Editing Hillsborough, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
For its size, Hillsborough has a high concentration of residents who are nationally known artists and authors, including [[Lee Smith (author)|Lee Smith]], [[Jill McCorkle]], [[Allan Gurganus]], [[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]], [[Annie Dillard]], [[Hal Crowther]], [[Frances Mayes]], and David Payne.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nimocks|first=Amber|title=A Literary Community|journal=Our State|date=September 2010|url=http://www.ourstate.com/purple-crow-books/|access-date=February 7, 2013}}</ref>

* [[George B. Anderson]] (1831–1862), Civil War Confederate general, killed at the [[Battle of Antietam]]
* [[Thomas Hart Benton (politician)|Thomas Hart Benton]] (1782–1858), U.S. Missouri Senator known as "Old Bullion" was born near Hillsborough. One of the early champions of westward expansion that would become known as Manifest Destiny.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/benton-thomas-hart|title=Benton, Thomas Hart - NCpedia|website=ncpedia.org}}</ref>
* [[Armistead Burwell (judge)|Armistead Burwell]] (1839–1913), associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1892 to 1894
* [[Minerva Ruffin Cain Caldwell]] (1820–1890), First Lady of North Carolina 
* [[Kizzmekia Corbett]] (born 1986), Senior Research Fellow and Scientific Lead on the Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the [[National Institutes of Health]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsoforange.com/education/article_56790a34-5321-11ea-bc53-27ccd0d1bc35.html|title=She has our back: Vaccine push has local connection|last=Orange|first=Dale Edwards/News of|website=News of Orange|language=en|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank]] (1878–1955), first female president of [[Saint Mary's School (Raleigh, North Carolina)|St. Mary's Junior College]]
* [[Annie Dillard]] (born 1945), author
* [[Allan Gurganus]] (born 1947), author of ''[[Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All]]''
* [[John Dee Holeman]] (1929–2021), Piedmont blues musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmaker.org/artists_profile/John-Dee-Holeman |title=John Dee Holeman |website=Musicmaker.org |access-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref>
* [[William Hooper]] (1742–1790), lawyer and politician who signed the United States Declaration of Independence for North Carolina
* [[Michelle Jin]] (born 1974), professional bodybuilder
* [[Elizabeth Keckley]] (1818–1907), dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln and enslaved in the Burwell Household
* [[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]], Edgar Award-winning novelist and [[Daytime Emmy Award]]-winning soap opera writer
* [[Doug Marlette]] (1949–2007), cartoonist and author, maintained a home in Hillsborough and was buried there<ref name="marlette">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/632517.html |title=Cartoonist Doug Marlette dies in wreck |access-date=July 16, 2007 |newspaper=Raleigh News and Observer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713131622/http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/632517.html |archive-date=July 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Matheson (photographer)|Elizabeth Matheson]] (born 1942), photographer
* [[Frances Mayes]] (born 1940), author
* [[Logan Pause]] (born 1981), soccer player
* [[Hilda Pinnix-Ragland]], business executive
* [[Connie Ray]] (born 1956), actress
* [[Scott Satterfield]] (born 1972), head football coach at [[University of Cincinnati]]
* [[Lee Smith (fiction author)|Lee Smith]] (born 1944), author
* [[Billy Strayhorn]] (1915–1967), jazz composer, pianist and arranger
* [[Shepperd Strudwick]] (1907–1983), actor
* [[Bryse Wilson]] (born 1997), [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
* [[Trenton Gill]] (born 1999), NFL punter for the Chicago Bears
* [[Ronnie Warner]] (born 1965), Actor, writer, director, film producer