Dudley--Beaufort County |
| Ellis Credle--Hyde County | Richard Jordan Gatling--Hertford County |
| Kaye Gibbons--Nash County | Clay S. Gloster, Jr.--Wake County |
| Jaki Shelton Green--Orange County | Lunsford Lane--Wake County |
| Paul Green--Harnett County | Frederick Lente--Craven County |
| George Moses Horton--Northampton County | Parker D. Robbins--Bertie County |
| Randall Kenan--Duplin County | Samuel Rogers--Buncombe County |
| C. Eric Lincoln--Orange County | Edward H. Sutton--Chowan County |
| Lenard D. Moore--Onslow County | Robert S. Thomas--Richmond County |
| James Larkin Pearson--Wilkes County | William A. Turner--Washington County |
| William Sydney Porter (O. Henry)--Guilford County | Frank Vaughan--Pasquotank County |
| Reynolds Price--Warren County | David M. Williams--Cumberland County |
| Anne Tyler--Wake County | |
| Islay Walden--Randolph County | |
| Musicians | Scientists |
| Shirley Caesar, Durham County | Leonidas Berry, Person County |
| John Coltrane, Richmond County | Christine Mann Darden, Union County |
| Charles DeLaney, Forsyth County | Herman Eure, Gates County |
| Roberta Flack, Buncombe County | A. Oveta Fuller, Alamance County |
| Hunter Johnson, Johnston County | Washington C. Kerr, Guilford County |
| Ben E. King (Benjamin Nelson), Vance County | Artis P. Graves, Guilford County |
| Kay Kysor, Nash County | Flemmie P. Kittrell, Vance County |
| Clyde McPhatter, Durham County | Wade M. Kornegay, Wayne County |
| Armelia McQueen, Moore County | George M. Langford, Halifax County |
| Charles Mills, Iredell County | James W. Mitchell, Durham County |
| Ronnie Milsap, Graham County | Haywood M. Taylor, Edgecombe County |
| Earl Scruggs, Cleveland County | Furney Albert Todd, Wake County |
| Nina Simone, Polk County | Samuel Von Winbush, Vance County |
| William E. (Billy) Taylor, Pitt County | William A. Withers, Davidson County |
| Randy Travis, Union County | William S. Yeates, Hertford County |
| Sports Figures | |
| Maxine Allen, Northampton County | Ray C. (Sugar Ray) Leonard, New Hanover County |
| John Baker, Jr., Wake County | Walter F. (Buck) Leonard, Nash County |
| Clarence (Big House) Gaines, Forsyth County | Robert A. (Bob) McAdoo, Jr., Guilford County |
| Jim (Catfish) Hunter, Perquimans County | Freddie (Curley) Neal, Guilford County |
| Sam Jones, Scotland County | Richard Petty, Randolph County |
| Michael Jordan, New Hanover County | Enos Slaughter, Bertie County |
| Meadowlark Lemon, Davidson County | James (Bonecrusher) Smith, Harnett County |
Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary, Alamance County |
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List of Sources:
Paths Toward Freedom RNC 920.0756 P
Somewhere in Time RNC 759.13
Dictionary of North Biography RNC 920.0756 D
North Carolina Trivia RNC 031.02 C
Jacob Marling, Early North Carolina Artist RNC 759.13 M
Elliott Daingerfield RNC 759.13 D
Joe Franklin’s Encyclopedia of Comedians R791.092 F
Dictionary of Blacks in the Performing Arts R791.059 M
Ava’s Men: The Private Life of Ava Gardner RNC B Gardner
Actors and Actresses R791.43 I
Notable North Carolina Women RNC 920.9756 D
North Carolina Authors RNC 810 9756 J
Contemporary North Carolina Authors RNC 810.992 C
Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-American 609.2273 F
North Carolina Social Studies For a Changing World RNC 975.6 N
America the Beautiful: North Carolina J 975.6 S
North Carolina Musicians: A Selective Handbook RNC 780.92 N
Notable Black American Scientists R509.2273 N
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century R509.2273 D
Michael Jordan: A Biography JB Jordon
Charlie Harville’s Sports in North Carolina: A Photographic History RNC 796.092 H
The Andy Griffith Show RNC 791.4572 A
Current Biography Yearbook R920 C
International Motion Picture Almanac R791.43 I
I Never Played the Game B Cosell
State Magazine
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