Editing Mount Airy, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Frank Beamer]] (born 1946), retired head football coach at [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]], born in Mount Airy and raised in [[Fancy Gap, Virginia]]
* [[Ron Blackburn]] (1935–1998), [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player
* [[Chang and Eng Bunker]] (1811–1874), famous "Siamese Twins" [[conjoined twins]] who settled in Mount Airy after they retired from show business 
* [[Ben Callahan]] (1957–2007), MLB player
* [[Bill Cox (American football)|Bill Cox]] (1929–2017), [[NFL]] defensive player<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CoxxBi20.htm Billy Cox Stats]. ''Pro-Football-Reference''. Retrieved December 13, 2020.</ref>
* [[Chubby Dean]] (1916–1970), MLB player
* [[Donna Fargo]] (born 1945), country music singer and songwriter, best known for the song "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"
* [[Benton Flippen]] (1920–2011), old-time fiddler, banjo player, and guitarist
* [[Emmett Forrest]] (1927–2013), founder of the [[Andy Griffith Museum]]<ref name=manews>{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Stange |title=Emmett Forrest, long-time Andy Griffith friend, has died |url=http://www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/21397392/article-Emmett-Forrest--long-time-Andy-Griffith-friend--has-died |work=[[The Mount Airy News]] |date=2013-01-12 |access-date=2013-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131213821/http://mtairynews.com/view/full_story/21397392/article-Emmett-Forrest--long-time-Andy-Griffith-friend--has-died |archive-date=2013-01-31 }}</ref>
* [[Maddie Gardner]], (born 1993), local news reporter and internationally recognized cheerleader
* [[Andy Griffith]] (1926–2012), American actor, singer, musician, and comedian
* [[Bill Hayes (television producer)|Bill Hayes]], television producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1746942/|title=Bill Hayes|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* [[Caleb V. Haynes]] (1895–1966), [[United States Air Force]] major general<ref>[https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/7656 Caleb V. Haynes - Recipient -- Military Times Hall of Valor]. Retrieved December 13, 2020.</ref>
* [[Jerry Hemmings]] (born 1948), basketball coach
* [[Tommy Jarrell]] (1901–1985), old-time fiddler, banjo player, and singer 
* [[Luke Lambert]], [[NASCAR]] crew chief<ref>[http://mtairynews.com/archive/9562/view-full_story-20576658-article-luke_lambert_makes_dream_come_true_with_nascar "Luke Lambert makes dream come true with NASCAR"], ''Mount Airy News'', 22 October 2012, Accessed: 25 January 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AME Church |date=May 2022 |title=AME Zion Star |url=https://amez.org present bishops |website=Amez.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Joyce |first=Tom |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Local native is worldwide leader of church |work=The Mount Airy News |url=mtairynews.com |access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Betty Lynn]] (1926–2021), actress
* [[Mark Daniel Merritt]] (born 1961), American music composer
* [[Alex Sink]] (born 1948), former chief financial officer of Florida, Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in 2010
* [[Anna Wood (actress)|Anna Wood]] (born 1985), actress