Biographical Records

Notable People from Virginia

2,381 notable figures born in Virginia, showing page 43 of 48, ranked by historical prominence.

Jim Gill
American baseball player (1865-1923)
1865 – 1923
baseball player
James Hardy Dillard
James Hardy Dillard
American educator (1865–1940)
1865 – 1940
promotereducator
Joseph Eve
American politician (1784-1843)
1784 – 1843
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Lott Cary
Lott Cary
American slave who helped found Liberia
1780 – 1828
religious leaderChristian ministerpastor
Jack Beach
American baseball player
1862 – 1896
baseball player
Mary Hemings
American slave
1753 – 1834
writer
Meriwether Smith
Meriwether Smith
American politician
1730 – 1794
politician
Henry W. Holt
American politician (1864-1947)
1864 – 1947
politicianlawyerjudge
Elizabeth Tyree
Elizabeth Tyree
American actress (1865-1952)
1865 – 1952
stage actoractor
Ed Glenn
American baseball player
1860 – 1892
baseball player
Ed Ford
American baseball player
1862 – 1931
baseball player
Charles Samuel Jackson
Newspaper owner and publisher in the U.S. state of Oregon
1860 – 1924
publisherjournalisteditor
Bob Wood
American baseball player
1865 – 1943
baseball player
Alfred L. Cralle
Alfred L. Cralle
American businessman
1866 – 1920
inventor
Mary Stallard Purnell
Mary Stallard Purnell
American religious leader and writer (1862–1953)
1862 – 1953
religious leaderwriter
Mary Ellen Pollard Clarke
Mary Ellen Pollard Clarke
American suffragist
1862 – 1939
suffragist
Jim Buchanan
American baseball player (1876-1949)
1876 – 1949
baseball player
William Robert Dashiell
William Robert Dashiell
American military personnel (1863-1939)
1863 – 1939
military personnel
Thomas Nelson Baker Sr.
Thomas Nelson Baker Sr.
American philosopher (1860–1941)
1860 – 1941
philosopher
Adele Williams
Adele Williams
American artist
1868 – 1952
artistpainter
Wirt Robinson
Wirt Robinson
American army officer and academic (1864–1929)
1864 – 1929
collectoruniversity teachermilitary officer
David Carey Shanks
David Carey Shanks
United States Army general
1861 – 1940
military leadermilitary personnelwriter
William Lassiter
William Lassiter
Major General, US Army
1867 – 1959
James Tayloe Gwathmey
American physician
1862 – 1944
scientist
Sarah Garland Boyd Jones
Sarah Garland Boyd Jones
African American physician from the U.S. state of Virginia
1865 – 1905
physician
Julia Ringwood Coston
Julia Ringwood Coston
publisher, journalist
1863 – 1931
journalist
James Patrick Lannon
James Patrick Lannon
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1878–1953)
1878 – 1953
military officer
Robert Williams
(1773–1821)
1773 – 1821
politicianlawyer
Henry Asbury Christian
Henry Asbury Christian
American physician (1876–1951)
1876 – 1951
physician
George Browne
American baseball player, born 1876
1876 – 1920
baseball player
Robert A. Thompson
U.S. Representative from Virginia (1805–1876)
1805 – 1876
politicianlawyer
Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons
Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons
American artist (1878–1956)
1878 – 1956
sculptorartist
Sarah Elizabeth Tanner
Sarah Elizabeth Tanner
American missionary; mother to Henry Ossawa Tanner and Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson
1840 – 1914
missionaryhomemaker
George Washington Ball
George Washington Ball
Republican politician from Iowa (1848-1920)
1848 – 1920
bankerfarmerpolitician
Angelina Virginia Winkler
Angelina Virginia Winkler
American journalist, editor, publisher (1842-1911)
1842 – 1911
journalistpublishereditor
Thomas P. Westendorf
Thomas P. Westendorf
American songwriter, composer, and educator (1848-1923)
1848 – 1923
music educatorbandmastersinger-songwriter
Thomas Fearn
Thomas Fearn
American politician (1789-1863)
1789 – 1863
politician
Thomas Saunders Gholson
American politician (1808-1868)
1808 – 1868
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomas M. Green, Jr.
American politician in Mississippi (1758-1813)
1758 – 1813
politician
Henry Lawson Wyatt
Henry Lawson Wyatt
the first Confederate soldier from North Carolina to be killed in the American Civil War
1842 – 1861
soldier
James D. McCabe
American writer (1842–1883)
1842 – 1883
writer
Herbert Brown
Herbert Brown
American ornithologist and journalist (1848-1913)
1848 – 1913
ornithologist
LaSalle Corbell Pickett
LaSalle Corbell Pickett
American author
1843 – 1931
writer
Jennie Dean
Jennie Dean
African-American slave, educator
1848 – 1913
suffragetteeducator
Thomas Atkinson
Thomas Atkinson
third Episcopal bishop of North Carolina (1807–1881)
1807 – 1881
Catholic priest
Benjamin Cleveland
Colonel in Revolutionary militia
1738 – 1806
politician
Benjamin Harrison Reeves
Benjamin Harrison Reeves
American politician
1787 – 1849
lieutenant governorMajorpolitician
Martha Graham
American supercentenarian (1844–1959)
1844 – 1959
Betty Hemings
mother of Sally Hemings
1735 – 1807
tailordomestic worker
Branch T. Archer
Branch T. Archer
Texan politician (1790-1856)
1790 – 1856
diplomatpolitician
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