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==Notable people== * [[Sam Ard]], former [[NASCAR]] driver; 1983 and 1984 [[Nascar Busch Series]] Champion * [[William Johnston Armfield]], business executive and philanthropist * [[Scott Bankhead]], [[Major League Baseball]] and 1984 [[United States at the Summer Olympics|US Olympic Team]] [[pitcher]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott Bankhead|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bankhsc01.shtml|work=[[baseball-reference.com]]|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> * [[Chuck Bown]], former NASCAR driver; 1990 [[Nascar Busch Series]] Champion * [[Lane Caudell]], musician and actor * [[Keith Crisco]], businessman and public official * [[William Cicero Hammer]], U.S. [[Congressional Representative]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from 1921 to 1930 * [[Nick Coe]], professional football defensive lineman<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinor |first1=Wesley |title=How Auburn's Nick Coe earned his peculiar nickname |url=https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2017/04/auburns_nick_coe_has_a_peculia.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=[[AL.com]] |publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |date=5 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Andy Headen]], former [[NFL]] linebacker for the [[New York Giants]] * [[Randy Henderson (politician)|Randy Henderson]], Mayor of [[Fort Myers, Florida]] from 2009-2020<ref>[https://www.mhu.edu/news/randy-henderson-alumnus-of-the-year/ Mars Hill University Names Randall Henderson, Jr. as Alumnus of the Year]. ''mhu.edu''. Retrieved October 29, 2020.</ref> * [[Elizabeth Lail]], actress known for her role as [[Guinevere Beck]] in ''[[You (TV series)|You]]'' * [[Paul Martin Newby]], justice on the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]]<ref>[https://fedsoc.org/contributors/paul-newby Paul Newby | The Federalist Society]. Retrieved October 29, 2020.</ref> * [[Reynolds Price]], [[novelist]], [[essayist]] and educator, resident of the town in the 1930s and 1940s<ref>http://www.ci.asheboro.nc.us/Newsletters/CenterPoint_Sep06.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719131423/http://www.ci.asheboro.nc.us/Newsletters/CenterPoint_Sep06.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }}. Retrieved on 2008-10-26.</ref> * [[Julius Ramsay]], [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]]-nominated television director and editor * [[Marmaduke Swaim Robins]], lawyer, private secretary to the civil war era governor, state legislator, and newspaperman. His son served as mayor of Asheboro.<ref name=reg>{{Cite web|url=https://randolphlibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1049823&p=7685341|title=LibGuides: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission: Marmaduke Robins Law Office|first=Ross|last=Holt|website=randolphlibrary.libguides.com}}</ref> * [[Joe Spinks]], professional [[basketball]] player<ref>[https://gocamels.com/news/2010/4/9/4_9_2010_3413.aspx?path=mbball Joe Spinks inducted into Campbell Sports Hall of Fame]. ''gocamels.com''. Retrieved October 29, 2020.</ref> * [[Jonathan Worth (Governor)|Jonathan Worth]], [[North Carolina Governor]] from 1865 to 1868 during early [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]]<ref name=":0" />
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