Editing Salisbury, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Salisbury, North Carolina}}
*[[Bill Baker (baseball)|Bill Baker]] (1911–2006), MLB player<ref>{{cite news|last=London|first=Mike|title=Mike London column: Local legend played in World Series|url=http://archive.salisburypost.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=2006/April/17/Sports/47074.xml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105013211/http://archive.salisburypost.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=2006/April/17/Sports/47074.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2012|newspaper=Salisbury Post|date=April 17, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Rachel Oestreicher Bernheim]] (born 1943), human rights activist
*[[Sidney Blackmer]] (1895{{endash}}1973), actor, born and raised in Salisbury<ref>{{cite news|last=Scarvey|first=Katie|title=Blackmer a star of stage and screen|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/011710-Blackmer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121091032/http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/011710-Blackmer|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2010|access-date=19 December 2011|newspaper=Salisbury Post|date=17 January 2010}}</ref>
*[[George Bradshaw (baseball)|George Bradshaw]] (1924–1994), [[Major League Baseball]] catcher for 1952 [[History of the Washington Senators|Washington Senators]]
*[[Rufus Early Clement]] (1900–1967), African American educator
*[[Elizabeth Hanford Dole]] (born 1936), [[U.S. senator]] 2003–2009, US Secretary of Labor, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, president of [[American Red Cross]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/players/hanfords/index.shtml|publisher=CNN|title=Elizabeth Dole|access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref>
*[[Mary Peacock Douglas]] (1903–1970), librarian and author
*[[Governor of North Carolina]] [[John W. Ellis]] (1820{{endash}}1861), born in what was then eastern Rowan County and practiced law in Salisbury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-12|title=Marker : John W. Ellis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161910/http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-12 |access-date=2024-02-14|archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Mike Evans (actor)|Mike Evans]] (1949–2006), actor and co-creator of TV series ''[[Good Times]]''
*[[Lacy Gibson]] (1936–2011), Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
*[[James Goodnight]] (born 1943), CEO of [[SAS Institute]]
*[[Javon Hargrave]] (born 1993), lineman for NFL's [[San Francisco 49ers]]
*[[Josephine D. Heard]] (1861–1924), African American teacher, poet
*[[Archibald Henderson (professor)|Archibald Henderson]] (1877–1963), professor of mathematics who wrote on many subjects
*[[Tripp Isenhour]] (born 1968), professional golfer
*[[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] (1767–1845), practiced law in Salisbury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-47|title=Marker : Andrew Jackson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161905/http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-47 |access-date=2024-02-14|archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Bobby Jackson (basketball)|Bobby Jackson]] (born 1973), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player
*[[Bob Jones (Grand Dragon)|Bob Jones]] (1930–1989), state leader of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in the 1960s
*[[Roland Jones]] (1813–1869), represented Louisiana in [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1853 to 1855
*[[Buck Jordan|Baxter Byerly "Buck" Jordan]] (1907{{endash}}1973), baseball first baseman
*[[E. J. Junior]] (born 1959), [[National Football League]] linebacker 1981–1993
*[[Ralph Ketner]] (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist; co-founder of [[Food Lion]]<ref>Wineka, Mark. (May 30, 2016). [https://www.salisburypost.com/2016/05/30/food-lion-cofounder-ralph-ketner-dies-95/ Food Lion co-founder Ralph Ketner dies at 95]. ''Salisbury Post''. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref>
*[[Clyde Kluttz]] (1917–1979), MLB player, executive and scout
*[[Susan W. Kluttz]], Secretary of [[North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources]], formerly Salisbury's longest-serving mayor<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Emily|title=Susan Kluttz reflects on her tenure|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/News/031812-Susan-Kluttz-main-qcd|access-date=April 10, 2014|newspaper=Salisbury Post|date=March 17, 2012|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145238/http://www.salisburypost.com/News/031812-Susan-Kluttz-main-qcd|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Elizabeth Duncan Koontz]] (1919–1989), African-American educator and politician
*[[Francis Locke Sr.]] (1722–1796), planter, Colonel in the Rowan County Regiment, victor at [[Battle of Ramseur's Mill]]
*[[Carrier Strike Group 1|James T. Loeblein]], U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (2015–2016)
*[[Ben Martin (photographer)|Ben Martin]] (1930–2017), photographer and photojournalist for [[TIME]] magazine
*[[Daniel Newnan]] (1780–1851), politician and physician
*[[Britt Nicole]] (born 1985), [[Contemporary Christian music]] artist
*[[Lee Slater Overman]] (1854{{endash}}1930), U.S. senator from North Carolina<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-27|title=Marker : Lee Slater Overman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161916/http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=L-27 |access-date=2024-02-14|archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Karen L. Parker]] (born 1944) journalist and first Black female to graduate from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]
*[[Bobby Parnell]] (born 1984), MLB pitcher for [[New York Mets]]
*[[Lucius E. Polk]] (1833–1892), Brigadier general in [[Confederate States Army]]
*[[Christian Reid]] (real name Frances Fisher Tiernan, 1846–1920), author of novels including ''[[Land of the Sky|The Land of the Sky]]''
*[[Jay Ritchie]] (1936–2016), MLB pitcher
*[[Julian Robertson]] (born 1932), financier and philanthropist
*[[Florence Wells Slater]] (1864–1941), entomologist and educator
*[[Edgar Maddison Welch]] (born 1988), Pizzagate conspiracy theorist who fired an assault rifle inside Washington D.C.'s Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant in 2016
*[[Zion Williamson]] (born 2000), NBA, All-American at Duke University
*[[Stunna 4 Vegas]] (born 1996) rapper, signed to Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment