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==Notable people== * [[The Badgett Sisters]], [[Folk music|folk]] and [[Gospel music|gospel]] group composed of sisters Celester, Connie, and Cleonia Badgett * [[Mic'hael Brooks]] (born 1991), former [[NFL]] player who attended high school in Yanceyville * [[Max Drake]] (born 1952), musician * [[Donna Edwards]] (born 1958), former [[U.S. representative]] * [[Samuel Simeon Fels]] (1860β1950), businessman and philanthropist * [[A. Oveta Fuller]] (1955β2022), associate professor of microbiology at [[University of Michigan Medical School]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2015 |title=A. Oveta Fuller, Ph.D. {{!}} Microbiology & Immunology {{!}} Michigan Medicine |url=https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/microbiology-immunology/oveta-fuller-phd |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Microbiology & Immunology |language=en}}</ref> * [[Maud Gatewood]] (1934β2004), artist * [[Azariah Graves]] (1768β1850), general in the North Carolina militia during the [[War of 1812]] and a state senator * [[Calvin Graves]] (1804β1877), house member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] and member of the [[North Carolina Senate]] * [[Henry Lee Graves]] (1813β1881), president of [[Baylor University]] * [[John Oliver Gunn Jr.|John Gunn]] (1939β2010), race car driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Gunn β’ Career & Character Info {{!}} Motorsport Database |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/john-gunn/ |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Motorsport Database β Motor Sport Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> * [[John Kerr (Virginia Congressman)|John Kerr]] (1782β1842), member of the U.S. House of Representatives * [[John Kerr Jr. (congress)|John Kerr Jr.]] (1811β1879), congressional representative and jurist * [[John H. Kerr]] (1873β1958), jurist and politician * [[Jacob E. Long]] (1880β1955), 15th [[lieutenant governor of North Carolina]] from 1925 to 1929 serving under Governor [[Angus Wilton McLean|Angus W. McLean]] * [[Ida Isabella Poteat]] (1858β1940), artist and instructor * [[William Louis Poteat]] (1856β1938), professor of biology and president of [[Wake Forest University]], public intellectual, early advocate of Darwinian [[evolution]] * [[John W. Stephens]] (1834β1870), North Carolina state senator, agent for the [[Freedmen's Bureau]] *[[Vanessa Siddle Walker]] (born 1958), professor of African American Educational Studies at [[Emory University]] * [[Neal Watlington]] (1922β2019), MLB player for the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neal Watlington Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/watline01.shtml |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> * [[Hugh Webster (politician)|Hugh Webster]] (1943β2022), [[register of deeds]] for [[Alamance County]] and North Carolina state senator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugh B. Webster |url=https://www.caswellmessenger.com/obituaries/article_0d3c1052-9e3b-11ec-a617-af1359631f39.html |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=The Caswell Messenger |language=en}}</ref> * [[Carl Willis]] (born 1960), former [[MLB]] player and current pitching coach for the [[Cleveland Guardians]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Carl Willis β Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/carl-willis/ |access-date=May 20, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Bartlett Yancey, Jr.]] (1785β1828), [[Democrat-Republican]] U.S. congressman
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