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Famous People from North Carolina by Picture

Can you identify these famous North Carolinians based on a picture?
Includes people who were born OR raised in North Carolina
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First submittedApril 4, 2012
Times taken14,827
Average score43.8%
Rating3.72
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Wilmington
NC/SC border
Greenville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Charlotte
Kannapolis
Mount Airy
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
High Point
North Wilkesboro
Salisbury
Greensboro
Charlotte
Tryon
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36 Comments
louisacone
+7
Level 43
Jun 28, 2012
im a carolina girl! i love my state! you would think i'd have done better on this quiz...
BuckDonk
+8
Level 65
Jun 28, 2012
Jazz players never get no love from Jetpunk quiz takers
cpgatbyu
+6
Level 88
May 20, 2015
In the spirit of jazz, we improvise when spelling their names.
THobbes1651
+3
Level 53
Jun 28, 2012
Andrew Jackson was not definitely born in North Carolina. He was born in a remote area that was near the North Carolina and South Carolina border; nobody knows exactly what state he was born in.
JenkinsEar
+3
Level 91
Jun 28, 2012
Yeah, well a giant equestrian statue of Jackson supervises Polk and Johnson in Raleigh, so we're claiming him.
lush
+3
Level 33
Jun 28, 2012
that's awesome hobbes! def not born in north carolina but an area on the carolina's border. but nobody's sure what state!
manchesterutd10
+3
Level 59
Jan 10, 2014
@thobbes1651

OK that comment was completely worthless because it is incorrect

TravelGuy1320
+4
Level 37
Sep 22, 2016
Andrew Jackson's birth home is in WAXHAW NORTH CAROLINA. Sorry but Lancaster can suck it. Although his birthplace is about 15 minutes from the border today, we have cars which means travel time was very different.
manchesterutd10
+2
Level 59
Jan 10, 2014
andrew jackson is from the wax haws
burntfrost
+2
Level 47
May 29, 2014
That was almost highly embarrassing. I had to ask my husband the sax question; he plays tenor sax himself and Coltrane is his freaking nickname.
trebek
+2
Level 68
Aug 14, 2015
No
ElCanuck
+3
Level 61
Aug 14, 2015
No Ric Flair? Colour me disappointed.
texasforever
+2
Level 58
Jul 31, 2017
It says that both Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson are from Tennessee in the Famous Tennesseeans quiz…I'm probably missing something.
Qikiq
+3
Level 89
Apr 26, 2018
And Lincoln is in three quizzes, claimed by three states. People move.
Aaron197
+4
Level 76
Mar 3, 2020
Kinda surprised not seeing Nina Simone here.
DarthKnight
+1
Level 92
Nov 21, 2022
Can you add MrBeast?
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 94
Feb 14, 2025
Why?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 13, 2025
Added Nina Simone and Mr. Beast. I expect low percentage guessed on Nina Simone.
Qikiq
+4
Level 89
Feb 13, 2025
I guess I'm the exception. Knew Nina Simone right away. I have never heard of Mr. Beast.
Mattr
+1
Level 65
Feb 14, 2025
Damn bro where have you been
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 94
Feb 14, 2025
Somewhere that talent and skill, dedication and hard work are valued more highly than, well, I don't even know what it is that mr.beast does, but I can guarantee it is absolute balls. I know he has made a lot of money, but that is all I know about him. His "work" will be garbage - I would bet my life on it. Nina, James Taylor and Coltrane are absolute genuine legends, but we live in a society that thinks making money is the only true measure of "success."
Scythebrine
+3
Level 55
Feb 24, 2025
Mr. Beast is the most subscribed channel with 366 Million subscribers currently, I'd assume that's worthy of being in this quiz. No need to diss him if you don't even know what he does.
ericsp23
+2
Level 99
Feb 13, 2025
Should add Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning, especially since you included Mr. Beast. You could put them together as one clue since they are pretty much a package deal.
david2013
+1
Level 87
Feb 13, 2025
Took me a while to get Chapel Hill. You used a picture of him with hair. Sneaky.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Feb 24, 2025
Only got there because I have his first album, which has a close-up photo of him looking like that, but even so, it still took me a minute.
Algernon
+1
Level 74
Feb 15, 2025
As a non American I found that quiz blinking tough. I got two, and one was by fluke. I should have got the first basketballer, and I recognised the guy from Greensboro from his film roles.

I appreciate I’m not the target audience for these type of quizzes, and I’m not complaining. I knew I would do badly before I started. It’s just interesting to see how many of the answers seem to be people who are famous in America rather than globally or in Britain in my case. The entire second row was a case of “who?” albeit I recognise a couple of names.

Interesting quiz.

ander217
+1
Level 74
Feb 24, 2025
I’m an American and only got seven. Knew two more but couldn’t think of the names. The others I’d never heard of.
Carry
+2
Level 63
Feb 17, 2025
Could not figure out how to spell Kens last name yet Zacks was no problem.
txbdog
+3
Level 46
Feb 24, 2025
wheres j cole
Areesh
+1
Level 55
Feb 24, 2025
Aubrey Plaza not being on here is a crime

(please add her

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 24, 2025
Born and raised in Delaware.
Snoflakes
+1
Level 73
Feb 26, 2025
Man I need to brush up on my American culture. Nina Simone and John Coltrane I should have gotten, but the athletes and DaBaby? Can anyone more informed tell me if they're even known outside the US?
casoer
+2
Level 70
Jun 26, 2025
Are you fr asking if Stephen Curry is known outside the US?
kitshef
+1
Level 88
Feb 26, 2025
Conclusion: not a lot of famous people from North Carolina. As of now, only four are 52% or more in the stats. And one of those four is disputed (Andrew Jackson). And curiously, one of them I've never heard of (Mr Beast).
Theofficialmoon
+1
Level 50
Apr 10, 2025
Mr Beast and Michael Jordan are not from N.C
ethangibson64
+1
Level 67
Nov 21, 2025
There's no way the DaBaby is on here and J. Cole isn't. He may have been born in Germany but he moved to NC when he was eight months old and has done a phenomenal job of repping NC for the younger generation he deserves to be here.
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