Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina ranks 438th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Syracuse, New York, Stavanger, and Albany, New York. Memorable people born in Charlotte, North Carolina include Billy Graham, Charles Duke, and John Cocke. Memorable people who died in Charlotte, North Carolina include Walter Davis, Oscar Micheaux, and Daniel Harvey Hill. Charlotte, North Carolina has been the birth place of many basketball players, and actors and the death place of many basketball players, and film directors. Charlotte, North Carolina is located in United States.
Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1918 and 2001, Charlotte, North Carolina was the birth place of 34 globally memorable people, including Billy Graham, Charles Duke, and John Cocke. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Charlotte, North Carolina including Walter Davis, Oscar Micheaux, and Daniel Harvey Hill.
People Born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Go to all RankingsBilly Graham
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1918 - 2018
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 1
Charles Duke
ASTRONAUT
1935 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 2
John Cocke
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1925 - 2002
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 3
Don Schollander
SWIMMER
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 4
George C. Williams
BIOLOGIST
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 5
Graham Allison
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 6
Eben Alexander
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 7
Chyler Leigh
ACTOR
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8
Susan Helms
ASTRONAUT
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 9
Britt Robertson
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 10
Steven M. Greer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 11
Sharon Lawrence
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Go to all RankingsEben Alexander
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 7
Hugh Howey
WRITER
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 16
K. C. Rivers
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.96
Rank: 22
Saddiq Bey
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 21.31
Rank: 30
DeAndre' Bembry
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 15.78
Rank: 31
Cierra Burdick
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 32
Gabbi Cunningham
ATHLETE
1998 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 33
Andrew Seliskar
SWIMMER
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 34
People Deceased in Charlotte, North Carolina
Go to all RankingsWalter Davis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1954 - 2023
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 1
Oscar Micheaux
FILM DIRECTOR
1884 - 1951
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 2
Daniel Harvey Hill
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1821 - 1889
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Charlotte, North Carolina were basketball players (8), actors (4), religious figures (3), swimmers (3), and wrestlers (3), while most who died were basketball players (1), film directors (1), and military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Charlotte, North Carolina, including Bobby Jones, Seth Curry, and K. C. Rivers. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Charlotte, North Carolina, including Bobby Jones, Seth Curry, and K. C. Rivers.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1700.