List of Famous People From Virginia A-Z

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Below is a list of famous people from Virginia.

List of Famous People From Virginia

A. P. Carter – Musician, singer, songwriter, member of the Carter Family
Aaron Brooks – professional football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders
Aaron Rouse
Adam Birch – former professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment’s SmackDown!
Adrian Cronauer § – disc jockey
Adriana Trigiani – writer, author of novel “Big Stone Gap”
Ahmad Bradshaw
Aimee Mann – musician
Akeem Jordan
Al Toon
Alabama Thunderpussy, Southern Metal band
Alden Aaroe – WRVA talk show host
Alex Cosmidis – Minor League baseball player and manager and Major League scout
Allen Iverson
Alonzo Mourning
Amina Wadud – controversial female Islamic VCU professor who led over 100 Muslims in prayer in New York on March 18, 2005
Anthony Clark – actor
Antoine Bethea – professional football player for the Indianapolis Colts
Arsis, Death/Thrash Metal band
Arthur Ashe
Avail, Punk Rock band
B. J. Upton – center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
Barbara Kingsolver – lives outside Abingdon, VA
Bebe Buell – fashion model, famous groupie and mother of Liv Tyler
Ben Tate
Ben Wallace – NBA basketball player
Benjamin Harrison – President of US, grandson of William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison V – signer of the Declaration of Independence, father of President William Henry Harrison
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson§
Bill Bolling § – Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Billy McMullen – UVA standout football player now playing for the Minnesota Vikings
Billy Sample
Billy Wagner
Blaine Miller
Bob Bender
Bob Saget
Bobby Ross § – American football coach
Bobby Wadkins – professional golfer
Booker T. Washington
Brandon Inge
Brandon Stokley
Brother Claude Ely
Bruce Bochy § – manager for the San Francisco Giants
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Smith
Bryan Harvey – musician, noted for his fronting role in House of Freaks, who was brutally murdered with his family in 2006
Carbon Leaf, Pop-Rock/Folk Rock band
Caroline Aaron – actress and producer
Carter G. Woodson
Chad Hugo
Chaney Kley
Charles Haley – pro football player Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, Naruna, VA
Charlie Byrd – jazz guitarist
Charlie Manuel §
Chief Powhatan
Chip Franklin – comedian and talk show host
Chris Adler – drummer
Chris Brown
Chris Daughtry §
Chris Marion §
Chris Richardson §
Clarence Clemons – saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and former player for the Norfolk Neptunes football team
Clay Rapada
Clifton Garvin – CEO of Exxon from 1975 to 1986
Clint Sintim – linebacker for the New York Giants
Clipse, rap group
Coko – former member of SWV and now gospel music singer
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. – Governor of Virginia, Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and President of the University of Virginia
Connie Britton §
Curtis Bush – world champion kickboxer and actor
Curtis Wilkerson
Cy Twombly
D’Angelo – R&B musician
Dagen McDowell – anchor on the Fox Business Network and correspondent for the Fox News Channel
Damien Woody
Dan Hudson
Danny McBride
Darren Perry
Darren Sharper – safety for the New Orleans Saints
Darryl Tapp
Dave Batista – professional wrestler
Dave Brockie – founder of GWAR
Dave Matthews §
Dave Matthews Band, Alt. Rock band
David Arquette – born on a commune in Winchester
David Baldacci – author
David Grohl – Foo Fighters
David Homyk – musician
David L. Robbins – novelist
David Lowery – lead singer of Cracker and co-founder of Sound of Music Studios
David Nichols
David Robinson §
David Terrell – football player
David Wright
dc Talk, Christian rapcore band
DeAngelo Hall
Debbie Matenopoulos – television co-host
Deborah Shelton – actress, Miss USA 1970
Deceased, Death/Thrash Metal band and first band to sign with Relapse Records
Dell Curry
Denny Hamlin
Deon Butler – professional football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks from Woodbridge
Dermot Mulroney
DeSagana Diop § – center for the Charlotte Bobcats, attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson
Diandra Newlin – singer, actor, and model
Diedrich Bader
Douglas MacArthur §
Dré Bly – professional football player with the Detroit Lions
Duane Brown – offensive tackle for the Houston Texans
Earl Hebner – professional wrestling referee
Ed Schultz
Eddie Royal
Edmund Dick Taylor
Edmund Randolph
Elizabeth Edwards §
Ella Fitzgerald
Ellen Glasgow – early 20th century novelist
Elliott Sadler
Elliott Yamin §
Eric Cantor – Member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 7th District
Erin Cahill – actress, Jen Scotts on Power Rangers Time Force
Faith Prince §
Far-Less, Post-hardcore
Fawn Hall
Felipe Rose § – founding member of the Village People
Forrest Gander §
Fran Tarkenton – former American football quarterback and a former TV personality on ABC’s That’s Incredible
Frankie Faison – film actor
Garrett Epps
Gary Fleder – film director, screenwriter, producer
Gary U.S. Bonds § – singer and songwriter
George C. Scott
George Marshall §
George Mason
George Patton §
George Quaintance
George Rogers Clark
George Washington
George Wythe
Gordon Banks
Grant Hill §
GWAR, shock rock punk thrash band
Heath Miller
Henry Clay
Henry Creamer – vaudeville song lyricist of the early 20th century
Henry Jordan
Hunter “Patch” Adams § – doctor, author, and social activist
HURT, Art Rock/Hard Rock band
J. Evan Bonifant – actor
J. J. Redick §
J. Sargeant Reynolds – businessman, statesman, and Virginia Lieutenant Governor
J.E.B. Stuart
Jack Gilpin – actor
Jake E. Lee
James Branch Cabell – author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres
James Farrior – NFL linebacker
James Madison
James Monroe
James Spriggs Payne – fourth and eighth president of Liberia
Jason Mraz
Jason Snelling §
Jason White – NASCAR driver
Javier López §
Jay Carney – White House press secretary for President Barack Obama
Jay Pharoah
Jayma Mays
Jeff Burton
Jeffrey M. Lacker – chief executive of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond
Jenny Wiley §
Jeremy Kapinos §
Jerod Mayo
Jerry Falwell
Jesse McReynolds – Bluegrass musician, mandolin player
Jessica Mae Stover – actor, filmmaker, author
Jim Bibby – former Major League pitcher, from Madison Heights
Jim Gilmore – former governor of Virginia
Jim Jinkins – cartoonist
Jim Moody
Jim Morrison §
Jimmy Dean – singer and “sausage king”
Joe Saunders
Joe Smith
Joey Baron – musician
Joey Mercury
John Aboud – writer, comedian and regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows
John Campbell – bassist
John Maine
John Marshall – lawyer, statesman, and third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
John McCain §
John McCargo
John Montague
John Phillips
John Phillips §
John Rolfe §
John Singleton Mosby
John Smith of Jamestown §
John Tyler
John W. Snow – former United States Secretary of the Treasury and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corporation
Johnny Grubb – Major League Baseball player
Johnny Newman
Jon Foreman – lead singer for rock band Switchfoot
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Meek
Joyce Bulifant – television actress
Judson Mills §
Juliet Huddy §
Julius Jones
June Carter Cash
Junie Donlavey – owner and namesake of the NASCAR “Donlavey” racing team
Justin Upton – outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Justin Verlander
Karen Briggs § – violinist
Kate Higgins
Kate Smith
Katie Couric
Kavell Conner – linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
Keller Williams
Kelley Washington
Kendall Langford – defensive end for the Miami Dolphins
Kevin Aviance – dancer
Kevin Grubb – NASCAR driver
Kiely Williams – member of 3LW
Kylene Barker Ms. America 1979
L. Douglas Wilder
Lamb of God, contemporary extreme metal band
Lanny Wadkins – professional golfer
Larry Bethea § – late professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys
Lauren Barnette – Beauty pageant winner and model
Lauren Graham – actress, comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls
Lawrence Taylor
Leanza Cornett – Former Miss America, actress, TV commentator
Leslie Bibb § – actress, plays Carley Bobby in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Lewis F. Powell – Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Lewis Temple – escaped African American slave who invented a new kind of harpoon known as “Temple’s Toggle”
Light Horse Harry Lee
Lott Carey – early African-American colonist and missionary to Liberia
Lottie Moon
Mae, Indie/Indie rock band
Maggie L. Walker – first woman to found a bank in the United States
Marc Vann
Marcus Vick
Maria Boren – contestant on the television show The Apprentice
Mark Hamill § –
Mark Morton – guitarist
Mark Reynolds §
Mark Ruffalo §
Mary Bowser – freed slave who worked as a Union spy during the Civil War and was admitted to the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Maura Soden
Maybelle Carter – Guitar player, singer, member of the Carter Family, mother of June Carter Cash
Meghann Shaughnessy – professional tennis player
Melody Barnes
Meriwether Lewis
Michael Cuddyer
Michael McGlothlin
Michael Robinson
Michael Vick
Mickie James
Mika Brzezinski § – television news journalist at MSNBC
Mike London
Mike Tomlin
Missy Elliott
Molly Henneberg
Monty Williams – former NBA player and current head coach for the New Orleans Hornets
Moses Malone
Municipal Waste, Thrash Metal band
My Favorite Highway, pop-rock band
Nat Turner
Nathaniel Bacon
Nicole Johnson
Norm Snead
Orlando Jordan – professional wrestler
Owen Schmitt
Pat Benatar
Pat Robertson
Patricia Cornwell § – novelist
Patrick Henry
Patrick Kilpatrick – character actor, Minority Report, Eraser
Patrick Wilson
Patsy Cline
Patton Oswalt
Paul Pressey
Paul Wellstone §
Pearl Bailey – Tony award winning actress and singer
Percy Harvin – wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
Perry Ellis
Peter Taylor
Peyton Randolph – 1775 President of the Continental Congress
Pharrell Williams
Phil Vassar – country music singer/songwriter, Lynchburg
Philip B. Meggs – design historian, author of Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
Pig Destroyer, deathgrind band
Plaxico Burress
Pocahontas
Rainey Bethea
Ralph Stanley
Randall Wallace – writer, director, Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, We Were Soldiers
Randy Blythe – singer of metal band Lamb of God
Randy Tomlin – former Major League pitcher from Madison Heights
Rashad Jennings
Ray Hendrick – NASCAR driver
Rich Lowry
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Wagoner – President of General Motors
Rick Hendrick – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner for Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Casey Mears; born in South Hill
Rick Langford – former MLB pitcher
Ricky Van Shelton – country music/gospel singer, Altavista
Robert “King” Carter I
Robert Cray §
Robert E. Lee
Robert Paxton – historian
Robert Stanton §
Robert Stethem §
Ronald Bailey § – science editor for Reason magazine
Ronde Barber
Rudy Boesch § – third place finalist on Survivor: Pulau Tiga
Ruth Brown – Grammy-award winning singer and entertainer
Ryan Zimmerman §
Sabrina Lloyd
Sally Mann
Sam Houston
Sam Sloan
Samuel Barton §
Samuel Gravely – African-American officer who broke many racial barriers while serving in the U.S. Navy
Samuel Jordan
Sandra Bullock
Sara Carter
Scott Mactavish
Scott Sizemore – second baseman for the Detroit Tigers
Scott Sowers
Scott Travis
Scottie Thompson
Sean Marshall – professional baseball player; starting pitcher, Chicago Cubs
Seka
Shaquan Lewis – aka “Skillz” from the Supafriendz, African-American rapper
Shawn Camp – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
Shirley MacLaine
Skeet Ulrich – actor, starred in Scream, The Newton Boys, and the drama series Jericho on CBS
Skip Hinnant
Skipp Sudduth §
Stacey Moseley – actress
Stacy Compton – NASCAR driver/team owner, Grit, VA
Stan Winston – film special effects designer
Steven Williams §
Suzanne Whang – TV host, actress, House Hunters, Las Vegas
Texas Jack Omohundro
The Friday Night Boys, Power pop/Pop punk/Electronica, band
The Hackensaw Boys, bluegrass band
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jones
Thomas Nelson, Jr. – Governor of Virginia, signer of Declaration of Independence
Tiki Barber
Tim Foreman – bass player for rock band Switchfoot
Tim Kaine §
Tim Legler – ESPN NBA analyst
Tim Reid
Timbaland
Tom Bliley – member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 3rd then 7th District
Tom Peloso – a former member of the Hackensaw Boys, and a current member of Modest Mouse
Tom Robbins – author, studied art at Richmond Professional Institute
Tom Shadyac
Tom Wiggin §
Tom Wolfe
Tony Perez
Travis Wall
Trey Songz
Twisted Tower Dire, Power metal band
Uncle Charlie Osborne
V.C. Andrews – born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Vince Gilligan – writer, director, producer, creator of the TV series Breaking Bad
Viola Baskerville
Wanda Sykes – comedian, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Ward Burton
Warren Beatty
Wayne Grubb – NASCAR crew chief and former driver
Wayne LaPierre – Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, author, and Second Amendment advocate
Wayne Newton
Wendell Scott
Wendy Dascomb – Miss USA 1969
Wes Borland – guitarist for Limp Bizkit and other rock bands
While Heaven Wept, Doom metal band
Wilford Leach
Willard Scott
William Clark
William Faulkner §
William Henderson – NFL fullback
William Henry Harrison
William Holmes McGuffey §
William Mahone
William Styron
Willie Adler – guitarist
Winfield Scott
Winter Solstice, Christian Metalcore band
Woodrow Wilson
Xavier Adibi § – linebacker for the Houston Texans
Zachary Taylor

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