| class="wikitable sortable"
!Recipient
!Award
Year
!Notability
!References |
| 1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
|1982
|1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament National Champions; Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Champions and Regular Season Co-champions
| |
| Charles W. Albertson
|
|North Carolina Senate
| |
| Elreta Alexander-Ralston
|1995
|Trial attorney and North Carolina District Court Judge
| |
| Gordon P. Allen
|2010
|North Carolina Senate
| |
| Jo Allen
|2024
|President of Meredith College
|[{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Melyssa |date=2024-04-30 |title=President Jo Allen Receives Order of Long Leaf Pine Award |url=https://www.meredith.edu/news/president-jo-allen-receives-order-of-long-leaf-pine-award/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Meredith College |language=en-US}}] |
| American Red Cross
|1982
|Humanitarian organization
| |
| Maya Angelou
|1992
|Poet, author, and civil rights activist
|[{{cite news |last=Beckwith |first=Ryan Teague |date=26 June 2007 |title=What is the Order of the Long Leaf Pine? |url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/faq/what_is_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029025909/http://projects.newsobserver.com/faq/what_is_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine |archive-date=29 October 2011 |access-date=11 November 2011 |newspaper=Raleigh News & Observer}}][{{cite web |title=Ellington awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine |url=http://its.unc.edu/its/news/CCM3_025019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425154706/http://its.unc.edu/its/news/CCM3_025019 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |access-date=11 November 2011 |work=UNC: ITS website |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}}] |
| Balsam Range
|2015
|Bluegrass band
|[{{Cite web |last=McReynolds |first=Kat |date=2015-10-04 |title=Haywood County band Balsam Range awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Gov. McCrory |url=http://mountainx.com/blogwire/haywood-county-band-balsam-range-awarded-the-order-of-the-long-leaf-pine-by-gov-mccrory/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Mountain Xpress |language=en-US}}] |
| William Barber II
|2010
|Minister and political activist
| |
| Harry Belafonte
|
|Calypso singer and actor
|[{{Cite web |title=Roster of Recipients |url=https://longleafpinesociety.org/order-of-the-long-leaf-pine/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Society |language=en-US}}] |
| Jack Betts
|2006
|Journalist and associate editor of The Charlotte Observer
| |
| Dan Blue
|2003
|Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate
| |
| Blue Angels
|2003
|United States Navy flight demonstration squadron
| |
| John Baker
|1971, 1987, 2004
|Professional football player and Wake County Sheriff
| |
| George W. BonDurant
|2009
|Founder and first president of Atlanta Christian College and Mid-Atlantic Christian University
| |
| Charlie Boney
|2014
|Architect
| |
| Rod Brind'Amour
|2024
|Professional hockey player and coach
|[{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=Governor presents Hurricanes' coach Rod Brind'Amour with North Carolina honor |url=https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-rod-brindamour-north-carolina-honor-4a87d647eeb3e8b82fc2d1f49d95087a |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}] |
| Jim Broyhill
|1992
|United States House of Representatives and United States Senate
| |
| Peter S. Brunstetter
|2016
|North Carolina Senate
| |
| Wanda G. Bryant
|1980
|Associate judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals
| |
| Shirley Caesar
|1979, 1995, 2016
|Grammy Awards winning Gospel singer
| |
| Isabella Cannon
|1999
|First female Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
| |
| Rod Carew
|1984
|Baseball player and coach
| |
| Fred Chappell
|2003
|North Carolina Poet Laureate
| |
| Richard Childress
|1994
|NASCAR race car driver and businessman
|[{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/addressespublicp0000hunt |title=Addresses and Public Papers of James Baxter Hunt Jr. Governor of North Carolina Vol. III 1993–1997 |publisher=North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |year=2000 |isbn=0-86526-289-6 |editor=Poff, Jan-Michael |location=Raleigh, NC |url-access=registration}}]{{RP|634}} |
| Shirley Chisholm
|
|First Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
| |
| Janice Cole
|2001
|United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
|[{{cite news |last=Beckwith |first=Ryan Teague |date=6 May 2009 |title=Easley inducted 4,000 into Order |url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/easley_inducted_4_000_into_order |access-date=11 November 2011 |newspaper=Raleigh News & Observer}}] |
| Linda Combs
|2022
|Comptroller of the Office of Management and Budget
| |
| Bonnie Ethel Cone
|2003
|Founder of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
| |
| Janet Cowell
|2017
|North Carolina State Treasurer and North Carolina Senate
| |
| David Crabtree
|2022
|Journalist and lead anchor of WRAL-TV
| |
| Joan Crawford
|
|Actress
| |
| Paul R. Cunningham
|2016
|Dean of The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
| |
| Charlie Daniels
|1984
|Singer, musician, and songwriter
| |
| Frank A. Daniels Jr.
|1995
|Publisher of The News and Observer
|[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-31 |title=Remembering Frank Daniels Jr. |url=https://waltermagazine.com/art-and-culture/remembering-frank-daniels-jr/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=WALTER Magazine |language=en-US}}] |
| Chuck Davis
|2007
|Dancer
| |
| Crash Davis
|1979
|Minor League Baseball player
| |
| Claude DeBruhl
|1981
|North Carolina House of Representatives and veterans advocate
| |
| Ruby Dee
|2000
|Actress
| |
| Walter Dellinger
|2010
|Acting United States Solicitor General and law professor
| |
| Walter DeVries
|1998
|Political consultant and founder of the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership
| |
| James Dodson
|2012
|Sports writer
| |
| Phil Donahue
|1982
|Talk show host and writer
| |
| Philip L. Dubois
|2020
|President of the University of Wyoming and chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
| |
| Dale Earnhardt
|1994
|NASCAR stock car racing driver and racing team owner
| |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr.
|2018
|NASCAR stock car racing driver, team owner, and broadcaster
| |
| Thereasea Elder
|2001
|First African American public health nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina
| |
| Karl Eikenberry
|2016
|United States Army lieutenant general and former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
| |
| Myrlie Evers-Williams
|1995
|Civil rights activist
| |
| S. Scott Ferebee Jr.
|2001
|Architect
| |
| Tom Fetzer
|1992
|Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina and chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party
| |
| Gerald Ford
|
|President of the United States
| |
| John Hope Franklin
|1995
|Historian and writer
| |
| William C. Friday
|2004
|Head of the University of North Carolina system from 1956 to 1986
| |
| Shirley Fulton
|2011
|First African American female judge in the North Carolina Superior Court
| |
| Roman Gabriel
|1988
|Professional football player
| |
| Norman C. Gaddis
|2023
|United States Air Force Brigadier General
| |
| Clarence Gaines
|1979, 1988, 1993
|Mens basketball coach at Winston-Salem State University
| |
| Harvey Gantt
|1984
|Architect and the first black Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
| |
| John Glenn
|1979
|NASA astronaut and United States Senate
| |
| Danny Glover
|2003
|Actor
| |
| Jeff Gordon
|2016
|NASCAR stock car racing driver and stock car racing executive
| |
| Tipper Gore
|1997
|Second Lady of the United States and co-founder of the Parents Music Resource Center
| |
| Billy Graham
|1996
|Evangelist, Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate
| |
| Franklin Graham
|2015
|Christian Evangelist and missionary
| |
| William A. Griffin
|2010
|Preacher and president of Mid-Atlantic Christian University
| |
| Andy Griffith
|2012
|Actor
|[{{cite web |title=Origin & History |url=http://www.longleafpinesociety.org/order.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033536/http://longleafpinesociety.org/order.html |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2012 |publisher=The Long Leaf Pine Society}}] |
| Philip F. Gura
|2019
|Cultural historian and academic
|[{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Hannah |date=2019-06-14 |title=Dr. Philip Gura Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine |url=https://englishcomplit.unc.edu/2019/06/dr-philip-gura-awarded-the-order-of-the-long-leaf-pine/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=UNC English & Comparative Literature |language=en-US}}] |
| Lloyd V. Hackley
|1992
|Chancellor of Fayetteville State University and president of the North Carolina Community College System
|[[http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/pres/news/releases/pr2007/20070712_hackley.htm Hackley to Serve as Interim Chancellor of FSU] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20070725214146/http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/pres/news/releases/pr2007/20070712_hackley.htm|date=2007-07-25}}] |
| Bob Hall
|2017
|Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina
| |
| Mia Hamm
|1995
|Professional soccer player
| |
| Bob Harris
|2017
|Sportscaster
| |
| Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.
|1992
|North Carolina Senate
| |
| Nathan O. Hatch
|2021
|President of Wake Forest University
|[{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Cheryl |date=2021-03-29 |title=Wake Forest president honored with Order of the Long Leaf Pine award |url=http://news.wfu.edu/2021/03/29/wake-forest-president-honored-with-order-of-the-long-leaf-pine-award/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Wake Forest News |language=en}}] |
| Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
|1986
|Earl of Erroll
| |
| Rick Hendrick
|1996
|NASCAR racing driver and team owner
| |
| George M. Holmes
|1992
|North Carolina House of Representatives
| |
| James Holshouser
|1983
|Governor of North Carolina
| |
| Jonathan Howes
|1997
|Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
|[{{cite news |last=Albers |first=Sarah M. |date=2015-06-01 |title=Former Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes dies at 78 |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article22795014.html |access-date=2015-06-14 |work=The News & Observer}}] |
| Engelbert Humperdink
|
|Pop singer
| |
| Catfish Hunter
|
|Professional baseball player
| |
| William E. Ingram Jr.
|1995
|Lieutenant General and director of the Army National Guard
| |
| Jesse Jackson
|1982
|Civil rights activist and shadow congressperson for Washington, D.C.
| |
| J. Charles Jennette
|2020
|Nephropathologist, academic, and author
| |
| George Jessel
|1979
|Vaudeville performer and actor
| |
| Junior Johnson
|1984
|NASCAR stock car racing driver and team owner
| |
| George Jones
|1970
|Country musician
| |
| Wilbur D. Jones Jr.
|2023
|Author, military historian, and preservationist
|[{{Cite web |date=February 21, 2023 |title=Jones Presented With The Order Of The Long Leaf Pine |url=https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/achievers_and_accolades/2023/02/21/jones_presented_with_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine/24153 |access-date=August 4, 2024 |website=Wilmington Biz}}] |
| Michael Jordan
|1985
|College and professional basketball player
|[[http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770104101 Asheville Citizen-Times, Jon Ostendorf, Jan 5, 2007.]] |
| Alexander Julian
|1980
|Fashion designer
| |
| Ralph Ketner
|2015
|Founder of Food Lion
|[{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Ralph W. Ketner Honored at Video Premiere |url=https://www.catawba.edu/news/all-news/archives/ralph-w-ketner-honored-at-video-premiere/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Catawba College |language=en}}] |
| Jean-Claude Killy
|
|Olympic Alpine skier
| |
| Coretta Scott King
|2002
|Civil rights leader and wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
| |
| Earline Heath King
|2003
|Sculptor
|[{{Cite web |date=12 November 2015 |title=Joe King et.al. & the Sultan of Kuwait ... and a lot more ... |url=https://northcarolinaroom.wordpress.com/tag/earline-heath/ |access-date=27 March 2017 |website=Forsyth County Public Library}}] |
| Fred Kirby
|1980
|Singer-songwriter
| |
| Mike Krzyzewski
|2022
|College basketball coach
|[{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=Coach K Presented with Order of The Long Leaf Pine by Governor Cooper |url=https://goduke.com/news/2022/9/1/mens-basketball-coach-k-presented-with-order-of-the-long-leaf-pine-by-governor-cooper.aspx |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Duke University |language=en}}] |
| I. Beverly Lake Jr.
|2006
|Chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
| |
| Bill Leslie
|2018
|News anchor for WRAL-TV and New-age music recording artist
|[{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-06-28 |title=Gov. Cooper presents Bill Leslie with the state's highest honor |url=https://www.wral.com/story/gov-cooper-presents-bill-leslie-with-the-state-s-highest-honor/17662045/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=WRAL.com |language=en}}] |
| William Ivey Long
|2001
|Costume designer
| |
| Betty Lynn
|2016
|Actress
| |
| Doug Marlette
|2007
|Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
| |
| John C. Martin
|2014
|Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
| |
| David T. McCoy
|2000
|N.C. State Controller and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation
|[{{Cite web |title=The Long Leaf Pine Society – View Roster |url=http://longleafpinesociety.org/new/roster/index.php/roster/view?Roster_sort=year&Roster_page=215}}] |
| Scotty McCreery
|2017
|Country music singer
|[{{cite web |last1=Ogburn |first1=Thad |title=Scotty McCreery's latest honor is a matter of state pride |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article141461049.html |access-date=3 April 2018 |website=Newsandobserver.com}}] |
| Mike McIntyre
|2014
|U.S. House of Representatives
|[{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Chick |date=October 18, 2014 |title=Meet recent recipients of the Order of the Longleaf Pine |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/lifestyle/around-town/2014/10/18/meet-recent-recipients-order-longleaf/22198555007/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Fayetteville Observer |language=en-US}}] |
| Kenneth Merritt
|
|Parachutist
| |
| Mary Lee Mills
|
|Nurse
|[{{Cite web |date=2015-09-02 |title=Mary Mills (1912–2010): African-American Nurse in Lebanon |url=https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2015/09/02/mary-mills-1912-2010-african-american-nurse-in-lebanon/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |first3= |last4= |last5= |first5= |date=2013-03-30 |title=Nursing Ambassador to the World |url=https://minoritynurse.com/nursing-ambassador-to-the-world/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Minority Nurse |language=en-US}}] |
| Ronnie Milsap
|1984
|Country music singer
| |
| Michael A. Milton
|2018
|Minister, theologian, and singer-songwriter
| |
| Burley Mitchell
|1992
|Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
| |
| Jerry Moore
|2012
|Football player and coach
| |
| Hugh Morton
|1984
|Photographer and conservationist who developed Grandfather Mountain
| |
| Wendell H. Murphy
|1992
|North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate
| |
| Bess Myerson
|1979
|Miss America, model, and television actress
| |
| Hal Needham
|1983
|Stunt performer and film director
| |
| Leslie Nielsen
|
|Actor
| |
| Virginia Newell
|2017
|Mathematics educator, author, and politician
| |
| Edward Francis North, Earl of Guilford
|1982
|9th Earl of Guilford
| |
| Margaret Nygard
|1995
|Educator and conservationist
| |
| Carmen Hooker Odom
|2007
|Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
| |
| Benny Parsons
|2007
|NASCAR driver and pit reporter
| |
| Itzhak Perlman
|1983
|Violinist
| |
| Gaylord Perry
|
|Professional baseball player
| |
| Richard Petty
|1988
|NASCAR stock car racing driver
| |
| Gary Player
|1983
|Professional golfer
| |
| Sidney Poitier
|1993
|Actor and diplomat
| |
| Art Pope
|1992
|North Carolina House of Representatives and businessman
| |
| Colin Powell
|1993
|United States secretary of state
| |
| Marc Pruett
|2015
|Bluegrass banjo player
| |
| Nido Qubein
|2005
|Businessman and motivational speaker
| |
| André Raphel
|2001
|Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
|[{{Cite web |title=André Raphel |url=https://www.bso.org/profiles/andre-raphel |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=BSO |language=en-us}}][{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2017 |title=Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Director Andre Raphel Announces Departure |url=https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2017/03/wheeling-symphony-orchestra-director-andre-raphel-announces-departure/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Record |language=en-US}}] |
| James E. Ramsey
|2012
|Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
| |
| Robert Redford
|1984
|Actor and filmmaker
| |
| John Shelton Reed
|2023
|Sociologist, essayist, and author
| |
| William Rehnquist
|1994
|Chief Justice of the United States
| |
| Gene Roberts
|2015
|National and executive editor of The New York Times
| |
| Kenny Rogers
|1982
|Country music singer and songwriter
| |
| Thomas Warren Ross
|1999
|President of the University of North Carolina system
| |
| Robert W. Scott
|1971
|Governor of North Carolina
| |
| Earl Scruggs
|1984
|Bluegrass musician
| |
| Hugh Shelton
|
|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
| |
| Claude Sitton
|1985
|The New York Times reporter and editor, The News & Observer editor
| |
| Enos Slaughter
|1983
|Professional baseball player
| |
| Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
|1984
|Composer, musician, and record producer
| |
| Dean Smith
|1988
|College basketball coach
| |
| James Smith
|1993, 1995
|Boxer and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion
| |
| Mike Sprayberry
|1998
|North Carolina Emergency management director
| |
| Ted G. Stone
|1999
|Evangelist
| |
| Curtis Strange
|1991
|Professional golfer
| |
| Ben C. Sutton Jr.
|2014
|Investor, philanthropist, and the founder of Teall Capital
| |
| Wendell Tabb
|2022
|Theater teacher
| |
| Bob Timberlake
|2006
|Artist
| |
| Patricia Timmons-Goodson
|1999, 2005
|North Carolina Supreme Court and federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
| |
| Randy Travis
|1987
|Country music and gospel music singer
| |
| Lanny Wadkins
|1988
|Professional golfer
| |
| George Walker
|1997
|Classical composer and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music
| |
| Jerry M. Wallace
|2015
|President of Campbell University
|[{{Cite web |date=2015-04-15 |title=Jerry Wallace awarded state’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine – News |url=https://news.campbell.edu/articles/jerry-wallace-awarded-states-order-of-the-long-leaf-pine/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Campbell University |language=en-US}}] |
| Rusty Wallace
|2005
|NASCAR racing driver
| |
| Edith D. Warren
|2012
|North Carolina General Assembly
|[{{cite news |date=April 30, 2012 |title=Warren awarded Long Leaf Pine |url=http://www.reflector.com/news/warren-awarded-long-leaf-pine-1046187 |access-date=May 16, 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Reflector}}] |
| Robert D. Warren Sr.
|2005
|North Carolina Senate
| |
| Doc Watson
|1999
|Grammy Awards winning bluegrass singer and songwriter
| |
| Norman Adrian Wiggins
|1976, 1980, 1996, 1998
|President of Campbell University
| |
| Laura I. Wiley
|2016
|North Carolina House of Representatives
| |
| Harvey D. Williams
|1996
|U.S. Army major general and first African-American commander of Fort Myer
| |
| Ted Williams
|1981
|Professional baseball player
| |
| Tennessee Williams
|1981
|Playwright and screenwriter
| |
| Oprah Winfrey
|1987
|Talk show host, actress, producer, and author
| |
| Leslie Winner
|1999
|North Carolina Senate and general counsel and vice president for the University of North Carolina system
| |
| Jeremiah Wolfe
|2017
|Cherokee stonecutter, stickball caller, and storyteller
|[{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-03-15 |title=Dr. Jeremiah "Jerry" Wolfe – obituary |url=https://theonefeather.com/2018/03/15/dr-jeremiah-jerry-wolfe-obituary/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Cherokee One Feather |language=en-US}}] |
| Ira David Wood III
|1994
|Actor, playwright, and executive director of Theatre in the Park
| |
| James Worthy
|1985
|College and professional basketball player
| |
| Aldona Wos
|2015
|United States Ambassador to Estonia and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
|[{{Cite web |last=Covington |first=Owen |date=2020-02-13 |title=Elon benefactor Dr. Aldona Wos nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Canada |url=https://www.elon.edu/u/news/2020/02/13/elon-benefactor-dr-aldona-wos-nominated-to-be-u-s-ambassador-to-canada/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Today at Elon |language=en}}] |
| Tammy Wynette
|1970
|Country music singer
| |
| Andrew Young
|2002
|Civil rights activist, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the Mayor of Atlanta
| |