Biographical Records
Notable People from Virginia
2,381 notable figures born in Virginia, showing page 32 of 48, ranked by historical prominence.
Al Gettel
1917 – 2005
baseball player
Art Jones
1919 – 1995
American football player
Barrington Daniels Parker
1915 – 1993
lawyerjudge
Bud Thomas
1910 – 2001
baseball player
Chandler Harper
1914 – 2004
golfer
Jim Mallory
1918 – 2001
baseball playerhead coach
John Warren Cooke
1915 – 2009
politician
Mason Andrews
1919 – 2006
obstetriciangynecologistpolitician
Donald Blackburn
1916 – 2008
soldier
Dorothy Maynor
1910 – 1996
opera singersinger
Frank D. Peregory
1916 – 1944
military personnel
Frank Wright, Jr.
1912 – 2008
artist
George E. Allen, Jr.
1914 – 1990
politicianlawyer
George S. Vest
1918 – 2021
diplomat
Glen Roberts
1912 – 1980
basketball playerbasketball coach
Edgar S. Harris, Jr.
1925 – 2018
military officer
Fred V. Cherry
1928 – 2016
aircraft pilot
George W. Dunaway
1922 – 2008
military personnel
Helen Smith
1922 – 2019
baseball player
Henry W. Gould
1928
university teachermathematician
Henry Howell
1920 – 1997
lawyerpolitician
Arthur David Hall III
1924 – 2006
electrical engineeruniversity teachersystems engineer
Ray Hendrick
1929 – 1990
racing automobile driverracing driver
Stanley L. Lebar
1925 – 2009
engineer
Louise Gore
1925 – 2005
politician
Willard Marshall
1921 – 2000
baseball player
Lawrence Chambers
1929
military officer
Dave Hillman
1927 – 2022
baseball player
Delbert Daisey
1924 – 2017
wood carver
Gene Barge
1926 – 2025
saxophonistsongwritermusician
John L. Whitehead Jr.
1924 – 1992
military personnel
Lewis M. Allen
1922 – 2003
producerfilm producer
Ralph Parr
1924 – 2012
military officer
Arnold Kramish
1923 – 2010
nuclear physicistphysicist
Carter Stanley
1925 – 1966
guitaristmusiciansinger-songwriter
Charles Hamm
1925 – 2011
musicologistcomposer
Clifton C. Garvin
1921 – 2016
engineer
William Sheldrick Conover
1928 – 2022
military officerpolitician
D. French Slaughter, Jr.
1925 – 1998
lawyerpolitician
James W. Kehoe
1925 – 1998
lawyerjudge
Janette Carter
1923 – 2006
songwritermusiciansinger
Jim Lemon
1928 – 2006
baseball player
John Haines
1924 – 2011
poetwriter
Lynne Mapp Drexler
1928 – 1999
printmakerpainter
Marcus Kaufman
1929 – 2003
lawyerjudge
Naomi Long Madgett
1923 – 2020
editorpoetwriter
Richard Thomas Shea
1927 – 1953
athletics competitormilitary personnel
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.
1922 – 2004
soldiermilitary officer
Samuel V. Wilson
1923 – 2017
academic administratormilitary advisor
Wally Burnette
1929 – 2003
baseball player