Editing Wadesboro, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Thomas Samuel Ashe]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from North Carolina; practiced law in Wadesboro
* [[Hugh Hammond Bennett]], founder of the Soil Conservation Service, now [[Natural Resources Conservation Service]], president of the [[Association of American Geographers]]
* [[Risden Tyler Bennett]], congressman
* [[Tom Brewer]], baseball player
* [[John Culpepper]], congressman from North Carolina
* [[Edmund Strother Dargan]], congressman from Alabama and representative to the [[Confederate States Congress]] during the American Civil War
* [[Thomas F. Davis]], fifth [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] bishop of South Carolina; deacon at Calvary Church in Wadesboro
* [[Ed Emory]], football player and coach
* [[Blind Boy Fuller]], musician
* [[John Gaddy]], baseball player
* [[Pryor A. Gibson, III]], eight-term member of [[North Carolina General Assembly]]
* [[John T. Henley]], member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and [[North Carolina Senate]]
* [[Cedrick Holt]], football player
* [[Timmy Horne]], nose tackle for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Alvin Paul Kitchin]], congressman from North Carolina; practiced law in Wadesboro
* [[Leon Levine]], founder of [[Family Dollar]] variety store chain
* [[James A. Lockhart]], congressman from North Carolina; lived in Wadesboro
* [[Gary Porter (driver)|Gary Porter]], former driver of the [[Carolina Crusher]] and [[Grave Digger (truck)|Grave Digger]] Monster Truck
* [[Junkyard Dog|Sylvester "Junkyard Dog" Ritter]], professional wrestler
* [[Cornelius Robinson]], member of Provisional Confederate Congress
* [[Leonidas D. Robinson]], congressman from North Carolina
* [[Jerome Robinson]], baseball player
* [[Will Robinson (basketball)|Will Robinson]], basketball player
* [[Trinton Sturdivant]], football player
* [[Hoyt Patrick Taylor]], 21st lieutenant governor of North Carolina; former mayor of Wadesboro
* [[Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.]], speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and 26th lieutenant governor of North Carolina
* [[William L. Terry]], congressman from Arkansas
* [[John Threadgill]], Oklahoma and Texas politician<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-dr-threadgill-dies/164342598/ |title=Dr. Threadgill Dies Suddenly |date=1915-05-15 |newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2025-02-01}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Wade (North Carolina politician)|Colonel Thomas Wade]], Revolutionary War hero and legislator
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