Biographical Records
Notable People from West Virginia
795 notable figures born in West Virginia, showing page 6 of 16, ranked by historical prominence.
Benjamin Wilson
1825 - 1901
politicianlawyer
John Alexander Moore
1915 - 2002
herpetologistgeneticistuniversity teacher
Michael Joseph Owens
1859 - 1923
inventorengineer
Andrew Summers Rowan
1857 - 1943
soldierarmy officermilitary officer
Thomas Hinds
1780 - 1840
politician
Edward Echols
1849 - 1914
politicianlawyer
French Ensor Chadwick
1844 - 1919
historianmilitary officer
John D. Alderson
1854 - 1910
politicianlawyer
Fuzzy Haskins
1941 - 2023
guitaristsinger
John Carey
1792 - 1875
politicianjudge
Bill Stewart
1941 - 1979
journalist
John G. Jackson
1777 - 1825
politicianlawyerjudge
John M. Slack, Jr.
1915 - 1980
politician
James Kee
1917 - 1989
politician
John F. Lacey
1841 - 1913
military officerpoliticianlawyer
William McSherry
1799 - 1839
academic administratorCatholic priestteacher
Blackburn B. Dovener
1842 - 1914
politicianlawyerteacher
Alexander Boteler
1815 - 1892
politician
Warren B. English
1840 - 1913
politician
Patsy Parsons
1931 - 2006
film actortelevision actoractor
Mary Lee Settle
1918 - 2005
novelistwriter
Bobby Smith
1937 - 2020
basketball player
Robert V. Barron
1932 - 2000
television actorfilm directorvoice actor
H. T. Webster
1885 - 1952
cartoonistcomics artist
John G. Hutchinson
1935 - 2024
military officerpolitician
Edward B. Jackson
1793 - 1826
politician
Jerome Cady
1903 - 1948
screenwriter
William Hoffman
1925 - 2009
novelistjournalistwriter
Hubert Summers Ellis
1887 - 1959
politicianvice president
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
1784 - 1818
Robert Graetz
1928 - 2020
activist
Dick Mehen
1922 - 1986
basketball player
John M. Wolverton
1872 - 1944
politicianlawyer
Garland Wilson
1909 - 1954
jazz musicianpianistmusician
Bernard H. Hyman
1897 - 1942
producerfilm producerfilm director
John Leonard Hines
1868 - 1968
military officer
John P. Gaines
1795 - 1857
politicianlawyer
Franklin Ritchie
1865 - 1918
film actoractor
Guy Edgar Campbell
1871 - 1940
politician
Cleveland Monroe Bailey
1886 - 1965
head teacherpolitician
Peggy Shanor
1895 - 1935
film actoractor
Eli C. D. Shortridge
1830 - 1908
governorpolitician
Hawkshaw Hawkins
1921 - 1963
songwriterbandleadermusician
Mason Mathews Patrick
1863 - 1942
military officer
Birkett D. Fry
1822 - 1891
military personnel
Augustus A. Chapman
1803 - 1876
politicianlawyer
William S. Morgan
1801 - 1878
politician
Ernie Farrow
1928 - 1969
jazz musicianpianist
E. H. Hedrick
1894 - 1954
medical examinerschool superintendentpolitician
Carl G. Bachmann
1890 - 1980
politicianlawyer