List of people from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Athletics
- Dustin Ackley, outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels
- Ray Agnew III, NFL player
- Hubbard Alexander, football coach
- Kathleen Baker, Olympic gold and silver medal swimmer
- Dillon Bassett, NASCAR driver
- Ronnie Bassett Jr., NASCAR driver
- Ed Berrier, NASCAR driver
- Don Cardwell, former pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Randolph Childress, former professional basketball player
- Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
- Alvin Crowder, MLB All-Star pitcher
- Hubert Davis, basketball analyst for ESPN, former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBA player
- Carl Eller, NFL player, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame
- C.E. "Big House" Gaines, head basketball coach of Winston-Salem State University for 47 years; member of Basketball Hall of Fame[1]
- Ed Gainey, gridiron football player
- Harry Giles, 20th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, current NBA player for the Sacramento Kings.[2]
- Danny Gathings, retired basketball player.
- Harvey Gentry, former Major League Baseball player.
- Rufe Gentry, former Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers.
- Mark Grace, first baseman for Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks, broadcaster, coach
- Tommy Gregg, former Major League Baseball player.
- Happy Hairston, former NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Champion.[3]
- Chris Hairston, NFL player for the Los Angeles Chargers.
- Josh Hawkins, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Jerry Haas, retired professional golfer.
- Ricky Hickman, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Josh Howard, professional basketball player[4]
- Rusty LaRue, NBA player, NCAA record holder in football
- Anthony Levine, NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens.
- Camille Little, WNBA player for the Phoenix Mercury.
- Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, pitcher for Pirates and Cardinals, and US congressman from 1968–1974
- Earl Monroe, NBA player for New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets[5]
- Arnold Palmer, former professional golfer, attended Wake Forest University[6]
- Chris Paul, NBA player for the Oklahoma City Thunder.[7]
- Ernie Shore, pitcher in Major League Baseball and sheriff of Forsyth County, North Carolina
- Ben Smith (ice hockey, born 1988), ice hockey player for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), 2013 Stanley Cup champion
- Ramondo Stallings, NFL player
- Ryan Taylor, tight end, Green Bay Packers
- Eric Wallace (professional athlete), 3 sport professional athlete. Ruckman/Forward for the North Melbourne Football Club; NFL player for the Carolina Panthers.
Government and politics
- Jim Broyhill, Republican politician; served North Carolina in both U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
- Ted Budd, United States Representative
- Richard Burr, United States Senator
- Larken Egleston, Charlotte, North Carolina City Councilmember
- Gordon Gray, newspaper publisher, Secretary of the Army under President Truman, and President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor
- William Heaton, former chief of staff to Bob Ney
- Bennetta Bullock Washington, "first first lady" of Washington, D.C., director of Job Corps for Women at Department of Labor
- Togo West, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, United States Secretary of the Army, General Counsel of the Navy
Literature
- Maya Angelou, poet[8]
- Gary Chapman, author
- John Ehle, author
- T. R. Pearson, author of A Short History of a Small Place
Movies, television, and media
- Angela Bassett, actress
- Jerrod Carmichael, stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Carter Covington, television show creator, writer, story editor and producer
- Jennifer Ehle, British-American actress
- Mary Garber, sports journalist
- Kathryn Grayson, actress and operatic soprano singer
- Pam Grier, actress[9]
- Julianna Guill, actress
- Rosemary Harris, actress; Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Award winner
- Jackée Harry, actress and comedian[10]
- Burgess Jenkins, actor
- Tom Kent, nationally syndicated radio personality
- Angus MacLachlan, screenwriter
- Rusty Mills, Emmy-winning animator and director[11]
- Cullen Moss, actor
- Harold Nicholas, dancer, entertainer
- Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, political commentator, author
- Stuart Scott, sportscaster
- Stephen A. Smith, sports journalist, Winston-Salem State University alum, radio host, analyst for ESPN First Take[12]
- Jill Wagner, actress and TV host
- Rolonda Watts, television personality and actress
- Colleen Williams, NBC News anchor, Los Angeles
- Danny McBride, actor, NCSA 94-96
- Jada Pinkett Smith, actor, wife of Will Smith, attended NCSA
- Geno Segers, actor, graduated from East Forsyth
Music and arts
- 9th Wonder, Grammy award-winning hip-hop producer[13]
- B.o.B., hip-hop artist
- Eleanor Layfield Davis, artist
- Mitch Easter, musician (Let's Active) and record producer
- Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
- George Hamilton IV, country singer
- Mabel Hampton, dancer during the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian activist, and philanthropist
- Byron Hill, songwriter
- Peter Holsapple, singer-songwriter
- Chris Murrell, singer and former lead vocalist of the Count Basie Orchestra
- Clarence Paul, songwriter and record producer
- Chris Stamey, musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Becca Stevens, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Miscellaneous
- Stuart Epperson, chairman of Salem Communications Corporation
- Peaches Golding, appointed by HM Queen Elizabeth II as High Sheriff of Bristol 2010-2011, the first black female and second only black High Sheriff in over 1,000 years; awarded the OBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to minority ethnic people in the Southwest
- Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019
- R.J. Reynolds, founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (maker of Camel cigarettes)
References
- "Clarence Gaines bio: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- Joyce, Ethan (January 23, 2018). "Winston-Salem native and NBA player Harry Giles healthy as ever, excited for his future". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- Smith, Kate (February 27, 2017). "History Makers: Harold 'Happy' Hairston". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- "Josh Howard". www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- "Winston-Salem retires Earl the Pearl Monroe's Number". www.phillytrib.com. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- "Wake Forest students toast "the king" Arnold Palmer". www.journalnow.com. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- "Chris Paul". www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- "Winston-Salem remembers Maya Angelou". WRAL.com. May 28, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- Johnson, Martenzie (December 14, 2016). "Pam Grier loves her past and looks forward". The Undefeated. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- Hill, Michael (October 29, 1989). "New Car, New Show, New Man". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- Hall, Melissa (December 8, 2012). "Rusty Mills, film animator dies at 49". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- "Stephen A. Smith: Who knows where I'd be". www.journalnow.com. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- Banov, Jessica (October 25, 2019). "9th Wonder, our Tar Heel of the Month, goes beyond making music He Preserves it's legacy". The News & Observer. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
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