Editing Yadkin County, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Leo Arnaud]], French-born film composer
* [[Thomas Lanier Clingman]], [[U.S. senator]] and representative and Confederate brigadier general
* [[Mo Cowan|William "Mo" Cowan]], U.S. senator for Massachusetts in 2013
* [[William Wade Hampton (politician)|William Wade Hampton]] (1858–1930), state senator and state representative<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-former-legislator/158890034/ |title=Former Legislator Dies in Surry |date=1930-12-15 |newspaper=[[The News & Observer]] |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-11-12}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Mamrie Hart]], [[YouTube]] celebrity
* [[Dickie Hemric]], basketball star for [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] and the [[Boston Celtics]]
* [[Richmond Mumford Pearson]], [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] chief justice, and his son, [[Richmond Pearson]], a diplomat and U.S. representative
* [[Richard Clauselle Puryear]], [[U.S. congressman]]
* [[Ernie Shore]], a [[Major League Baseball|Major League baseball]] pitcher and former [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] sheriff
* [[Junior Johnson]] (Robert Glenn), [[NASCAR]] Hall of Fame driver and champion team owner