The stories of the individuals for whom some of the university's historic buildings are named.
- William Hayes Ackland (1855-1940) and Ackland Art Museum
- Edwin A. Alderman (1861-1931) and Alderman Residence Hall
- Eben Alexander (1851-1910) and Alexander Residence Hall
- Alumni Hall
- William Waightstill Avery (1816-1864) and Avery Residence Hall
- Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) and Aycock Residence Hall
- William B. Aycock (1915-2015) and the Aycock Family Medicine Center
- Herman G. Baity (1895-1975) and Baity Laboratory
- Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Hall
- Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Park
- John Grover Beard (1888-1946) and Beard Hall
- Irwin Belk and Belk Track
- W. Reece Berryhill (1900-1979) , Norma Berryhill (1902-2005) and Berryhill Hall
- Robert Hall Bingham and Bingham Hall
- Stuart Bondurant (1929-2018) and Bondurant Hall
- Cary C. Boshamer (1895-1973) and Boshamer Stadium
- John C. Brauer (d. 1971) and Brauer Hall
- Kenneth M Brinkhous (1908-2000) and James B. Bullitt (1874-1964) and Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
- Aubrey Lee Brooks (1871-1958), Thornton H. Brooks (1912-1988), and James Taylor Brooks (1918-1988) and Brooks Hall
- Charles Hoyt Burnett (1913-1967) And Nathan A. Womack (1901-1975) and Burnett-Womack Building
- William Preston Bynum (1820-1909) and Bynum Hall
- Joseph Caldwell (1773-1835) and Caldwell Hall
- Paul Cameron (1808-1891) and Cameron Avenue
- William D. Carmichael, Jr., (1900-1961) and Carmichael Auditorium
- Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) and Carmichael Residence Hall
- Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) and Carr Building
- Elizabeth Scott Carrington (d. 1993) and Carrington Hall
- Dudley DeWitt Carroll (1885-1971) and Carroll Hall
- Lowry Caudill (b. 1957) (center-right) and Susan Caudill (b. 1958) (right) with James Moeser (center left) and Holden Thorp (left) and Caudill Labs
- Max Carrol Chapman, Jr. (b. 1943), Katherine Chapman (b. 1946) (not pictured) and the Chapman Golf Center and Chapman Hall
- Kennon Cheek, Rebecca Clark and the Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark Building
- Albert Coates (1896-1989), Gladys Hall Coates (1902-2002) and Coates Building
- Collier Cobb (1862-1934) and Cobb Residence Hall
- William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Arboretum
- William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Hall
- Caesar Cone II, John Kenfield and the Cone-Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center
- Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (1878-1950) and Connor Residence Hall
- Burton Craige (1875-1945) and Craige Residence Hall
- Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) and Daniels Student Stores
- William R. Davie (1756-1820) and Davie Hall
- Walter Royal Davis (1920-2008) and Davis Library
- William Morton Dey (1880-1961) and Dey Hall
- David St. Pierre DuBose (1898-1994) and Valinda Hill DuBose and the DuBose Home
- John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) and Ehringhaus Residence Hall
- William Nash Everett (1864-1928) and Everett Residence Hall
- Federal Express Global Education Center, 2007
- Robert Allison Fetzer (1887-1968) and Fetzer Gymnasium
- Albert Earle Finley (1896-1986) and Finley Golf Course
- Christopher Columbus Fordham, III (1926-2008) and Fordham Hall
- Forest Theatre (also known as the Koch Memorial Theatre)
- William (1920-)and Ida Friday (1919- ) and the Friday Center
- O. Max Gardner (1882-1947) and Gardner Hall
- Major Charles Gerrard (d. 1797) and Gerrard Hall
- James F. Goodmon (1943- ) and Goodmon Building
- Joshua Walker Gore (1852-1908) and Gore Building Cogeneration facility
- Edward Kidder Graham (1876-1918) and Graham Memorial Hall
- Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Graham Child Development Center
- Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
- John Washington Graham (1838-1928) And Graham Residence Hall
- Bowman Gray, Sr. (1874-1935) and Bowman Gray Swimming Pool
- Paul Green (1894-1981) and Paul Green Theatre
- Edwin A. Greenlaw (1874-1931) and Greenlaw Hall
- John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) and Grimes Residence Hall
- J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) and Hamilton Hall
- Frank Borden Hanes (1920-2013) and Barbara Lasater Hanes (1920-1990) and the Hanes Art Center
- Robert March Hanes (1890-1959) and Hanes Hall
- Paul Hardin (1931- ) and Hardin Residence Hall
- James T. Hedrick (1928- ) and the Hedrick Building
- Francis E. Henry IV (1944- ) and Francis Henry III and Henry Stadium
- Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968) and Hickerson House
- John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) and Hill Hall
- George Watts Hill, Jr. (1901-1993) and Hill Alumni Center
- Michael Hooker (1947-1999) and the Michael Hooker Research Center
- Giles Foushee Horney (1908-1986) And the Horney Building
- George Moses Horton (ca. 1798-1883) and Horton Residence Hall
- Robert B. House (1892-1987) and House Library
- Edward Vernon Howell (1872-1931) and Howell Hall
- William J. Hubbard and the William J. Hubbard Grounds Facility
- Barbara Rosser Hyde (1961- ) and J. R. Hyde, III (1942- ) and Hyde Hall
- Blyden (1910-2000) and Roberta Jackson (1920-1999) and Jackson Hall
- Hinton James (1776-1847) and Hinton James Residence Hall
- Mary Ellen Jones (1922–1996) and the Mary Ellen Jones Building
- James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) and Joyner Residence Hall
- William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and the Kenan Center
- William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Laboratories
- Kenan Music Building
- Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham (1867-1917) and Kenan Residence Hall
- William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Stadium
- Banks Kerr (1922-2000) and Kerr Hall
- Oliver Owen Kessing (1890-1963) and Kessing Pool
- Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951) and John Lassiter Sanders (1927- ) and the Knapp-Sanders Building
- Maurice J. Koury (1929- ) and Koury Residence Hall and Koury Natatorium
- William Lenoir (1751-1839) and Lenoir Hall
- Richard Henry Lewis (1850-1926) and Lewis Residence Hall
- The Lineberger Family and the Lineberger Cancer Research Center; J. Harold Lineberger (seated center) and Joseph Lineberger (seated right)
- R. Charles Loudermilk (1927- ) and Loudermilk Hall
- James Lee Love (1860-1954), Julia James Spencer Love (1859-1920) and James A. Hutchins, Jr., (1917-2002) and Love House and Hutchins Forum
- Norman (1911-2003) and Mary McCaskill and the McCaskill Soccer Center
- Hugh Leon McColl, Jr. (1935- ) and the McColl Building
- Samuel Eusebius McCorkle (1746-1811) and McCorkle Place
- Edward G. McGavran (1902-1972) and Bernard George Greenberg (1919-1985) and McGavran-Greenberg Hall
- Charles Duncan McIver (1860-1906) and McIver Residence Hall
- James K. (1918-1999) and Sarah McLean (d.2001) and McLean Hall
- William de Berniere MacNider (1881-1951) and MacNider Hall
- Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861), Adolphus Williamson Mangum (1834-1890), Willie Person Mangum, Jr. (1827-1881), and Mangum Residence Hall
- Charles Manly (1795-1871), and Matthias Manly and Manly Residence Hall
- John Manning, Jr. and Manning Hall
- Memorial Hall
- William Miller (1784-1825) and Miller Hall
- Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857) and Mitchell Hall
- John Motley Morehead III(1870-1965) and the Morehead Chemistry Lab
- John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Morehead Planetarium
- John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Rufus Lenoir Patterson II (1872-1943) and Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
- Cameron Morrison (1869-1953) and Morrison Residence Hall
- Archibald De Bow Murphey (1777-1832) and Murphey Hall
- Royce W. Murray (1937- ) and Murray Place
- New East, 1859
- New West, 1859
- Howard W. Odum (1884-1954) and Odum Village
- Old East, 1795
- The Old Well, 1897
- Old West, 1823
- Francis Owen and the Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory
- John J. Parker (1885-1958) and Parker Residence Hall
- George Peabody (1795-1869) and Peabody Hall
- Thomas Person (1733-1800) and Person Hall
- Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) and Pettigrew Hall
- James Phillips (1792-1867), Charles Phillips (1822-1889), and William Battle Phillips (1857-1918) and Phillips Hall
- James K. Polk (1795-1849) and Polk Place
- Paul J. Rizzo (1928- ) and the Rizzo Conference Center
- Milton J. Rosenau (1869-1946) and Rosenau Hall
- Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870) and Ruffin Residence Hall
- William L. Saunders (1835-1891) and Carolina Hall
- Cecil George Sheps (1913-2004) and Sheps Building
- Joseph Carlyle Sitterson (1911-1995) and Sitterson Hall
- Dean E. Smith (1931- ) and the Dean Smith Center
- Edward C. Smith, Sr. (d. 2007) And Smith Field House
- Mary Ann Smith (d. 1891) and Smith Building
- South Building, 1814
- Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1826-1908) and Spencer Hall
- Marvin Hendrix Stacy (1877-1919) and Stacy Residence Hall
- Walter Leak Steele (1823-1891) and Steele Building
- Sonja Haynes Stone (1938-1991) and the Stone Center for Black History and Culture
- David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) and Swain Hall
- Emanuel Tarrson (1914-1999) and Tarrson Hall
- Jack Tate (1917- ), John Turner (1922- ), And Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) and the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
- Isaac Montrose Taylor (1921-1996) and Taylor Hall
- James A. Taylor (1918-1989) And Taylor Student Health Services Building
- Claude Edward Teague (1888-1970) and Teague Residence Hall
- Simon F. Terrell (1924-2005) and the Terrell Building
- Doc J. Thurston (1908-1993) and Hargrove Bowles, Jr. (1919-1986) and the Thurston-Bowles Building
- Gary R. Tomkins (1955-2004) and the Gary R. Tomkins Chilled Water Operations Center
- H. Roland Totten ( 1892-1974) and Addie Williams Totten (d.1974) and the Totten Center
- Maurice Taylor Van Hecke (1892-1963) And Robert H. Wettach (1892-1964) and the Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
- Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894) and Vance Hall
- Richard Henry Whitehead (1865-1916) and Whitehead Hall
- Ernie Williamson (1922-2002) and Williamson Athletic Center
- Henry Van Peters Wilson (1863-1939) and Wilson Hall
- Louis Round Wilson (1876-1979) and the Louis Round Wilson Library
- George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932) and Winston Residence Hall
- Charles Thomas Woollen (1878-1938) and Woollen Gymnasium
- The YMCA Building