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Charlotte (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t / ⓘ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida.
Douglas was born in Iredell County, North Carolina on September 3, 1894. He served in the United States Army during World War I.. In 1946 Ben Douglas founded Douglas Furs, after Franklin D. Roosevelt asked a personal favor of Ben Sr. – to find a way to clean the fleece-lined fur-trimmed flight jackets for the soldiers flying in the then current war in Europe.
2000 – Population: 540,828. 2002 – ConCarolinas begins. 2003 – Airplane accident. 2004 Slow Food Charlotte founded. [28]Street Soccer USA headquartered in city. [29]2005 – Charlotte Bobcats Arena and ImaginOn open.
Richard A. Vinroot (born April 14, 1941) is an American politician and attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina. He served as the 52nd Mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995. Vinroot ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina in 1996, 2000 and 2004. The City of Charlotte's Richard Vinroot International Achievement Award is named in his honor.
Peter Jugis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 3, 1957.He was baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Charlotte in 1957 by Reverend Michael J. Begley.Jugis attended South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, graduating in 1975.
Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr., mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1935–1941; Anthony Foxx, 17th United States Secretary of Transportation, and mayor of Charlotte (2009–2013) Jim Gulley, member of the North Carolina General Assembly [13] Richard Hudson, United States Representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district
Hardy Murfree (1752–1809), Lieutenant Colonel from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War (Murfreesboro) Charles P. Murray Jr. (1921–2011), United States Army officer; Medal of Honor recipient during World War II (Wilmington) Walter Hines Page (1855–1918), U.S. ambassador to Britain during First World War
Charlotte Country Day School alumni (10 P) Pages in category "People from Charlotte, North Carolina" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total.