Editing Lenoir, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Johnny Allen (baseball)|Johnny Allen]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher, [[World Series]] Champion with the [[New York Yankees]] in 1932 and All-Star selection in 1938<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=8126. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>
* [[Claude Baker]], composer
* [[Grant Barnette]], ultramarathon runner
* [[Leonard Bolick]], bishop of the ELCA North Carolina Synod
* [[Jim Broyhill]], former [[United States congressman]] for North Carolina from 1962 to 1986 and a U.S. [[United States Senate|senator]] from July 1986 to November 1986
* [[Ervin M. Bruner]], former Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* [[Madison Bumgarner]], MLB pitcher, four-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection, three-time World Series champion and 2014 [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|World Series MVP]] with the [[San Francisco Giants]]<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=128915. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>
* [[Clinton A. Cilley]], military officer, lawyer, judge, and politician
* [[Linda Combs]], former U.S. government official
* [[Charlie Cozart]], MLB pitcher for the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=10272. ''The Baseball Cube'' Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>
* [[Lindsay Deal]], MLB outfielder for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=10592. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>
* [[Nick Easton]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] offensive lineman
* [[Bob Gibbons]], [[Secondary school|high school]] [[basketball]] sports [[Scout (sport)|scout]]<ref>McCann, Gary. (Jan 25, 2015). [https://greensboro.com/gibbons-high-court-opinions/article_655723f7-8ac6-5060-9f1a-0ceee1e4841f.html Gibbons' High Court Opinions]. ''Greensboro News & Record''. Retrieved December 3, 2023.</ref>
* [[Destin Hall]], member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], representing the 87th district
* [[Jan Karon]], ''New York Times''-bestselling author of the ''Mitford'' Series and the ''Father Tim'' novels
* [[William Lenoir (general)|William Lenoir]], Revolutionary War  General and namesake of Lenoir
* [[Harry Martin (judge)|Harry Martin]], former North Carolina Supreme Court justice
* [[Bob McCreary]], former NFL player and entrepreneur
* [[Kary Mullis|Kary Banks Mullis]], biochemist and Nobel laureate; inventor of the [[Polymerase chain reaction]]
* [[James Pritchett (actor)|James Pritchett]], actor who played the central character of Dr. Matt Powers on ''The Doctors'' soap opera for its entire 1963 to 1982 run
* [[Larry Smith (racing driver)|Larry Smith]], former [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Carl Story]], influential [[bluegrass music]]ian 
* [[Magruder Tuttle]], [[Rear admiral (United States)|real admiral]] in the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]<ref>[https://www.caldwellschools.com/Page/18426 Hall of Honor 2014 Inductees]. Caldwell County Schools. Retrieved December 3, 2023.</ref>
* [[Rube Walker]], MLB catcher, two-time World Series Champion with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers]]<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=19317. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>
* [[Verlon Walker]], former MLB coach<ref>Yellow, Al. (July 20, 2013). [https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/7/20/4541200/verlon-walker-rube-walker-voice-cubs-news Can You Find Verlon Walker's Voice?]. ''bledcubbieblue.com''. Retrieved December 3, 2023.</ref>
* [[Stephanie Powell Watts]], author
* [[Louis Round Wilson]], University Librarian and first director of the library school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1901–1932
* [[John G. Witherspoon]], [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]] in the [[United States Coast Guard]]
* [[George Younce]], [[southern gospel]] vocalist, known for singing bass with [[Cathedral Quartet|The Cathedrals]]