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==Notable people== * [[Lester Andrews]], [[chemist]]<ref>[https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Andrews&first_nm=Lester&year=2010 2010 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics Recipient]. ''American Physical Society''. Retrieved March 18, 2021.</ref> * [[Paul Bost]], racecar driver * [[Theodorus W. Brevard]], served as [[Florida Comptroller]], namesake of [[Brevard County, Florida]] * [[Dennis Byrd (American football, born 1946)|Dennis Byrd]], [[National Football League|NFL]] defensive end, member of [[College Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>Friedlander, Brett. (June 2, 2020). [https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/06/100in100_lincoln/ 100 in 100: Lincoln County’s Dennis Byrd, pillar of NC State’s ‘White Shoes Defense’]. ''North State Journal''. Retrieved March 18, 2021.</ref> * [[Jim Cleamons]], professional [[basketball]] player, assistant coach with nine [[NBA]] championships * [[Charles L. Coon]], teacher, school administrator, child labor reformer, and advocate for African American education * [[Drew Droege]], actor, comedian, and writer * [[Daniel Munroe Forney]], U.S. Representative from North Carolina and major during the [[War of 1812]] * [[John Horace Forney]], major general in Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * [[Peter Forney]], U.S. Representative from North Carolina and captain during the American Revolutionary War * [[William H. Forney]], U.S. Representative from Alabama * [[Charles A. Gabriel]], 11th [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]] * [[William Alexander Graham]], U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. senator, member of [[Confederate Senate]], [[governor of North Carolina]] and [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] candidate for vice president of the United States * [[Connie Guion]], pioneering female physician<ref>[https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/08/29/connie-guion-pioneering-female-physician Connie Guion, Pioneering Female Physician]. ''ncdcr.gov''. Retrieved March 18, 2021.</ref> * [[James Pinckney Henderson]], first governor of [[Texas]], U.S. senator, lawyer, politician and soldier * [[Robert Hoke]], Confederate major general who won [[Battle of Plymouth (1864)|Battle of Plymouth]]; businessman and railroad executive * [[William A. Hoke]], associate justice and chief justice of [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] * [[Rufus Zenas Johnston]], recipient of [[Navy Cross]] and Congressional [[Medal of Honor]] * [[Charles R. Jonas]], U.S. Representative from North Carolina * [[Samuel Lander]], Methodist minister who founded what later became [[Lander University]] * [[Devon Lowery]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher * [[Candace Newmaker]], killed during therapy session; her death received international coverage * [[Barclay Radebaugh]], head basketball coach at [[Charleston Southern University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csusports.com/profile.asp?playerID=610|title=M. Basketball: Barclay Radebaugh :: CSUsports.com|access-date=15 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105112343/http://csusports.com/profile.asp?playerID=610|archive-date=5 January 2010}}</ref> * [[Stephen Dodson Ramseur]], Confederate major general mortally wounded at the [[Battle of Cedar Creek]] * [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]], first African American U.S. [[List of current United States senators|senator]] * [[Dick Smith (AL outfielder)|Dick Smith]], MLB outfielder * [[Chazz Surratt]], NFL linebacker * [[Sage Surratt]], American professional [[American football|football]] tight end * [[Lula Warlick]], nurse, educator, and nursing administrator * [[C. J. Wilson (cornerback)|C. J. Wilson]], NFL cornerback * [[Ken Wood (baseball)|Ken Wood]], MLB outfielder
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