Notable Residents (former and Current)
- Dustin Ackley, Second basemen for the Seattle Mariners
- Maya Angelou, poet
- Ramin Bahrani, director and screenwriter
- Angela Bassett, actress
- Ed Berrier, NASCAR driver
- Jim Broyhill, Republican politician. Served NC in both US House of Representatives & Senate.
- Richard Burr, United States Senator
- Don Cardwell, former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Gary Chapman, author of the best-selling book Five Love Languages and currently the head associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church.
- Randolph Childress, former professional basketball player
- Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Hubert Davis, basketball analyst for ESPN, former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBA player
- Mitch Easter, musician (Let's Active) and record producer
- Jennifer Ehle, British-American actress
- John Ehle, author
- Stuart Epperson, chairman of Salem Communications Corporation
- Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
- C.E. "Big House" Gaines, head basketball coach of Winston-Salem State University for 47 years. Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Mark Grace, former first baseman for the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks
- Gordon Gray, newspaper publisher, Secretary of the Army under President Truman, and President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor
- Kathryn Grayson, actress and operatic soprano singer.
- Pam Grier, actress
- Julianna Guill, actress
- Happy Hairston, former NBA player
- George Hamilton IV, country singer
- Jackée Harry, actress/comedian
- William Heaton, former chief of staff to Bob Ney, pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal.
- Byron Hill, Nashville songwriter, wrote hits for George Strait, Alabama, Ray Charles, Anne Murray, and others.
- Matt Kendrick, jazz bassist
- Tom Kent, Nationally syndicated radio personality
- Rusty LaRue, former NBA player, NCAA record holder in football,
- Angus MacLachlan, writer; wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Junebug, and the 2010 film Stone, starring Robert De Niro and Ed Norton.
- Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, former pitcher for the Pirates and Cardinals, and a US congressman from 1968-1974.
- Chris Murrell, singer and former lead vocalist of the Count Basie Orchestra
- R.J. Reynolds, founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (maker of Camel Cigarettes)
- Ernie Shore former pitcher in Major League Baseball and Sheriff of Forsyth County, North Carolina
- Ryan Taylor, tight end, Green Bay Packers
- Rolonda Watts, television talk show host and actress
- 9th Wonder, Grammy award winning hip hop producer and founding member of the rap group Little Brother.
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