Salisbury North Carolina
1. James Goodnight (1943)
American Businessman
James Jim Goodnight is a businessman and software programmer. He co-founded SAS Institute as a faculty member of North Carolina State University in 1976. Since then he has been the...
2. Keith Moody (1953)
Player Of American Football
Keith M. Moody is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 10th round of the 1976 NFL...
3. E. J. Junior (1959)
All-american College Football Pl
Ester James Junior III is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for thirteen seasons during the 1980s and 1990s....
4. Lee Slater Overman (1854)
American Politician
Lee Slater Overman was a Democratic U. S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular...
5. Lucius E. Polk (1833)
Confederate Army General
Lucius Eugene Polk was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the nephew of Leonidas Polk.
6. John Hardy Steele (1789)
American Politician
John Hardy Steele was an American mechanic manufacturer and politician from Peterborough New Hampshire. Born in 1789 in Salisbury North Carolina he was a prominent factory owner and cloth manufacturer...
7. Josephine D. Heard (1861)
American Poet Teacher
Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard was born the daughter of two enslaved parents in Salisbury North Carolina. She was a teacher poet and wife of an AME Church minister.
8. Brian Smith (baseball) (1972)
American Baseball Player
Randall Brian Smith is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was drafted by the Toronto...
9. Bryan McCullough (1983)
American Basketball Player
Bryan McCullough is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Halifax Rainmen in the NBL Canada. He has played for the Romanian 1st Division basketball team BC Mures....
10. Jeremiah Boswell (1982)
American Basketball Player
Jeremiah Boswell is an American professional basketball player from Jasper Georgia. Jeremiah was an All-State player in Georgia at Pickens County High School and continued his career by playing at...
