Most everyone knows famous people from North Carolina include Andy Griffith, Billy Graham, and Scotty McCreery were all born in NorthCarolina. But there are so many other well-known people from many different backgrounds that were born in NC. The list includes actors/actresses, sports figures, comedians, singers, and entertainers. The list keeps getting longer whenever someone famous is discovered to have been born in the state of North Carolina. Some that make the list had parents that were serving on bases of one of the many military bases we have here in NC. Some of them only lived here for a very short time. Many assume Michael Jordan was born in NC but he wasn’t born in NC. Here a just a few of the famous people from North Carolina. To see the whole list visit Travel NC.
Julianne Moore-Born in 1960 she is a soap star and movie actress and children’s author. Julianne Moore was born at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Her father was a paratrooper in the United States Army.
Ainsley Seiger – born in Raleigh and grew up in Cary. She attended Apex High School, and recently graduated from NC School of the Arts. She just landed as the co-star in a new “Law & Order” franchise on NBC. Her family still lives in Raleigh. The NC native can be seen on Law & Order: Organized Crime. She plays Detective Jet Slootmaekers. “Law and Order: Organized Crime” premiered on Thursday, April 1, 2021
Mary Elisabeth Winstead – Born in 1984 in Rocky Mount, NC. She is a television and movie actress and singer. Best known for in Live Free or Die Hard and again in A Good Day to Die Hard. She was also in the series The Returned, the comedy series BrainDead, the period medical drama series Mercy Street, and the series Fargo in 2017.
Debbi Morgan – movie and television actress. Born in Dunn, NC. Know for parts in several soap opera dramas including All My Children, General Hospital. The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless. Movies include Coach Carter and Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart.
Eva Gardner 
Julianne Moore 
Scotty McCreery