Bayard Wootten from New Bern created the original Pepsi logo and took over 600,000 photographs, including the first photo taken by a woman from an airplane.
David Sedaris from Raleigh is a writer and humorist who has written 12 New York Times best sellers and is known for picking up trash in his West Sussex, England neighborhood.
Doc Watson from Deep Gap, west of Boone, was a Grammy award-winning guitarist, songwriter, and singer whose voice and guitar has enriched and inspired generations.
Dorothy Hansine Andersen from Asheville identified cystic fibrosis and led the research team that would find a treatment and invent a test to diagnose it, which is still used today.
James Goodnight from Salisbury, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Raleigh is the founder of SAS, Statistical Analysis System, and the Godfather of AI and Data Analytics.
Katharine Stinson from Fuquay Varina was the first female mechanical engineer at NC State and the first female engineer hired by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Rhiannon Giddens from Greensboro and later the NC School of Science and Math is a world-renowned singer and musician who helped start the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Selma Burke from Mooresville was a renowned artist known for creating a bas-relief portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was likely the model for his image on the dime.
