Biographical Records

Notable People from West Virginia

795 notable figures born in West Virginia, showing page 13 of 16, ranked by historical prominence.

Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson
African-American tenor jazz singer
1929
jazz musiciansinger
Margaret Leach
American politician
1926 - 2007
politician
Rasty Wright
Rasty Wright
American baseball player (1895–1948)
1895 - 1948
baseball player
Paul Russell Cutright
American historian and biologist (1897 – 1988)
1897 - 1988
historian
Theodore A. Peyser
Theodore A. Peyser
American politician (1873-1937)
1873 - 1937
politician
Chuck Drazenovich
Chuck Drazenovich
American football player
1927 - 1992
American football player
Jake Hewitt
Major League Baseball pitcher (1870-1959)
1870 - 1959
baseball player
D. Ray White
American dancer
1927 - 1985
dancer
Dallas H. Cook
United States Marine
1921 - 1942
military personnel
Dave Stephenson
American football player (1925-1975)
1925 - 1975
American football player
David Martin Baker
American politician
1923 - 2010
politicianlawyer
Win Mercer
Win Mercer
American baseball player
1874 - 1903
baseball player
Louis Clair Hunter
American historian
1898 - 1984
historianuniversity teachereconomist
Frank Gaylord
American sculptor (1925-2018)
1925 - 2018
sculptor
Gene Leedy
American architect (1928-2018)
1928 - 2018
architect
Silas Reese Burns
American architect (1855-1940)
1855 - 1940
architect
George Hughes Revercomb
United States federal judge
1929 - 1993
lawyerjudge
Gus Douglass
Gus Douglass
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner (1927-2015)
1927 - 2015
civil servant
Hal Rice
Hal Rice
Major League Baseball player (1924–1997)
1924 - 1997
baseball player
James Capehart
American politician (1847-1921)
1847 - 1921
politician
John Woods
Major League Baseball pitcher (1898-1946)
1898 - 1946
baseball player
Gayleatha B. Brown
Gayleatha B. Brown
American diplomat
1947 - 2013
diplomat
Harry Jones
American football player from Virginia, United States (1945-2016)
1945 - 2016
American football player
John Allen
American professional baseball player
1890 - 1967
baseball player
Russ Thomas
Russ Thomas
American football player (1924-1991)
1924 - 1991
American football player
Dick Hensley
Dick Hensley
American football player (1927-2015)
1927 - 2015
American football player
Jack Harper
American baseball player
1893 - 1927
baseball player
John Brewer
American gridiron football player (1928-1983)
1928 - 1983
American football player
Howard Hartley
Howard Hartley
American football player (1924-2006)
1924 - 2006
American football player
Clark W. May
American politician
1869 - 1908
politicianlawyer
Jackie Hunt
American football player (1920-1991)
1920 - 1991
American football player
A. Caperton Braxton
A. Caperton Braxton
American lawyer
1862 - 1914
politicianlawyer
Jimmy G. Stewart
Jimmy G. Stewart
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
1942 - 1966
military personnel
Jim Foglesong
Country music executive (1922-2013)
1922 - 2013
music promoterrecord producercomposer
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
American basketball player
1925 - 1999
basketball player
Joe Hague
American baseball player
1944 - 1994
baseball player
Jonah Edward Kelley
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1923-1945)
1923 - 1945
military personnel
Mel Clark
Mel Clark
American baseball player
1926 - 2014
baseball player
Mike Kume
American baseball player
1926 - 2012
baseball player
Paul M. Doty
American Professor of Biochemistry (1920–2011)
1920 - 2011
biochemistchemistuniversity teacher
Hugh Carroll Frazer
Hugh Carroll Frazer
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1891-1975)
1891 - 1975
military officer
Ray Flanigan
American baseball player (1923-1993)
1923 - 1993
baseball player
John Wockenfuss
John Wockenfuss
American baseball player (1949–2022)
1949 - 2022
baseball player
Robert Edward Femoyer
Robert Edward Femoyer
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1921-1944)
1921 - 1944
military personnel
Calvary Morris
Calvary Morris
American politician (1798–1871)
1798 - 1871
politicianlawyerjudge
Ross H. Spencer
American writer
1921 - 1998
novelist
Roy Lester
Roy Lester
American college and high school football coach (1923-2020)
1923 - 2020
American football playerAmerican football coachbasketball player
Harry Young
Harry Young
College football player (1893-1977)
1893 - 1977
American football playerbasketball coachathletics competitor
Tommy Hanlon, Jr.
Australian actor and musician (1923–2003)
1923 - 2003
magiciancircus performertelevision actor
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.
American politician (1923-2019)
1923 - 2019
politicianlawyer
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