Famous Virginians

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• William Howard Armstrong (1914-1999), Children's Author
• Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), Tennis Player
• Pearl Bailey (1918-1990), Singer, Actress, Author
• James Barbour (1775-1842), Statesman
• Warren Beatty (1938-), Actor
• Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677), Colonial Governor of Virginia
• Ruth Brown (1928-2006), Singer
• Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966), U.S. Senator
• Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914-), U.S. Senator
• Richard Byrd (1888-1957), Explorer
• Robert King Carter (1663-1732), Colonial Leader
• Willa Cather (1873-1947), Author
• George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), Revolutionary War
• William Clark (1770-1838), Explorer
• Henry Clay (1777-1852), U.S. Senator
• Patsy Cline (1932-1963), Singer
• Virginius Dabney (1901-1995), Author
• Peter V. Daniel (1784-1860), Supreme Court Justice
• Jubal Early (1816-1894), Confederate General
• Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), Singer
• John B. Floyd (1807-1863), Secretary of War, Governor
• Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945), Author, Women's Rights
• John H. Hager (1936-), Lieutenant Governor
• Benjamin Harrison (1726?-1791), Governor, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), President 1841
• Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Governor
• Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865),Confederate General
• Oliver W. Hill (1907-2007), Attorney
• "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate General
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), President 1801-1809
• Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), Confederate General
• Willie Lanier (1945-), Football Player
• Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905), Lee Confederate General
• "Lighthorse Harry" Lee (1756-1818), Revolutionary War
• Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Revolutionary War Politician
• Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Civil War Leader
• William "Rooney" Lee (1837-1891), Confederate General
• Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), Explorer
• Shirley MacLaine (1934-), Actress
• James Madison (1749-1836), President 1809-1817
• Moses Malone (1955-), Basketball Player
• John Marshall (1755-1835), Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
• George Mason (1725-1792), Revolutionary War
• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), Naval Officer, Oceanographer
• Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), Inventor
• William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873), Teacher, Author
• James Monroe (1758-1831), President 1817-1825
• Daniel Morgan (1736-1802), Revolutionary War
• John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), Confederate Soldier
• Opechancanough (1556?-1646), Powhatan Indian Leader
• George Pickett (1825-1875), Confederate General
• Pocahontas (1595-1617), Powhatan Princess
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Author
• Powhatan (1550?-1618), American Tribal Leader
• Edmund Randolph (1753-1813), Revolutionary War
• John Randolph (1773-1833), Politician
• Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Revolutionary War
• Walter Reed (1851-1902), Physician
• Pat Robertson (1930-), Televangelist
• Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949), Dancer, Actor
• John Rolfe (1585-1622), Tobacco Cultivator, Husband to Pocahontas
• Edmund Ruffin (1794-1865), Agriculturalist
• Kate Smith (1907-1986), Singer, Actress
• John Smith (1580-1631), English Colonist
• Sam Snead (1912-2002), Golfer
• Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740), Royal Governor
• Jeb Stuart (1833-1864), Confederate General
• William Styron (1925-2006), Author
• Fran Tarkenton (1940-), Football Player
• Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), President 1849-1850
• Mary Sue Terry (1947-), Lawyer, 1st Woman Attorney General of Virginia
• John Tyler (1790-1862), President 1841-1845
• Maggie Lena Walker (1867?-1934), 1st Woman Bank President in U.S.
• Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), Founder of Tuskegee Institute
• George Washington (1732-1799), President 1789-1797
• Martha Washington (1732-1802), First Lady 1789-1797
• L. Douglas Wilder (1931-), 1st African American Governor in U.S.
• Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), President 1913-1921
• George Wythe (1726-1806), Signer of Declaration of Independence