List of people from Charlotte, North Carolina

This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Academia

Art and literature
Spirit Square Center for the Arts

Athletes
Stephen Curry
Seth Curry
Corey Seager

Business

Entertainment

Journalism and media
  • John Bain (1984–2018), British game commentator
  • Leigh Diffey, auto racing commentator
  • William Emerson (1923–2009), journalist; covered the civil rights era as Newsweek's first bureau chief assigned to cover the Southern United States; later editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post[22]
  • Mark Kemp, music journalist and author
  • Anna Kooiman, news anchor and television panelist
  • Patrick McCauley, journalist, lived in Charlotte 1959–1960[23]
  • Maureen O'Boyle, formerly of Current Affair and Extra; now newscaster for WBTV

Military

Musicians

Politics and law

Miscellaneous

References
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