Notable people from New Bern NC

Notable people

Title page of the 1702 Journal of Franz Ludwig Michel of Bern, Switzerland, a founder of New Bern, North Carolina

• Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Armybrigadier general^[13]
• George Edmund Badger, politician
• Graham Arthur Barden, 13-term US Congressman (1935–1961).
• Cullen A. Battle, postbellum Mayor of New Bern
• Samuel J. Battle, first African-American policeman in New York City.
• Walt Bellamy, NBA Hall of Fame basketball player
• Caleb Bradham, inventor of Pepsi-Cola.
• John Heritage Bryan, US Representative
• Davon Drew, football player, tight end for the Baltimore Ravens
• Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL's "You've got mail"
• William Gaston, jurist and U.S. Representative
• Montario Hardesty, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns
• George Koonce, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, Athletic Director of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
• Bob Mann, NFL Football player, first African American to play for the Detroit Lions, and later also the Green Bay Packers.
• Aaron Martin, former NFL player
• Linda McMahon, wife of World Wrestling Entertainment founder Vince McMahon
• Eliza Jane McKissack, First Director and a founding member of the Conservator of Music at the University of North Texas
• James E.C. Perry, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Teddy Shapou, Distinguished and awarded Flying Tiger during World War ll
• Brian Simmons, NFL player
• William Henry Singleton, former slave who became a Civil War soldier
• Furnifold Simmons, U.S. Senator
• Richard Dobbs Spaight, signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Edward Stanly Son of John Stanly, US Representative 1837-1843, appointed Military Governor of North Carolina in 1862
• John Stanly, Father of Edward Stanley, Congressman 1801-1803 1809-1811
• Adam Warren, baseball player in the New York Yankees organization
• George Henry White, attorney, banker, last of four African-American US Congressmen from NC in the 19th century; next was not elected until 1992
• Kevin Meade Williamson, American screen writer, I Know What You Did Last Summer, television series Dawson's Creek
• Nicholas Sparks, novelist and screenwriter lives in New Bern, and has used the city as the inspiration for novels such as The Notebook (novel)

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Bike MS: Historic New Bern Ride

  

This weekend in New Bern get “Ready, Set, GO.. “

 

Registration Fees:
$45 - June 1, 2012 - July 31, 2012
$55 - August 1, 2012 - Bike MS weekend

 

You can register online at

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NCT/fundraising-events/bike-ms/index.aspx

Bike MS is a fundraising event. Each Bike MS cyclist must raise a minimum of $300 by the event to be able to participate in the ride.

 

Bike MS is a 2-day cycling event that raises funds to support people living with multiple sclerosis in North and South Carolina and throughout the United States. Money raised through this event funds MS research, programs, services, and advocacy. In 2011, over 2,600 participants raised $1,677,423 to create a world free of MS. This year, our goal is to raise $1.7 million!

Bike MS cyclists enjoy two full days of riding through rural eastern North Carolina. Each day, cyclists can choose to ride 30, 75, 50 or 100 miles on fully-supported routes. At the conclusion of each day's ride, cyclists are greeted by cheerful volunteers, a delicious, hot meal, ice cold beverages, and live entertainment. It's a great time, you should join us!

 

If you are not able to ride please consider donating and support those exceptional men and women that will be out there making the difference!

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