Biographical Records
Notable People from Virginia
2,381 notable figures born in Virginia, showing page 46 of 48, ranked by historical prominence.
Mary Stuart Smith
1834 – 1917
translator
Edwin Waller
1800 – 1881
politician
Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
1736 – 1802
businessperson
Edmund Jennings Lee I
1772 – 1843
politicianlawyer
Edward D. Hamilton
1801 – 1883
lawyerjudge
John A Haydon
1830 – 1902
civil engineer
Nathaniel Massie
1763 – 1813
politician
Thomas Emmerson
1773 – 1837
journalisteditorpolitician
Thomas Ludwell Lee
1730 – 1778
politician
Thomas Walker
1715 – 1794
explorerfarmerpolitician
Thomson Francis Mason
1785 – 1838
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomson Mason
1733 – 1785
lawyerjudge
William Brockenbrough
1778 – 1838
politicianlawyerjudge
Henry A. Edmondson
1833 – 1918
politician
Charlie Sumner
1930 – 2015
American football player
D. Page Elmore
1939 – 2010
politician
Dave Ames
1937 – 2009
American football player
David Avison
1937 – 2004
physicistphotographer
Don Bishop
1934 – 1998
American football player
Earl Faison
1939 – 2016
American football player
Ed Beard
1939 – 2023
American football player
Lewis Harvie Blair
1834 – 1916
writer
Ernest A. Finney, Jr.
1931 – 2017
journalistlawyerjudge
Franklin P. Hall
1937 – 2015
politicianlawyer
Fred Quayle
1936 – 2018
politicianlawyer
Gail Harris
1931 – 2012
baseball player
Charles Sherrod
1937 – 2022
sociologistcivil rights advocate
Gurney Norman
1937 – 2025
novelistpoetwriter
William Henry Fitzhugh
1792 – 1830
politician
Henry L. Marsh
1933 – 2025
politicianlawyer
Howard Kent Walker
1935 – 2025
diplomat
William Nelson
1711 – 1772
plantation ownergovernorpolitician
William Overton Callis
1756 – 1814
politicianlawyer
York
1770 – 1832
explorer
Benjamin Harrison VI
1755 – 1799
politician
Buddy Arrington
1938 – 2022
NASCAR team owner
Jim Archer
1932 – 2019
baseball player
Bill Chambers
1930 – 2017
basketball coachbasketball player
Anne Ewing
1930 – 2011
women's rights activistactivist
Joe Durham
1931 – 2016
baseball player
Charles P. Hartshorn
1833 – 1880
architect
W. Tayloe Murphy Jr.
1933 – 2021
politicianlawyer
John Ripley
1939 – 2008
military officer
John Yates
1935 – 2015
chemistuniversity teacher
Jimmy Bales
1935 – 2021
politician
George W. Grayson
1938 – 2015
politicianwriter
Bobby Carter
1939 – 2015
basketball playerpoliticianteacher
Andrew Chambers
1931 – 2017
military personnel
M. Thomas Inge
1936 – 2021
literary historianscholar of Englishphilologist
James Whelan
1936 – 2018
politician