A.P. Carter is best known for forming the Carter Family band, which combined traditional Appalachian sounds with a unique guitar style and African American gospel influences.
1891-1960
Anita Carter is best known for singing with Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, a family band of early country music.
1933-1999
1907-2003
1937-1988
Dixie Carter was an actress who most TV viewers remember from the hit series Designing Women.
1939-2010
Helen Carter is best known as a performer in The Carter Family band.
1927-1998
Helena Bonham Carter is a British actress known for her roles in historical dramas, as well as quirkier movies including Fight Club and Dark Shadows. She is married to director Tim Burton.
1966-
Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who excavated King Tut's tomb beginning in 1922.
1874-1939
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-81) and later was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
1924-
1951-
Singer and guitarist Mother Maybelle Carter began performing with The Carter Family in the 1920s and influenced country and folk music for decades to come.
1909-1978
Nick Carter from the pop group the Backstreet Boys is also known for once dating Paris Hilton, starring in a reality TV show and overcoming drug and alcohol addiction.
1980-
Rosalynn Carter is an American First Lady best known as the wife of President Jimmy Carter during his term from 1977-'81.
1927-
At the height of his career, boxer Rubin Carter was twice wrongly convicted of a triple murder and was imprisoned for nearly two decades.
1937-