Biographical Records
Notable People from West Virginia
795 notable figures born in West Virginia, showing page 6 of 16, ranked by historical prominence.
Thomas Hinds
1780 – 1840
politician
Frank Hutchison
1897 – 1945
guitaristsongwritermusician
Frank Gatski
1921 – 2005
American football player
French Ensor Chadwick
1844 – 1919
historianmilitary officer
John D. Alderson
1854 – 1910
politicianlawyer
James Kee
1917 – 1989
politician
Edward Echols
1849 – 1914
politicianlawyer
John Carey
1792 – 1875
politicianjudge
John G. Jackson
1777 – 1825
politicianlawyerjudge
Patsy Parsons
1931 – 2006
film actortelevision actoractor
John F. Lacey
1841 – 1913
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Robert V. Barron
1932 – 2000
television actorfilm directorvoice actor
William McSherry
1799 – 1839
academic administratorCatholic priestteacher
Blackburn B. Dovener
1842 – 1914
politicianlawyerteacher
Alexander Boteler
1815 – 1892
politician
Bobby Smith
1937 – 2020
basketball player
Warren B. English
1840 – 1913
politician
John G. Hutchinson
1935 – 2024
military officerpolitician
H. T. Webster
1885 – 1952
cartoonistcomics artist
Mary Lee Settle
1918 – 2005
novelistwriter
William Hoffman
1925 – 2009
novelistjournalistwriter
Jerome Cady
1903 – 1948
screenwriter
Edward B. Jackson
1793 – 1826
politician
Robert Graetz
1928 – 2020
activist
Garland Wilson
1909 – 1954
jazz musicianpianistmusician
Hubert Summers Ellis
1887 – 1959
politicianvice president
Cleveland Monroe Bailey
1886 – 1965
head teacherpolitician
Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr.
1874 – 1916
politicianlawyerjudge
Dick Mehen
1922 – 1986
basketball player
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
1784 – 1818
John M. Wolverton
1872 – 1944
politicianlawyer
Bernard H. Hyman
1897 – 1942
producerfilm producerfilm director
John Leonard Hines
1868 – 1968
military officer
Franklin Ritchie
1865 – 1918
film actoractor
John S. Knight
1894 – 1981
journalisteditorpublisher
Guy Edgar Campbell
1871 – 1940
politician
John P. Gaines
1795 – 1857
politicianlawyer
Greasy Neale
1891 – 1973
American football playerAmerican football coachbaseball player
John M. Slack, Jr.
1915 – 1980
politician
Robert L. Hogg
1893 – 1973
politicianlawyer
Fuzzy Haskins
1941 – 2023
guitaristsinger
Mason Mathews Patrick
1863 – 1942
military officer
Eli C. D. Shortridge
1830 – 1908
governorpolitician
Birkett D. Fry
1822 – 1891
military personnel
Augustus A. Chapman
1803 – 1876
politicianlawyer
William S. Morgan
1801 – 1878
politician
Carl G. Bachmann
1890 – 1980
politicianlawyer
James H. Kindelberger
1895 – 1962
aerospace engineeraircraft pilotchief executive officer
E. H. Hedrick
1894 – 1954
medical examinerschool superintendentpolitician
William Hope Harvey
1851 – 1936
economistpoliticianlawyer