Editing Alamance County, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:B. Everett Jordan.jpg|thumb|right|150px|U. S. Senator [[B. Everett Jordan]]]]
[[File:Governor Thomas Michael Holt North Carolina.jpeg|thumb|right|150px|Governor Thomas M. Holt]]
* [[Jacob Brent]], born in Graham, starred as "Mr. Mistoffelees" in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and movie version of [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''
* [[Billy Bryan]], Center for the [[Denver Broncos]], from 1977 to 1988 grew up in Burlington.
* Several generations of [[Alex Haley]]'s family may have lived in Alamance County, as noted in his 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ''[[Roots: The Saga of an American Family]].'' Coming from [[Africa]] to [[Virginia]], to [[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]], to Alamance County, and moving to [[Tennessee]] after the [[Emancipation Proclamation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulsterflash.iofm.net/scotchirishnotes.htm |title=Friends of Ulster- USA - Scotch-Irish and German Settlers in Virginia and the Carolinas |access-date=August 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007055919/http://www.ulsterflash.iofm.net/scotchirishnotes.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncacgs/cross_rd_history.html|title=Cross Roads History|work=rootsweb.com}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Michael Holt]], [[governor of North Carolina]] from 1891 to 1893
* [[John "John Boy" Isley]], born and raised in Graham, "John Boy" of the [[John Boy and Billy Show]]
* [[Charley Jones]], born in Alamance County, [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">{{Cite book|editor= Reichler, Joseph L.|title= The Baseball Encyclopedia|orig-year= 1969|edition= 4th|year= 1979|publisher= Macmillan Publishing|location= New York|isbn= 0-02-578970-8|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic}}</ref>
* [[B. Everett Jordan]], U. S. senator (Class 2) from 1958 to 1973
* [[Don Kernodle]], born in Burlington, five-time NWA champion and tag team partner of Sgt Slaughter; appeared in ''[[Paradise Alley]]'' with [[Sylvester Stallone]]
* [[Jack McKeon]], manager of the [[2003 World Series]] champion [[Florida Marlins]]
* [[Blanche Taylor Moore]], convicted [[murderer]], whose life story was portrayed in the television movie "Black Widow: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story," starring [[Elizabeth Montgomery]]
* [[Meg Scott Phipps]], North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner (2001–2003)
* [[Tequan Richmond]], born in Burlington, stars as Drew Rock in ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'', and played a young Ray Charles in the movie ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''
* [[Jeanne Robertson]], humorist and professional speaker
* [[Robert W. Scott|Robert W. "Bob" Scott]], governor of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973
* [[W. Kerr Scott]], Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953, U. S. senator (Class 2) from 1954 to 1958
* [[Brandon Tate]], born in Burlington, American football wide receiver for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] of the [[National Football League]]
* [[Will Richardson (American football)|Will Richardson]], American football Offensive Linemen for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League