Editing Gastonia, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Ernest Angley]], [[televangelist]]
* [[Darrell Armstrong]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player
* [[Ezra Armstrong]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ezra Armstrong |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/ezra-armstrong/ |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[R. B. Babington]], businessman, telecommunications pioneer, banker, and alderman of Gastonia
* [[John T. Biggers]], [[African-American]] [[muralist]]
* [[Wally Bryson]], Lead guitarist of the pop group The Raspberries, born in Gastonia
* [[Cliff Cash]], stand-up comedian
* [[Wiley Cash]], author
* [[Clyde Caldwell]], fantasy artist
* [[R. Gregg Cherry]], 61st Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949
* [[Rufus Crawford]], [[National Football League|NFL]] and [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] player
* [[Crash Davis]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player who graduated from Gastonia HS
* [[Glenn Dunaway]], [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Harold Dunaway]], NASCAR driver
* [[Fred Durst]], frontman and lyricist of the nu metal group [[Limp Bizkit]]
* [[Sleepy Floyd|Eric "Sleepy" Floyd]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player
* [[Jamie Fraley]], missing woman
* [[Gary M. Green]], musician, author, television host, gaming consultant and entrepreneur
* [[Leonard Hamilton]], [[Florida State University]] men's basketball head coach; born in Gastonia 
* [[Sylvia Hatchell]], women's basketball coach ([[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]])
* [[Wes Helms|Wesley Ray "Wes" Helms]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player
* [[Lamar Holmes]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Charlie Hughes (audio engineer)|Charlie Hughes]], [[Invention|inventor]] and [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]]
* [[John Boy and Billy|Billy James]], radio talk show host of ''The John Boy and Billy Show''
* [[Evan Karagias]], wrestler and actor
* [[Buddy Lewis]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player
* [[Lillian M. Lowery]], Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education, born in Gastonia
* [[Mel Melton]], musician and chef
* [[Kevin Millwood]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher
* [[Joe Pacheco]], [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter<ref>[https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Joe-Pacheco-83492 Joe "The Juggernaut" Pacheco]. ''sherdog.com''. Retrieved October 13, 2020.</ref>
* [[Buddy Parrott]], [[NASCAR]] crew chief
* [[Ricky Rainey]], [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* [[Marshall Rauch]], longest-serving Jewish state Senator in North Carolina history
* [[Diane Ray]], singer of the early 1960s
* [[Mary Reynolds (baseball)|Mary Reynolds]], baseball player in the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]
* [[Dave Robbins (basketball)|Dave Robbins]], college basketball coach and NCAA Hall of Fame member
* [[Koren Robinson]], professional football player
* [[Lionel Shriver]], author of ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin]]''
* [[Michal Smolen]], [[Canoe slalom|slalom canoeist]] and Olympian<ref>Pells, Eddie. (May 28, 2016). [https://www.gastongazette.com/article/20160528/sports/160528975 Patience pays off for Gastonia’s Michal Smolen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815050719/https://www.gastongazette.com/article/20160528/sports/160528975 |date=August 15, 2021 }}. ''Gaston Gazette''. Retrieved August 15, 2021.</ref>
* [[Thomas Sowell]], political commentator and economist; born in Gastonia, raised in New York City
* [[Melvin Stewart]], former world record-holder in [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] who won two [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals and one bronze
* [[Harold Varner III]], professional golfer
* [[Hassan Whiteside]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player
* [[James Worthy]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player and member of [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]]

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