This is an incomplete list of notable people associated with U.S. city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Academics Stuart Bondurant, professor and dean emeritus at the UNC School of Medicine Coy Cornelius Carpenter, dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University Adelaide Fries, foremost scholar of the history and genealogy of the Moravians Robert Huntley, president of Washington and Lee University Jacquelyne Jackson, sociologist and academic Harold L. Martin, chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University William T. Miller, professor of organic chemistry at Cornell University Virginia Newell, math professor at Winston-Salem State University and alderman of Winston-Salem Len Preslar, business educator and Distinguished Professor of Practice at Wake Forest University Florence Wells Slater, entomologist and schoolteacher Norman Adrian Wiggins, president of Campbell University Tanya Zanish-Belcher, director of Special Collections and Archives at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University
Art and architecture Eleanor Layfield Davis, artist Helen Copenhaver Hanes, significant figure in the founding of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Frank L. Horton, museum director and antiques dealer Earline Heath King, sculptor who specialized in portraits and statues Megan LeCrone, dancer and soloist with the New York City Ballet Willard C. Northup, architect Kathryn Reynolds, photographerTaking risks is a family tradition. Railey, John. (November 15, 2009). Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2020. William Roy Wallace, architect
Business Celeste Beatty, first Black woman to own a brewery in the United States Jack O. Bovender Jr., former chairman and CEO of HCA Healthcare 2002–2009Craver, Richard/Winston-Salem Journal. (October 2, 2014). Winston-Salem native appointed lead independent director of BofA. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Stuart Epperson, chairman of Salem Communications Corporation Bowman Gray Sr., president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Anne Cannon Forsyth, Cannon textiles and R.J. Reynolds tobacco families heiress and founder and president of the North Carolina Fund Francis Henry Fries, textile businessman and industrialist James A. Gray Jr., president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem and North Carolina Senate John Wesley Hanes, founder of Hanes clothing brand Phil Hanes, businessman, conservationist, and patron of the artsKeuffel, Ken. (January 16, 2011). Phil Hanes dies at 84. Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Velma Hopkins, labour rights activist who organized a strike against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Rufus L. Patterson Jr., founder of the American Machine and Foundry; vice president of the American Tobacco Company R. J. Reynolds, founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company William Neal Reynolds, businessman with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Lewis Rudolph, co-founder of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Vernon Rudolph, co-founder of Krispy Kreme DoughnutsSmith, Kate Rauhauser. (July 10, 2018). HISTORY-MAKER: Vernon Rudolph. Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Moranda Smith, labor organizer and unionist Paul Trevithick, client partner and senior director at EPAM
Entertainment John L. Adams, actor, comedian and director Ramin Bahrani, film director and screenwriter Elizabeth Campbell, public television executiveLohr, Greg. (September 23, 2002). WETA's mastermind. Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Jerrod Carmichael, stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Howard Cosell, sportscaster Carter Covington, television show creator, writer, story editor and producer Bosley Crowther, film critic Jennifer Ehle, actress Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019 Emily V. Gordon, writer and producer Charles Grant, actor Kathryn Grayson, actress and operatic soprano singer Pam Grier, actress Julianna Guill, actress Rosemary Harris, actress; Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Award winner Jackée Harry, actress and comedian Burgess Jenkins, actor Darwin Joston, actor Tom Kent, nationally syndicated radio personality Allyn King, vaudeville actress and a Ziegfeld Follies performer Kelly-Anne Lyons, actress Angus MacLachlan, screenwriter Rusty Mills, Emmy-winning animator and director Cullen Moss, actor Harold Nicholas, film dancer, entertainer Jacqueline Novak, comedian and actress Daniel Peddle, film director and screenwriter Jeryl Prescott, actress Stuart Scott, sportscaster Stephen A. Smith, sports journalist, Winston-Salem State University alum, radio host, analyst for ESPN's First Take Meg Steedle, actress Tasha Marbury, reality show personality and cast member of Basketball Wives Jill Wagner, actress and TV host Rolonda Watts, television personality and actress Colleen Williams, news anchor with KNBC in Los Angeles Danny McBride, actor, NCSA 94-96 Geno Segers, actor, graduated from East Forsyth Jada Pinkett Smith, actress and wife of Will Smith, attended NCSA Kenneth Utt, film producer and unit production manager Rolonda Watts, television and talkshow host Michael Wilson, director
Music 9th Wonder, Grammy award-winning hip-hop producer Sunshine Anderson, singer-songwriter B.o.B., hip-hop artist Obadiah Carter, member of the "5" Royales Mitch Easter, musician and record producer, founder of Drive-In Studio Ben Folds, singer-songwriter Guitar Gabriel, blues musician Curtis Hairston, soul/funk vocalist George Hamilton IV, country singer Byron Hill, songwriter Peter Holsapple, singer-songwriter Greg Humphreys, singer-songwriter and member of Dillon Fence and Hobex Kimberly Marshall, organist and organ scholar Chris Murrell, singer and former lead vocalist of the Count Basie Orchestra Ben Neill, classical composer Clarence Paul, songwriter and record producer Dusty Redmon, guitarist Louise Siddall, composer Sluice, indie rock musician Chris Stamey, musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer Becca Stevens, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Ernest Thompson, blind street musician TiaCorine, rapper Tichina Vaughn, operatic mezzo-soprano
Literature and journalism Bonnie Angelo, journalist and author Maya Angelou, poet Bekah Brunstetter, playwrightBekah Brunstetter | Concord Theatricals. Retrieved November 26, 2020. John Carroll, journalist and newspaper editor Gary Chapman, author Clement Eaton, historian and writerClement Eaton recollections, 1976. Retrieved November 26, 2020. John Ehle, author Mary Garber, sports journalist Emily V. Gordon, writer, producer, and podcast hostEmily V. Gordon - Biography |work=IMDb. Retrieved November 26, 2020. Karen L. Parker, journalist and first Black female graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, political commentator, author Charlie Lovett, New York Times best-selling novelist and expert on both the works and life of Lewis CarrollWalsh, M. Rose. (July 24, 2014). Lovett home is a reflection of their literary and art tastes. Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Sarah McCoy, New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author T. R. Pearson, author of A Short History of a Small Place James Norwood Pratt, author on topics of tea and tea loreJames Norwood Pratt | Los Angeles Tea Festival. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Riley Redgate, author of young adult fictionFrom Bookworm to Buzzworthy - Kenyon Alumni Magazine.
Military Lincoln Broyhill, record-setting tail gunner in World War II Daryl Caudle, admiral and Chief of Naval Operations Brad Cooper, admiral and commander, U.S. Central Command Walter J. Davis Jr., vice admiral in the United States Navy Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army under President Truman and President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Lawrence Joel, United States Army soldier; received Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War Henry Johnson, United States Army soldier; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War IBandel, A. Jessica. (July 13, 2017). Henry Johnson, North Carolina's Lost Son. ncdcr.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2021. Togo West, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, United States Secretary of the Army, General Counsel of the Navy Earl P. Yates, rear admiral in the United States Navy
Politics and government Hannah Atkins, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 1968–1980, and the first African-American woman elected to itHannah Diggs Atkins: Oklahoma State University Archives. Retrieved November 3, 2020. Frank Ballance, United States House of Representatives Stan Bingham, North Carolina General Assembly Burr Brock Sr., North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate Jim Broyhill, Republican politician; served North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Ted Budd, former United States representative and United States senator from North Carolina Richard Burr, United States senator Irving E. Carlyle, North Carolina lawyer and state leader R. Thurmond Chatham, U.S. House of Representatives Linda Combs, controller of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President H. R. Crawford, assistant secretary for Housing Management of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Member of the Council of the District of Columbia Cal Cunningham, North Carolina Senate Elisabeth Epps, Colorado House of Representatives Dale Folwell, North Carolina State Treasurer and North Carolina House of Representatives, Linda Garrou, North Carolina Senate Voit Gilmore, director of the United States Travel Service and North Carolina Senate Peaches Golding, appointed by HM Queen Elizabeth II as High Sheriff of Bristol 2010–2011, awarded the OBE John Stephens Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service and Atomic Energy Commission James A. Gray Jr., president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem and North Carolina Senate Lyons Gray, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Revenue and North Carolina House of Representatives Kyle Hall, North Carolina House of Representatives Mabel Hampton, lesbian activist and contributor to the Lesbian Herstory Archives Ed Hanes, North Carolina House of Representatives John Wesley Hanes II, investment banker, corporate turnaround specialist, and Under Secretary of the United States Treasury John W. Hardwicke, Maryland House of Delegates Mark Harris, U.S. representative for North Carolina William Heaton, former chief of staff to Bob Ney Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education Mark Johnson, North Carolina's Superintendent of Public Instruction Walter E. Johnston III, United States House of Representatives Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem Annie Brown Kennedy, politician and lawyer; first Black woman to serve in the North Carolina House of Representatives Jules Gilmer Korner Jr., judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals Donny Lambeth, North Carolina House of Representatives Norman M. Miller, United States Navy officer; one of the most decorated Naval Aviators during World War IINorman Miller - Recipient - Military Times Hall of Valor. Retrieved October 31, 2020. Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, MLB pitcher for Pirates and Cardinals, and US congressman 1968–1967 Derwin Montgomery, North Carolina House of Representatives Lorraine H. Morton, mayor of Evanston, Illinois Roxie Nicholson, career staffer at the United States Department of Labor Ray Osborne, served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Florida under the state constitution of 1968Obituary: Ray Osborne - News - The Coastal Star. Retrieved November 3, 2020. Earline Parmon, North Carolina Senate Rufus Lenoir Patterson, mayor of Salem, North Carolina R. J. Reynolds Jr., treasurer of the Democratic National Committee and mayor of Winston-Salem