Biographical Records
Notable People from Virginia
2,381 notable figures born in Virginia, showing page 18 of 48, ranked by historical prominence.
Clay Blair
1925 – 1998
non-fiction writerjournalisthistorian
Carl Gordon
1932 – 2010
television actorstage actoractor
John Joseph Kindred
1864 – 1937
politicianlawyer
Linn Banks
1784 – 1842
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders
1861 – 1910
scientific illustratorillustratorteacher
Abram Lincoln Harris
1899 – 1963
anthropologisteconomist
Homer Dudley
1896 – 1987
engineer
Alexander W. Terrell
1827 – 1912
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Edmund Ruffin
1794 – 1865
agronomistsoldierwriter
Julian Vaughan Gary
1892 – 1973
juristpoliticianlawyer
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr.
1822 – 1881
politicianlawyer
Buddy Myers
1906 – 1967
audio engineerengineer
Martin Russell Thayer
1819 – 1906
politicianlawyerjudge
John Nicholas
1764 – 1819
politicianlawyerjudge
John McKee
1771 – 1832
politician
Eugene Lindsay Opie
1873 – 1971
military physicianpathologistphysician
Eddie Leonard
1875 – 1941
stage actormusicianauthor
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson
1842 – 1924
politicianlawyer
Smith S. Turner
1842 – 1898
politicianlawyer
W. Pat Jennings
1919 – 1994
politician
Samuel Barron
1765 – 1810
military officer
Benjamin Jones
1787 – 1861
politician
James F. Epes
1842 – 1910
politicianlawyer
Josephine English
1920 – 2011
gynecologistphysician
John Lamb
1840 – 1924
politician
James Garland
1791 – 1885
politicianlawyerjudge
Isaac Coles
1747 – 1813
politician
Simon Kenton
1755 – 1836
explorer
Thomas S. Hinde
1785 – 1846
diaristexplorerpublisher
Henry Warren Ogden
1842 – 1905
politician
James Dearing
1840 – 1865
military personnel
Robert Brent
1764 – 1819
politician
Joel Holleman
1799 – 1844
politicianlawyer
Robley Dunglison Evans
1846 – 1912
admiralmilitary officer
Clement C. Dickinson
1849 – 1938
politicianlawyer
Howard Drew
1890 – 1957
athletics competitorbaseball playerjudge
Wade Fox
1920 – 1964
herpetologistzoologist
Charles Lee Remington
1922 – 2007
entomologistlepidopteristzoologist
Philemon Thomas
1763 – 1847
politician
Benjamin Taliaferro
1750 – 1821
politicianlawyerjudge
Corinne Conley
1929
film actorstage actor
John Alexander Cocke
1772 – 1854
politicianlawyer
Philip R. Thompson
1766 – 1837
politicianlawyer
Samuel Griffin
1746 – 1810
slave traderpoliticianlawyer
Henry Taylor Blow
1817 – 1875
diplomatpolitician
Billie Allen
1925 – 2015
film actortelevision actortheatre director
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.
1780 – 1848
university teacherjuristpolitician
Amaza Lee Meredith
1895 – 1984
art educatorarchitect
Charles Lewis Anderson
1827 – 1910
botanistbotanical collectorphysician
Zack Clayton
1921 – 1997
baseball playerbasketball player