Raleigh, North Carolina (usa)

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina ranks 535th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shreveport, Louisiana, Gary, Indiana, and Rennes. The most famous people from Raleigh, North Carolina are Andrew Johnson, Ava Gardner, and Daniel McFadden. The most famous people who died in Raleigh, North Carolina are Jesse Helms, Ivan Fuqua, and Kate Smith. Raleigh, North Carolina has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Raleigh, North Carolina is located in United States.

Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, tenth most populous city in the Southeast, the largest city in the Research Triangle area, and the 39th-most populous city in the U.S. Known as the "City of Oaks" for its oak-lined streets, Raleigh covers 148.54 square miles (384.7 km2) and had a population of 467,665 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Wake County and is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who founded the lost Roanoke Colony. Read more on Wikipedia