Editing Hickory, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
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===Athletes===
* [[Jeff Barkley]], [[MLB]] player<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=8476. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Rick Barnes]], [[college basketball]] head coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Barnes Bio |url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/rick_barnes_960611.html |access-date=April 11, 2015 |website=UTSPORTS.COM – University of Tennessee Athletics |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707133637/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/rick_barnes_960611.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Madison Bumgarner]], MLB pitcher, 4-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection, 3-time [[World Series]] champion and 2014 [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|World Series MVP]] with the [[San Francisco Giants]]
* [[Paul Burris (baseball)|Paul Burris]], MLB catcher<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=9452. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Ozzie Clay]], [[NFL]] safety<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ClayOz20.htm. ''Pro Football Reference''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Matt DiBenedetto]], [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Landon Dickerson]], NFL offensive lineman, 3-time [[Pro Bowl]] selection, [[Super Bowl LIX]] champion with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Harry Dowda]], NFL defensive back<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/high_schools.cgi?id=93bbbf40. ''Pro Football Reference''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref> 
* [[Charlie Frye (baseball)|Charlie Frye]], MLB pitcher<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=11628. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Robert Griswold]], swimmer
* [[Ryan Hill]], [[Long-distance running|long-distance]] runner, silver medalist in the 3000 meters at the [[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|2016 World Indoor Championships]], gold medalist in the 5000 meters at the [[2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Men track events|2015 USA Outdoor Championships]]
* [[Andy Houston]], [[NASCAR Cup Series]], [[NASCAR Xfinity Series|Xfinity Series]] and [[NASCAR Truck Series|Truck Series]] driver
* [[Marty Houston]], NASCAR Xfinity Series driver
* [[Tommy Houston]], NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series driver
* [[Dale Jarrett]], 1999 [[NASCAR]] [[NASCAR Cup Series|Cup Series]] champion, 3-time [[Daytona 500]] champion, member of the [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]]
* [[Austin Johnson (fullback)|Austin Johnson]], NFL fullback
* [[Brad Knighton]], [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) goalkeeper
* [[Gunner (wrestler)|Chad Lail]], professional [[WWE]] wrestler 
* [[Bobby Lutz (basketball)|Bobby Lutz]], college basketball coach, former [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|UNC Charlotte]] men's basketball head coach
* [[Dick Marlowe]], MLB pitcher<ref>http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=14772. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Trevin Parks]], professional [[basketball]] player
* [[Andy Petree]], NASCAR crew chief and analyst
* [[J.T. Poston]], [[PGA Tour]] player
* [[Gary Sain]], NASCAR Cup Series driver
* [[Ryan Succop]], NFL kicker, [[Super Bowl LV]] champion with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
* [[Bob Warlick]], NBA player, younger brother of Ernie Warlick<ref>https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/warlibo01.html. ''Basketball Reference''. Retrieved November 12, 2018.</ref>
* [[Ernie Warlick]], [[American Football League|AFL]] player and 4-time [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]] selection for the [[Buffalo Bills]]
* [[Chris Washburn]], NBA player 
* [[Rob Dillingham]], NBA player, 2024 NBA draft 1st round, 8th overall pick

===Entertainers===
* [[James Best]], actor and musician
* [[Tom Constanten]], musician, composer, former member of the Grateful Dead and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
* [[Jon Reep]], comedian
* [[Matthew Settle]], actor
* [[Drew Starkey]], actor
* [[Brandon Wardell (comedian)|Brandon Wardell]], comedian
* [[Hermene Warlick Eichhorn]], composer
* [[Machinedrum]], aka Travis Stewart, musician
* [[The Blue Sky Boys]], country music duo

===Other notables===
* [[Cass Ballenger]], politician
* [[Norma Bonniwell]], architect
* [[James Broselow]], emergency physician, assistant professor, and entrepreneur
* [[Teresa Earnhardt]], former [[NASCAR]] team owner
* [[Fannie Gaston-Johansson]], professor of nursing and distinguished professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]] 
* [[Gary Glenn]], Michigan House of Representatives (2015–18), Associate Speaker of the House Pro Tem and chairman of the House Energy Policy Committee (2017–18) 
* [[Pat Harrigan]], politician
* [[Kenneth Lamar Holland]], former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
* [[Chris Hughes]], co-founder of [[Facebook]]
* [[E. Patrick Johnson]], ethnographer, scholar in [[critical race theory]], [[queer theory]], and [[performance studies]]
* [[Brock Long]], FEMA Administrator<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Kevin |date=May 1, 2017 |title=President Trump nominates Hickory resident Brock Long to lead FEMA pending Senate confirmation |url=http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/president-trump-nominates-hickory-resident-brock-long-to-lead-fema/article_8f522ec0-2e90-11e7-b8b8-cb082d697fc0.html |work=Hickory Daily Record |language=en}}</ref>
* [[J.B. Long]], store manager/owner and record company talent scout
* [[Douglas E. Moore]], [[Methodism|Methodist]] minister and [[Civil rights movement|civil rights]] activist<ref>Barnes, Bart. (September 4, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/douglas-moore-provocative-presence-in-civil-rights-and-dc-politics-dies-at-91/2019/09/04/4fe6a1ee-ca92-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html Douglas Moore, proactive presence in civil rights and D.C. politics, dies at 91]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 31, 2020.</ref>
* [[Scott Owens (poet)|Scott Owens]], poet, teacher, and editor
* [[William Powlas Peery]], pastor of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]
* [[Elwood L. Perry]], inventor of the form of fishing lure known as the [[spoonplug]]
* [[Paul Whitener]], landscape painter and founder of the [[Hickory Museum of Art]]