80 Notable alumni of
East Carolina University
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East Carolina University is 682nd in the world, 253rd in North America, and 233rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 80 notable alumni from East Carolina University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sandra Bullock
- Occupations
- screenwriterrestaurateurfilm actoractorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Sandra Annette Bullock is an American actress and producer. She has received several awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014, and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2010.
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Vince McMahon
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in marketing
- Occupations
- ring announcerentrepreneurprofessional wrestlercommentatorprofessional wrestling promoter
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Vincent Kennedy McMahon is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his wife Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Outside of professional wrestling McMahon has occasionally ventured into promoting other sports; his projects include the World Bodybuilding Federation and XFL. He is also the owner of Alpha Entertainment.
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MrBeast
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Studied in 2016
- Occupations
- YouTuberbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, better known by his online alias MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, online personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for his fast-paced and high-production videos, which feature elaborate challenges and large giveaways. With over 240 million subscribers, he is the most-subscribed individual on YouTube and the second-most-subscribed channel overall.
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Linda McMahon
- Occupations
- executivepoliticianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Linda Marie McMahon is an American political executive, business executive, and retired performer. She served as the 25th administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019.
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Emily Procter
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Studied journalism and dance
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Emily Mallory Procter is an American actress and activist. She played Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing (2000–2002; 2006) and Det. Calleigh Duquesne in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Miami (2002–2012).
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Summer Rae
- Occupations
- actormodelprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Danielle Louise Moinet is an American model, actress, ring announcer, retired professional wrestler and American football player. She is best known for her tenures in WWE from 2011 to 2017 and in 2022, under the ring name Summer Rae. Moinet was a main cast member on the reality show Total Divas during its second and third seasons. Before joining WWE, she played with the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League.
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Chris Johnson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Christopher Duan Johnson is an American former football running back. Born in Orlando, Florida, he emerged as a senior for East Carolina University, breaking out for 2,960 all-purpose yards and 24 touchdowns. Johnson was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft, after running a then-record breaking 4.24 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.
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Philip DeFranco
- Occupations
- YouTubertelevision producervideo bloggerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Philip James DeFranco, commonly known by his online nickname PhillyD, and formerly known as sxephil, is an American media host and YouTube personality. He is best known for The Philip DeFranco Show, a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture.
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Beth Grant
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Beth Grant is an American character actress. Between 2012 and 2017, she was a series regular on the television comedy The Mindy Project in the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is also known for her role as Gracie Leigh in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho and as Marianne Marie Beetle in Wonderfalls. She has also appeared on Pushing Daisies, and Mockingbird Lane.
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Kevin Williamson
- Occupations
- showrunnertelevision produceractorproducerfilm director
- Biography
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Kevin Meade Williamson is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is known for developing and writing the screenplay for the slasher film Scream (1996)—which launched the Scream franchise—along with those for Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 4 (2011). He is also known for creating the WB teen drama series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), the CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2013–2015) and the CBS All Access thriller series Tell Me a Story (2018–2020).
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Harold Varner III
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Harold William Varner III is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He won the Australian PGA Championship in December 2016 and the PIF Saudi International in February 2022.
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Ali Hillis
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Ali Hillis is an American actress who has appeared in television and film, and voices a number of characters in video games. She is best known for her video game work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
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Scott Avett
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Scott Yancey Avett is one of the lead singers and founding members of the folk-rock band, The Avett Brothers. Avett primarily plays the banjo but also plays harmonica, drums, piano, acoustic guitar and electric guitar for the band based out of Concord, North Carolina. In 2008, their album, The Second Gleam, reached the ten spot on Billboard.com's Top Independent Albums Chart. Avett is also an accomplished artist and printmaker. His work has been displayed in exhibitions at the Envoy Gallery in New York City and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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LaShawn Merritt
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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LaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 metres. He is a former Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.65 seconds makes him the ninth fastest of all time.
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Linval Joseph
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Linval Clement Joseph is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at East Carolina. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round, 46th overall of the 2010 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Chargers, and Philadelphia Eagles.
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Scott Dawson
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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David Michael Harwood is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood or Dax The Axe. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. He also makes appearances in their sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as partner promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he and Wheeler have won those promotions' respective tag team championships once each.
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Brian Shul
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Science in history and anthropology
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerfighter pilotoratorair force officerphotographer
- Biography
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Brian Shul was an American pilot and photographer. A Vietnam War-era attack pilot and a major in the United States Air Force (USAF), he flew 212 combat missions and was shot down near the end of the war. He was so badly burned that he was given next to no chance to live. Surviving, he returned to full flight status, flying the SR-71 Blackbird. Major Shul completed a 20-year career in the Air Force. He wrote four books on aviation and ran a photo studio in Marysville, California, until his death in Reno, Nevada.
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Lodi
- Occupations
- novelistprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Bradley Cain is an American author, personal trainer and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lodi. Cain is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000, where he was a member of Raven's Flock stable and the tag team The West Hollywood Blondes.
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Phil Valentine
- Occupations
- political activistwriterradio personality
- Biography
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Philip Carr Valentine was an American conservative talk radio host, author and actor. He broadcast daily on WWTN, a Cumulus Media station in Nashville, Tennessee, and hosted The Phil Valentine Show, syndicated nationally through the Westwood One radio network. He was an opponent of a proposed state income tax in Tennessee and denied climate change.
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Earnest Byner
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Earnest Alexander Byner is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Carolina Pirates. He is now the running back coach of Out-of-Door Academy.
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Mary Robinette Kowal
- Occupations
- puppet designerpuppeteerwriterchairpersonscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author and puppeteer. Originally a puppeteer by primary trade after receiving a bachelor's degree in art education, she became art director for science fiction magazines and by 2010 was also authoring her first full-length published novels. The majority of her work is characterized by science fiction themes, such as interplanetary travel; a common element present in many of her novels is historical or alternate history fantasy, such as in her Glamourist Histories and Lady Astronaut books.
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Nia Franklin
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Nia Imani Franklin is an American composer and beauty pageant titleholder. In June 2018, she was crowned Miss New York 2018. On September 9, 2018, she was crowned Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by the outgoing Miss America 2018, Cara Mund.
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Antti Jokinen
- Occupations
- film directormusic video directorscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Antti Juhanpoika Jokinen is a Finnish music video and film director as well as a former college basketball player. He is married to actress Krista Kosonen.
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Bob McKillop
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Studied in 1967-1968
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Robert McKillop is an American college basketball coach who is the former head coach of the Davidson Wildcats men's team of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He has a 100 percent graduation rate for his players during a 33-year tenure.
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Terrell Williams
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Terrell Williams is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
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Kristen Dalton
- Occupations
- actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Kristen Jeannine Dalton-Wolfe is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2009 and represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant.
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Rick Atkinson
- Occupations
- culture editorediting staffhistorianjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV is an American author, most recently of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777, the first volume in the Revolution Trilogy. He has won Pulitzer Prizes in history and journalism.
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Vonta Leach
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Terzell Vonta Leach is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at East Carolina.
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Kay Yow
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Sandra Kay Yow was an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. In 2000, Yow was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
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Jharel Cotton
- Occupations
- professional baseball playerbaseball player
- Biography
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Jharel Leandre Cotton is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and San Francisco Giants. Cotton played college baseball at East Carolina University, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2012 MLB Draft.
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Elijah Hughes
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elijah Wayne Hughes is an American professional basketball player for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the East Carolina Pirates and the Syracuse Orange.
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Rashad Nabiyev
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Studied in 2000-2002
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Rashad Nabi Oghlu Nabiyev is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Ministry of Digital Development and Transportation of Azerbaijan since 2021. He previously served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Azercosmos.
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Erik Bakich
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Erik Michael Bakich is an American baseball coach and former left fielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Clemson Tigers. Bakich played college baseball at San Jose City College (1997–1998) and East Carolina University for head coach Keith LeClair from 1999 to 2000. He served as the head coach of Maryland Terrapins (2010–2012) and the Michigan Wolverines (2013–2022).
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John A. Allison IV
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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John A. Allison IV is an American businessman and the former CEO and president of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Allison held a number of leadership positions in BB&T Corp. from 1987 until 2010 when he retired. He now serves as a director at Moelis & Company.
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Mike Wright
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dennis Michael Wright Jr. is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and White Sox, and in the KBO League for the NC Dinos. Wright played college baseball for East Carolina University.
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C. J. Wilson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Clifford James Wilson is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at East Carolina University. Wilson was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft and would win Super Bowl XLV with the team over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has also played for the Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, and Chicago Bears.
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Jason Latour
- Occupations
- drawercomics artist
- Biography
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David Jason Latour is an American comic-book and comic-strip artist and writer known for his work for Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics on titles such as Wolverine, Winter Soldier, Southern Bastards and Spider-Gwen, co-creating Spider-Woman / Gwen Stacy (Earth-65) in the latter, later adapted to the Spider-Verse film franchise.
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Chad Tracy
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chad Austin Tracy is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2004 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2013 for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, and Washington Nationals. He also played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Steve O'Dwyer
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Stephen O'Dwyer is an Irish-American professional poker player known for his accomplishments on the European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, and high roller poker tournaments.
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Shawn Armstrong
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Shawn Michael Armstrong is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Miami Marlins.
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Lex Gillette
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Elexis LaVelle "Lex" Gillette is a blind Paralympic athlete from Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States competing in T11 (track) and F11 (field) events for the United States.
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Robert Burren Morgan
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Robert Burren Morgan was an American politician. He was a Democratic United States Senator from the state of North Carolina for a single term from 1975 until 1981.
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James P. Delgado
- Occupations
- authoranthropologisthistorianarchaeologist
- Biography
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James Preston Delgado is a maritime archaeologist, historian, maritime preservation expert, author, television host, and explorer.
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Frank Robinson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Franklin Marquieth Robinson is an American professional basketball retired player. He played college basketball for the East Carolina University and the California State University, Fullerton.
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Marc Basnight
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marc Basnight was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing the 1st district, from 1984 through his resignation just before the start of what would have been his 14th term in 2011. His district included constituents in Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
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Walter Latham
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
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Walter Latham is an American film and comedy producer born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Latham, who is African-American, founded a comedy production company, Latham Entertainment, which helped launch the careers of noted comedians and comic actors, including Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey, and Mo'Nique. His releases, The Original Kings of Comedy, Queens of Comedy, Latham Entertainment Presents, and Bad Boys of Comedy have grossed more than $200 million worldwide. He currently resides in Franklin, TN with his wife and business partner,Yulonda.
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Kareem Richardson
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Kareem Andre Richardson is an American basketball coach who is the former head coach at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC).
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Gary L. North
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Gary Lewis North is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as commander of Pacific Air Forces and executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from August 19, 2009, to August 9, 2012. Pacific Air Forces is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 45,000 airmen serving principally in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Korea and Japan.
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Terrance Copper
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Terrance Terrel Copper is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at East Carolina University.
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Mary-Jean O'Doherty
- Occupations
- musicianopera singer
- Biography
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Mary-Jean Anaïs O'Doherty is an Australian-American coloratura soprano. She was the first prize winner in the 2013 Paris Opera Awards.
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Donald G. Davis
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Donald Gene Davis is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2023.
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Clyde Simms
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Clyde Simms is an American former professional soccer player. He played in Major League Soccer from 2005 to 2013. He also represented the United States at international level.
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Whit Haydn
- Occupations
- magician
- Biography
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Whit "Pop" Haydn is an American magician, and the winner of seven performing awards (for performances in showrooms at the Magic Castle) from the Academy of Magical Arts. He has been nominated by his fellow members for "Magician of the Year" in Close-Up, Parlor and Stage, Bar and Lecturer more than thirty times. In February 2006, he also became Vice-President of that organization, and served for four years in that capacity.
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Roger Sharpe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roger Dean Sharpe is a public servant, author and North Carolina politician. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from the state's Fifth congressional district in 2006, losing to incumbent Virginia Foxx. He was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1976, at age 29.
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Johnny Narron
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John A. Narron, Jr. is an American professional baseball coach. He is the hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats, the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. He is a former hitting coach of the Milwaukee Brewers and former assistant hitting coach of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a confidant and friend of center fielder Josh Hamilton and temporarily acted as an "accountability partner" to help Hamilton in his recovery from drug addiction.
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Mark Kemp
- Occupations
- music criticjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Mark Kemp is an American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as music editor for Rolling Stone and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the CD Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of music by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. His book Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in 2004 and issued in soft cover by the University of Georgia Press in 2006.
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Khalif Mitchell
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Khalif Quadree Mitchell is a professional Canadian football and American Football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He has played for the B.C. Lions, Toronto Argonauts in the CFL and San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. In 2011, he won a Grey Cup with the BC Lions. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2009 and released in 2010.
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Keith Stokes
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Keith Stokes is a former professional Canadian and American football wide receiver. Stokes was a two time Canadian Football League all star. He also starred in the French League Championnat Élite Division 1 in 2009 for the Elancourt Templiers. He has been a football coach in recent years.
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William C. Chasey
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in education
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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William Carmen "Bill" Chasey was an American philanthropist who was the founder and president of the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility (FCSR) in Warsaw, Poland. He was an educator, author, research scientist, and inventor who also served as a senior campaign advisor to President Ronald Reagan.
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Tommy Spaulding
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Thomas J. Spaulding Jr. is an American author and president of Tommy Spaulding Companies LLC. His book It's Not Just Who You Know was released on August 10, 2010. Spaulding is also the former CEO and President of, Up with People, and founded Leader's Challenge, a high school civics program in the state of Colorado.
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William M. Faulkner
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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William M. Faulkner served as a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general in commands including Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics. He retired in 2015.
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Sam Narron
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Samuel Franklin Narron is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Potomac Nationals. He pitched in one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers in the 2004 season. He was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 15th round of the 2002 MLB draft. On April 28, 2008, Narron hit a home run for the Huntsville Stars, the first home run on the season for a pitcher. He is the grandson of former major league catcher and coach Sam Narron and cousin of catcher and manager Jerry Narron.
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Moussa Badiane
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Moussa Badiane is a French former professional basketball player.
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Vic Voltaggio
- Occupations
- baseball umpirebaseball player
- Biography
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Vito Henry "Vic" Voltaggio is a former professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1977 to 1996. Voltaggio umpired 2,118 major league games in his 20-year career. He umpired in a World Series, an All-Star Game, and three American League Championship Series. He was one of the last umpires to join the American League using the outside chest protector, which he used in 1977 and 1978. He wore uniform number 26 when the league adopted uniform numbers in 1980.
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Héctor Cotto
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Héctor Cotto González is a Puerto Rican Olympic athlete specializing in the 110 meters hurdles.
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Kyle Roller
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kyle Matthew Roller is an American professional baseball first baseman.
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Michael Eury
- Occupations
- editor
- Biography
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Michael "Mike" Eury is an editor and writer of comic books, and of reference works pertaining to comic books and other aspects of pop culture. He has worked for DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics and Comico Comics, having worked on books including Maze Agency and The Legion of Super-Heroes, originating practices such as the loose leaf format of DC's Who's Who in the DC Universe reference series.
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Frederick M. Padilla
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in East Carolina University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Frederick M. Padilla is a retired U.S. Marine major general. Padilla previously served as commanding general of 3rd Marine Division.
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Marvin W. Lucas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marvin Willis Lucas Jr. is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 2001. His district includes constituents in Cumberland County. He serves as the House Democratic Conference Co-Chair. Lucas is a retired school principal from Spring Lake, North Carolina. Lucas is African-American.
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Ed Goodwin
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Edward Charles Goodwin is an American politician from the state of North Carolina. A Republican, he is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 1st district (including all of Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties).
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Sheila Turnage
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Sheila Turnage is an American author. She wrote Three Times Lucky, which received a Newbery Honor in 2013.
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Rick Horner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Paul Horner is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 2016. A Republican, he serves the 11th district.
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Vince Colbert
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Vincent Norman Colbert is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 95 total games, 74 as a relief pitcher, for the Cleveland Indians from 1970 to 1972. Born in Washington, D.C., he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 200 pounds (91 kg).
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Larry M. Bell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Larry Moseley Bell Sr. is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first House district, including Sampson and Wayne counties. A retired school superintendent from Clinton, North Carolina, Bell started his first term in the State House in 2001. During a portion of his time in the legislature, he served as the majority whip. He did not run for re-election in 2018.
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Laura Wright
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- writerman of lettersacademicuniversity teacherliterary scholar
- Biography
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Laura Wright is a professor of English at Western Carolina University. Wright proposed vegan studies as a new academic field, and her 2015 book The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror served as the foundational text of the discipline. As of 2021 she had edited two collections of articles about vegan studies.
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Jerry Tolley
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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Jerry Russell Tolley is a former American football coach, educator, and politician. He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1977 to 1981, compiling a record of 49–11–2. His 1980 and 1981 teams were both crowned NAIA national champions. He graduated from East Carolina University with a master's degree in education in 1966. He also received his Ph.D from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1982.
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Jean R. Preston
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Rouse Preston served for 20 years in the North Carolina General Assembly, including seven terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and three in the North Carolina Senate. She retired in 2012 when she was the Joint Republican Caucus Leader and Senator representing the state's second district, including constituents in Carteret county. She also served as co-chair of the Education/Higher Education and the Appropriations Education/Higher Education Committees. She was a retired educator from Emerald Isle, North Carolina. Preston died in 2013 at age 77.
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Sandra Mims Rowe
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Sandra Mims Rowe is an American journalist. She is the former editor of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia, and of The Oregonian, in Portland, Oregon. She was one of the few women editors of metro newspapers in the 1980s, and was the first woman editor at The Virginian-Pilot and The Oregonian. She was the second female president of the American Society of News Editors, a decade after Kay Fanning, the editor of The Christian Science Monitor, was the first.
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Gary Mattocks
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Gary Bizzette Mattocks is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1965 to 1966, compiling a record of 3–17.
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Butch Davis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Wallace McArthur "Butch" Davis is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 through 1994.
