The state university system for North Carolina. Generally, if a specific campus is not designated, it is assumed to be the flagship campus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1931, additional state campuses were added to the University of North Carolina, and over the years, several new ones were created.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Claire Babrowski |
Business |
1957 |
|
COO of Toys-R-Us |
| Russell Banks |
Author |
28-Mar-1940 |
|
The Sweet Hereafter |
| William I. Belk |
Attorney |
c. 1949 |
|
Monroe Hardware Company |
| William P. Benton |
Business |
4-Nov-1923 |
19-Feb-2009 |
Former VP at Ford |
| James Crawford Biggs |
Politician |
29-Aug-1872 |
30-Jan-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1933-35 |
| Whit Bissell |
Actor |
25-Oct-1909 |
5-Mar-1996 |
The Time Tunnel |
| Doc Blanchard |
Football |
11-Dec-1924 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Winner, 1945 Heisman Trophy |
| Poppy Z. Brite |
Author |
25-May-1967 |
|
Are You Loathsome Tonight? |
| Grover C. Brown |
Judge |
18-Jun-1935 |
|
Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella |
| Larry Brown |
Basketball |
14-Sep-1940 |
|
NBA and NCAA Coach |
| Vaughn D. Bryson |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Eli Lilly, 1991-93 |
| Thomas E. Capps |
Business |
31-Oct-1935 |
|
CEO of Dominion Resources, 1990-2005 |
| Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
29-Sep-2008 |
Brothers, I Loved You All |
| Robert Cialdini |
Psychologist |
27-Apr-1945 |
|
Influence |
| Kay Knight Clarke |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Templeton, Ltd. |
| Eric L. Clay |
Judge |
18-Jan-1948 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Howard Coble |
Politician |
18-Mar-1931 |
3-Nov-2015 |
Former Congressman from North Carolina |
| Mary Sue Coleman |
Educator |
2-Oct-1943 |
|
President, University of Michigan |
| Samuel C. Collins |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1898 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Collins-type cryocooler |
| Jim Cooper |
Politician |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 5th |
| Dan Cortese |
TV Personality |
14-Sep-1967 |
|
Hosted MTV Sports |
| Whitney Cummings |
Comic |
4-Sep-1982 |
|
Whitney |
| Walter Dellinger |
Attorney |
15-May-1941 |
|
Duke University law professor |
| Olcott H. Deming |
Diplomat |
28-Feb-1909 |
20-Mar-2007 |
First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66 |
| Alice Denham |
Author |
21-Jan-1927 |
27-Jan-2016 |
Sleeping with the Bad Boys |
| Elizabeth A. Duke |
Government |
c. 1952 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor |
| Michael Easley |
Politician |
23-Mar-1950 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 2001-09 |
| John Edwards |
Politician |
10-Jun-1953 |
|
2004 Vice Presidential candidate |
| Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
| Shelby Foote |
Author |
17-Nov-1916 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Shiloh |
| John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
| Rick Fox |
Basketball |
24-Jul-1969 |
|
Former Los Angeles Laker |
| Virginia Foxx |
Politician |
29-Jun-1943 |
|
Congresswoman, North Carolina 5th |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
19-May-2009 |
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Joseph Galli, Jr. |
Business |
9-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO of Newell Rubbermaid, 2001-05 |
| Peter T. Grauer |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Chairman of Bloomberg |
| C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| Jack P. Greene |
Historian |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
The Intellectual Construction of America |
| John R. Hamilton |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 2003-05 |
| Emmylou Harris |
Country Musician |
2-Apr-1947 |
|
Pieces of the Sky |
| Louis Harris |
Business |
6-Jan-1921 |
|
Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates |
| William B. Harrison, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1943 |
|
CEO of JPMorgan Chase, 2000-05 |
| Alexander Heard |
Educator |
14-Mar-1917 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82 |
| Karen L. Henderson |
Judge |
11-Jul-1944 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Juanita H. Hinshaw |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CFO of Graybar Electric, 2000-05 |
| James B. Hunt |
Politician |
16-May-1937 |
|
Twice Governor of North Carolina |
| Ben Jones |
Actor |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard |
| W. Steven Jones |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Dean of Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| Michael Jordan |
Basketball |
17-Feb-1963 |
|
God's gift to basketball, clearly |
| Karen Jurgensen |
Editor |
c. 1949 |
|
Editor of USA Today 1999-2004 |
| Rives Kistler |
Judge |
c. 1949 |
|
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| W. H. Knight |
Educator |
c. 1954 |
|
Law Professor, University of Washington |
| Charles Kuralt |
TV Personality |
10-Sep-1934 |
4-Jul-1997 |
On the Road |
| Kay Kyser |
Musician |
18-Jun-1897 |
23-Jul-1985 |
The Ol' Professor, eleven #1 records |
| H. Martin Lancaster |
Politician |
24-Mar-1943 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1987-95 |
| Ernest M. Lander, Jr. |
Historian |
16-Dec-1915 |
17-Aug-2013 |
Reluctant Imperialists |
| W. Dudley Lehman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Executive at Kimberly-Clark |
| Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
| Sherrie P. Marshall |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1989-93 |
| Mark Martin |
Judge |
29-Apr-1963 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Bob McAdoo |
Basketball |
25-Sep-1951 |
|
NBA 1975 Most Valuable Player |
| Danny R. McBride |
Actor |
29-Dec-1976 |
|
Eastbound & Down |
| Mike McIntyre |
Politician |
6-Aug-1956 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 7th |
| Colin R. McMillan |
Politician |
27-Jul-1935 |
24-Jul-2003 |
US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92 |
| John L. McMillan |
Politician |
12-Apr-1898 |
3-Sep-1979 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73 |
| Harvey Morgan |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Bentley Associates |
| Robert B. Morgan |
Politician |
5-Oct-1925 |
16-Jul-2016 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81 |
| Roger Mudd |
Journalist |
9-Feb-1928 |
|
Newscaster |
| Willard J. Overlock, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former Partner, Goldman Sachs |
| Jack Palance |
Actor |
18-Feb-1919 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Performed one-handed push-ups |
| Anne W. Patterson |
Diplomat |
4-Oct-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan |
| James R. Patton, Jr. |
Attorney |
27-Oct-1928 |
|
Founder, Patton Boggs |
| Walker Percy |
Author |
28-May-1916 |
10-May-1990 |
The Moviegoer |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| James Knox Polk |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1795 |
15-Jun-1849 |
11th US President, 1845-49 |
| Leonidas Polk |
Military |
10-Apr-1806 |
14-Jun-1864 |
Confederate general |
| David Price |
Politician |
17-Aug-1940 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 4th |
| Otto J. Reich |
Diplomat |
16-Oct-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1986-89 |
| Julian H. Robertson, Jr. |
Business |
25-Jun-1932 |
|
Tiger Management |
| Richard Sands |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Chairman of Constellation Brands |
| Terry Sanford |
Politician |
20-Aug-1917 |
18-Apr-1998 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| David B. Sentelle |
Judge |
12-Feb-1943 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Robert B. Smith, Jr. |
Government |
c. 1939 |
|
Former Congressional staffer |
| Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
| John R. Steelman |
Government |
23-Jun-1900 |
14-Jul-1999 |
Truman's Chief of Staff |
| Richard G. Stern |
Novelist |
25-Feb-1928 |
24-Jan-2013 |
Other Men's Daughters |
| John B. Swainson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1925 |
13-May-1994 |
Governor of Michigan, 1961-63 |
| Lawrence Taylor |
Football |
4-Feb-1959 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Jay Thomas |
Actor |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown |
| Mark Thompson |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor |
| Robert L. Tillman |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Lowes, 1996-2005 |
| Karl Edward Wagner |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1945 |
14-Oct-1994 |
Creator of Kane, the mystic swordsman |
| F. Borden Walker |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
EVP at Hess Corporation |
| Mel Watt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 12th |
| Thomas H. Weidemeyer |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
COO of UPS, 2001-03 |
| Robert Welch |
Activist |
1-Dec-1899 |
6-Jan-1985 |
Founder, John Birch Society |
| Thomas Wolfe |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1900 |
15-Sep-1938 |
Look Homeward, Angel |
| C. Vann Woodward |
Historian |
13-Nov-1908 |
17-Dec-1999 |
The Strange Career of Jim Crow |
| James Worthy |
Basketball |
27-Feb-1961 |
|
Forward, LA Lakers |
