entertainer Howard Lee, first black mayor of a predominantly white city William Carter Love, U.S. Representative from North Carolina during the 1800s Mandolin Orange, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, a folk/americana duo Mac McCaughan, musician Nick McCrory, Olympic bronze medalist in diving Richard McKenna, novelist, The Sand Pebbles Mark Newhouse, professional poker player Mojo Nixon - singer Marty Ravellette armless hero David Rees, political satirist, cartoonist of Get Your War On Porter Robinson, electronic music producer Brian Roberts, former MLB second baseman, two-time All-Star Dexter Romweber, rockabilly roots-rocker Aziz Sancar, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Betty Smith, novelist, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Dean Smith, former basketball coach Elizabeth Spencer, author of The Light in the Piazza, currently resides in Chapel Hill Silda Wall Spitzer, wife of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer Chris Stamey, musician Leo Sternbach, chemist and discoverer of benzodiazepines Matt Stevens, former NFL safety James Taylor, musician Blair Tindall, author and musician Richard Trice, blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Willie Trice, blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Elder brother of above Karl Edward Wagner, horror writer, editor, and small-press publisher Daniel Wallace, writer, author of Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions Manly Wade Wellman, novelist Roy Williams, men's basketball coach Thomas Wolfe, author. UNC alumnus. Chapel Hill appears as "Pulpit Hill" in his posthumous novel You Can't Go Home Again. Bayard Wootten (1875–1959), photographer and suffragette Sister cities Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal (Galápagos, Ecuador) See also List of municipalities in North Carolina Chapel Hill Transit UNC Health Care University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Brewery Chapel Hill Zen Center References External links Chapel Hill Memories (preserving the history of Chapel Hill) Towns in North Carolina Towns in Orange County, North Carolina Towns in Durham County, North Carolina Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina Populated places established in 1793 1793 establishments in North Carolina Research Triangle