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==Notable people== <!--PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER.--> {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * [[Kate Lee Harris Adams]], aviator and member of the [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] during World War II * [[Blind Boy Fuller]] (Fulton Allen), musician * [[Louis Austin]] (1898β1971), journalist, civil rights leader * [[Ernie Barnes]], artist/painter<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernie Barnes|url=http://www.erniebarnes.com/biography.html|website=ErnieBarnes.com|access-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216172615/http://www.erniebarnes.com/biography.html|archive-date=December 16, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[Kara Medoff Barnett]], theater producer, arts director * [[Samuel Beam]], singer/songwriter from [[Iron & Wine]], current resident * [[Ben Brantley]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' theater critic * [[Joseph Penn Breedlove]], first [[Duke University]] librarian * [[Andrew Britton]], novelist * [[Mic'hael Brooks]], [[NFL]] player * [[Little Brother (group)|Little Brother]], hip-hop group * [[Kelly Bruno]], world-recordβholding amputee runner and athlete; contestant on reality TV show ''[[Survivor: Nicaragua]]'' * [[Dan Bryk]], singer, rock star * [[Shirley Caesar]], pastor and gospel recording artist * [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]], folk band who cite their hometown as Durham * [[Anthony Roth Costanzo]], countertenor known for his performance as the title role of the opera [[Akhnaten (opera)]] * [[Crystal Cox]], track and field athlete; member of national team for the [[2004 Athens Summer Olympics]]; contestant on reality TV show ''[[Survivor: Gabon]]'' * [[Roger Craig (baseball)|Roger Lee Craig]],<ref name="craig">{{cite web |url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=craigro01|title= Roger Lee Craig|access-date=July 16, 2007 |publisher=Baseball Almanac}}</ref> Major League Baseball pitcher and manager * [[John Darnielle]], musician and novelist best known as the primary (and often solitary) member of the American band [[the Mountain Goats]], for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist<ref>Hoard, Christian. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle-became-the-best-storyteller-in-rock-20150407 "The Slow Climb: How the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle Became the Best Storyteller in Rock."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905125807/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle-became-the-best-storyteller-in-rock-20150407 |date=September 5, 2017 }}, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', April 7, 2015. Web. April 3, 2016.</ref> * [[Betty Davis]], funk and soul singer * [[Reverend Gary Davis]], musician * [[The Duffer Brothers]], creators of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]'' * [[Benjamin Newton Duke]], tobacco, textile, and energy industrialist and [[philanthropist]]<ref>[https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/04/27/benjamin-duke-and-the-dukes-of-durham Benjamin Duke and the "Dukes of Durham"]. North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved November 2, 2020.</ref> * [[James Buchanan Duke]], industrialist, founder of [[The Duke Endowment]] and [[Duke University]] * [[Tempest DuJour]], drag performer and professor, known for competing on [[RuPaul's Drag Race season 7]] * [[Victor Dzau]], scientist and academic * [[Sylvan Esso]], grammy-nominated dance and electronic music duo * [[Rapsody]] (Marlanna Evans), Grammy-nominated female rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanrahan |first=Kathy |date=29 Jan 2018 |title=Durham rapper makes history at Grammys |url=https://www.wral.com/rapsody-grammy-rapper-durham-nc-grammys/17297361/?version=amp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195626/https://www.wral.com/rapsody-grammy-rapper-durham-nc-grammys/17297361/?version=amp |archive-date=29 Jan 2018 |publisher=[[WRAL (FM)|WRAL]]}}</ref> * [[Pura FΓ©]], Native American singer * [[Rick Ferrell]], [[Major League Baseball]] catcher; member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]<ref name="ferrell">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/ferreri01.php |title=Rick Ferrell |access-date=July 16, 2007 |publisher=The Baseball Page |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225536/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/ferreri01.php |archive-date=September 26, 2007 }}</ref> * [[John Wesley Fletcher]], pastor * [[Tate Fogleman]], [[NASCAR]] driver * [[Nnenna Freelon]], jazz singer/composer * [[Philip Freelon]] (1953β2019), architect, designer of the [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]] * [[Penny Fuller]], award-winning actress in numerous [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], film, and television productions * [[Julian Gamble]] (born 1989), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] * [[David Garrard]], NFL quarterback from 2002 to 2013 * [[David Gergen]], advisor to presidents [[Gerald Ford|Ford]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] * [[Heather Gordon]] (born 1967), artist * [[Lisa Grabarek]], teacher and Baptist preacher * [[John H. Hager]], former Virginia lieutenant governor (1998β2002) and the father-in-law of former First Daughter [[Jenna Bush]] Hager * [[Mary Katharine Ham]], Conservative journalist; grew up in Durham<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/ham-axe-files/index.html|title=Three things that shaped Mary Katharine Ham's conservative world|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> * [[Michael Hardt]], philosopher and theorist of globalization, politics and culture * [[Jay Huff]], professional basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wralsportsfan.com/durham-native-jay-huff-admits-he-s-a-little-more-amped-when-he-plays-the-hometown-team/18984777/|title=Durham native Jay Huff admits he's a little more amped when he plays the hometown team|last=Brownlow|first=Lauren|date=February 29, 2020|website=Wralsportsfan.com|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Brandon Hargest]], singer for [[Jump5]] * [[Brittany Hargest]], singer for Jump5 * [[Heather Havrilesky]], author, essayist, and humorist raised in Durham<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Disaster-Preparedness-by-Heather-Havrilesky-2476374.php|title='Disaster Preparedness,' by Heather Havrilesky|last1=Zigmond|first1=Dan|last2=Chronicle|first2=Special to The|date=2011-02-06|website=SFGate|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref> * [[Biff Henderson]], ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' comedian and television personality * [[Wilbur Hobby]], labor leader and former president of the North Carolina AFL-CIO * [[Alexander Isley]], designer and educator * [[Fredric Jameson]], literary critic and Marxist political theorist * [[Big Daddy Kane]], hip-hop artist and actor<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Daddy Kane, The Jay-Z Of '89, Still Every Bit The Playa|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455072/big-daddy-kane-still-playa.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619065833/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455072/big-daddy-kane-still-playa.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|work=MTV News|access-date=September 7, 2011}}</ref> * [[John P. Kee]], pastor and gospel recording artist * [[Stuart Krohn]] (born 1962), professional [[rugby union]] player * [[Mike Krzyzewski]], former head coach of the Duke men's basketball team and former head coach of Team USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-krzyzewski/3607|title=Mike Krzyzewski Bio β Duke University|publisher=[[Duke Blue Devils]]|access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> * [[Patrick Kypson]], professional [[tennis]] player<ref>[https://www.atptour.com/en/players/patrick-kypson/k0a3/overview Patrick Kypson | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis]. Retrieved November 2, 2020.</ref> * [[Mur Lafferty]], podcaster and writer * [[James G. Leyburn]], sociologist, professor, author<ref name="RTimes">{{Cite web |date=1993-05-01 |title=James Leyburn dies at 91 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/919006854/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=[[The Roanoke Times]] |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * [[Caitlin Linney]], singer/songwriter * [[John D. Loudermilk]], songwriter ([[Tobacco Road (song)|"Tobacco Road"]], "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye") * [[John Lucas II]], [[NBA]] player and coach * [[David Lynch]], film and TV director; lived in Durham as a child; parents met at Duke University<ref>Rodley, Chris; Lynch, David (2005). Lynch on Lynch (2nd ed.). Macmillan. {{ISBN|0-571-22018-5}}.</ref> * [[John Malachi]], jazz pianist<ref>{{Citation|last1 = Rinzler|first1 = Paul|last2 = Kernfeld|first2 = Barry|title = Malachi, John |publisher = Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press|url = http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J286100|access-date = July 25, 2015|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * [[Crystal Mangum]], accuser in the 2006 [[Duke lacrosse case]],<ref name="fnbio">{{cite web|date=April 11, 2007|title=Crystal Gail Mangum: Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/crystal-gail-mangum-profile-of-the-duke-rape-accuser|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415005129/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html|archive-date=April 15, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2011|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> who was later found guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/mangum-found-guilty-in-boyfriend-s-stabbing-death/13143246/|title=Mangum found guilty in boyfriend's stabbing death|date=2013-11-22|website=Wral.com|access-date=2017-07-19|language=en}}</ref> * [[Leo Mangum]], Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mangule01.shtml Leo Mangum Stats]. ''Baseball-Reference''. Retrieved November 2, 2020.</ref> * [[John H. Manning]], lawyer, officer and [[Adjutant General of North Carolina]] * [[Pigmeat Markham]], comic actor and novelty musician * [[Doug Marlette]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning cartoonist; lived in Durham as a child<ref name="marlette">{{cite news|title=Cartoonist Doug Marlette dies in wreck|newspaper=Raleigh News and Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/632517.html|url-status=dead|access-date=July 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713131622/http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/632517.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=July 13, 2007}}</ref> * [[Branford Marsalis]], resident of Durham for several years. The [[Branford Marsalis Quartet]]'s 2006 [[album]] ''[[Braggtown]]'' was titled after Braggtown Baptist Church, located in northeastern Durham, just north of Highways 70/85.<ref>{{cite news|title=Branford's bragging rights|work=News and Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/485019.html|url-status=dead|access-date=October 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522005306/http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/485019.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=May 22, 2008}}</ref> * [[Frank Matthews (drug trafficker)|Frank Matthews]], drug trafficker during the late 1960s and early 1970s * [[Tracy McGrady]], attended [[Mount Zion Christian Academy]] his senior year, NBA player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/163568/|title=Durham Teen lured to NBA, Endorsement|date=June 20, 1997|publisher=WRAL|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Clyde McPhatter]], singer/songwriter, founding member of [[The Drifters]] * [[LeRoi Moore]] of the [[Dave Matthews Band]], contemporary jazz musician * [[Anita Morris]], actress (''[[Ruthless People]],'' ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire (film)|The Hotel New Hampshire]]'', nominated for a [[Tony Award|Tony]] for her work in ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'') * [[The Mountain Goats]], [[indie rock]] band * [[Pauli Murray]] (1910β1985), civil rights and women's activist, attorney, author, poet and priest, lived here as a child with grandparents; in 1977 was the first black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest; in 2012 was named as an Episcopal saint (one of its "Holy Women, Holy Men") * [[Link Neal]], YouTuber with Rhett McLaughlin for the channels [[Rhett & Link]] & [[Good Mythical Morning]] * [[Mike Nifong]], Durham County [[district attorney]] disbarred in 2006 for actions in [[Duke lacrosse case|Duke University lacrosse case]] that year<ref name="DA">{{cite news|last=Neff|first=Joseph|date=August 6, 2006|title=Lacrosse files show gaps in DA's case|website=News & Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/468272.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928071135/http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/468272.html|archive-date=September 28, 2006}}</ref> * [[David Noel]], [[NBA]] player for the [[Milwaukee Bucks]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trendel |first=Avery |date=2017-08-31 |title=Former UNC Basketball Star David Noel Named Head Coach at Southern Durham High School |url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/high-school/former-unc-basketball-star-david-noel-named-head-coach-southern-durham-high-school |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Chapelboro.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Wye Oak (band)|Wye Oak]], musical duo composed of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack * [[Ike Opara]], [[Major League Soccer]] defender for [[Sporting Kansas City]] * [[Robert Martin Patterson]], [[United States Army]] soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient<ref>[https://medalofhonorhostcity.com/recipient/patterson-robert-martin/ Patterson, Robert Martin β Medal of Honor host City Program]. Retrieved October 22, 2020.</ref> * [[Sidney Powell]], prosecutor and attorney * [[Brian Roberts (baseball)|Brian Roberts]], Major League Baseball player, second baseman for the [[Baltimore Orioles]]<ref name="roberts">{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberbr01.shtml |title= Brian Roberts Statistics|access-date=July 29, 2007|publisher=Sports Reference, Inc.}}</ref> * [[Disappearance of Leah Roberts|Leah Roberts]], former [[North Carolina State University]] student who abruptly left Durham in March 2000 and has remained missing ever since * [[Rodney Rogers]], NBA power forward from 1993 to 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rogerro01.html| title=Rodney Rogers|publisher= Basketball-Reference.Com |access-date= November 15, 2012}}</ref> * [[Benjamin S. Ruffin, Jr.|Ben Ruffin]], civil rights activist, educator, and businessman * [[Don Schlitz]], songwriter ([[Kenny Rogers]]'s "[[The Gambler (song)|The Gambler]]") * [[James E. Shepard]] (1875β1947), educator, founder and president of North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University) * [[Robert K. Steel]], former Undersecretary of the Treasury * [[Jamie Stewart (American musician)|Jamie Stewart]], art-pop musician best known as the frontman of [[Xiu Xiu]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Haver |first=Grayson |url=http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-travails-of-xiu-xiu-leader-and-reluctant-durham-resident-jamie-stewart/Content?oid=2904877 |title=The travails of Xiu Xiu leader and reluctant Durham resident Jamie Stewart | Music Essay |newspaper=Indy Week |access-date=May 4, 2014 |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423080140/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-travails-of-xiu-xiu-leader-and-reluctant-durham-resident-jamie-stewart/Content?oid=2904877 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Andre Leon Talley]] (1948β2022), ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' editor, fashion luminary, and judge on ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' * [[Grady Tate]], American musician and singer * [[Justin Tornow]], dancer and choreographer * [[Emilie Townes]], dean of [[Vanderbilt Divinity School]], former president of the [[American Academy of Religion]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/people/bio/emiliem-townes|title=Bio {{!}} People {{!}} Divinity School {{!}} Vanderbilt University|publisher=Vanderbilt Divinity School|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref> * [[Jeff Tremaine]], filmmaker known for ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'' * [[Teresa Trull]], singer, songwriter, and record producer * [[LeRoy T. Walker]] (1918β2012), former United States Olympic president; former chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU)<ref>{{cite news | title =LeRoy Walker Bio | url =http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=176 | work =US Track and Field Hall of Fame | access-date =October 24, 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071102085538/http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=176 | archive-date =November 2, 2007 | url-status =dead }}</ref> * [[Dewayne Washington]], NFL cornerback from 1994 to 2005 * [[Seth Wescott]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion snowboarder<ref name="wescott">{{cite web|title=Rick Ferrell|url=http://www.usoc.org/26_38187.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714104047/http://www.usoc.org/26_38187.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=July 14, 2007|access-date=July 16, 2007|publisher=United States Olympic Committee}}</ref> * [[Josh Whitesell]], [[Major League Baseball]] first baseman of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=whitejo03| title= Josh Whitesell Stats | publisher = Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref> * [[T. J. Warren]], NBA player for the [[Indiana Pacers]] * [[Bull City Red]] (birth name George Washington), blues musician * [[George Washington Watts]], financier and philanthropist * [[Sara Virginia Ecker Watts Morrison]], nurse, philanthropist, and First Lady of North Carolina * [[Harvey D. Williams]] (1930β2020), African American U.S. Army major general<ref name="kane">{{cite news |date=1978-05-20 |title=Army General Leads Drive to Stop Discrimination Against U.S. Soldiers |page=10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63313867/ |work=The Kane Republican |location=[[Kane, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=2020-07-20}}</ref><ref name="times-tribune">{{cite news |date=1978-05-24 |title=Discrimination Against GIs Criticized|page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/530694355/ |work=[[The Scranton Times-Tribune]] |location=[[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=2020-07-20}}</ref> * [[Walter Lee Williams]], one of the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/walter-lee-williams |title=FBI β Homepage |website=Fbi.gov |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref> * [[Morgan Wootten]], head basketball coach at [[DeMatha Catholic High School]] and member of the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] * [[James B. Wyngaarden]], American physician, researcher, and academic administrator<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/james-wyngaarden-obituary?id=9166598|title=James Wyngaarden Obituary (1924β2019) β Durham, NC β Grand Rapids Press|website=Legacy.com|access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> * [[Freekey Zekey]] (Ezekiel Giles), rapper; spent almost three years in jail at Durham Correctional Center on drug charges before being released on November 20, 2006<ref>Winn, Patrick. [http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/513089.html "'Freaky Zekey' free from prison"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113231444/http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/513089.html |date=January 13, 2009 }}, ''The News & Observer'', November 21, 2006. Accessed April 5, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/633 "Freaky Zekey Released From Prison"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035444/http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/633 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, ''HHNLive.com'', November 21, 2006. Accessed April 5, 2007.</ref> {{colend}}
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