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George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), billionaire who created the Biltmore Estate in the North Carolina mountains; it is the largest privately owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville) Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Tech, inventor and civil rights advocate ...
Calvin Jones (1775–1846), Mayor of Raleigh, Adjutant General of North Carolina, and founder of Wake Forest College [23] I. Beverly Lake, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; Clarence Lightner (1921–2002), mayor (1973–1975); Raleigh's first popularly elected African-American mayor and first of any major Southern city
Actresses by populated place in North Carolina (3 C) Pages in category "Actresses from North Carolina" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total.
James Goodnight . Net worth: $10.1 billion. Rankings: #1 in North Carolina and #221 in the world. Age: 81. Residence: Cary. About: James Goodnight co-founded SAS, the analytics software firm that ...
Floyd McKissick, lawyer and civil rights activist who led the Congress of Racial Equality for a time and founded Soul City, North Carolina; Dan K. Moore (1906–1986), 66th Governor of North Carolina 1965–1969 [19] Martin Nesbitt, North Carolina Senate; Mary Cordell Nesbitt (1911–1979), served in the North Carolina House of Representatives [20]
Franklin McCain, one of The Greensboro Four, African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States; attended Dudley [81] Courtney McClellan, interdisciplinary artist [82]
Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...
But according to U.S. News, celebrities often buy homes under a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or a trust. This helps shield their names from public records tied to the properties.