People of Virginia
| Stephen Fuller Austin |
Austinville |
1793-1836 |
Colonizer, political leader |
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| Richard Evelyn Byrd |
Winchester |
1888-1957 |
Naval officer, explorer |
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| Willa Sibert Cather |
Winchester |
1873-1947 |
Author |
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| George Rogers Clark |
Charlottesville |
1752-1818 |
Frontier leader, soldier |
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| William Clark |
Caroline County |
1770-1838 |
Soldier, explorer |
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| Henry Clay |
Hanover County |
1777-1852 |
Political leader |
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| William Henry Harrison |
Berkeley |
1773-1841 |
U. S. president |
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| Thomas Jefferson |
Goochland, now Albemarle County |
1743-1826 |
U. S. President |
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| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Farmville |
1806-1891 |
Soldier |
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| Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee |
Prince William County |
1756-1818 |
Soldier, public official |
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| Robert Edward Lee |
Westmoreland County |
1807-1870 |
Soldier |
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| Meriwether Lewis |
Albermarle County |
1774-1809 |
Soldier, explorer, public official |
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| Charles Lynch |
Lynchburg |
1736-1779 |
Planter, patriot |
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| James Madison |
Port Conway |
1751-1836 |
U.S. President |
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| John Marshall |
Fauquier County |
1755-1835 |
Chief Justice of the U.S. |
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| Cyrus Hall McCormick |
Rockbridge County |
1809-1884 |
Inventor, industrialist |
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| James Monroe |
Westmoreland County |
1758-1831 |
U.S. president |
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| Pocahontas |
Probably near Jamestown |
1595?-1617 |
Indian figure |
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| Powhatan |
Virginia |
1550?-1618 |
Indian figure |
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| Peyton Randolph |
Williamsburg? |
1721?-1775 |
Politician |
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| Walter Reed |
Goucester County |
1851-1902 |
Physician |
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| George Campbell Scott |
Wise |
1927-1999 |
Actor |
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| William Clark Styron, Jr. |
Newport News |
1925- |
Author |
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| Zachary Taylor |
Orange County |
1784-1850 |
Soldier and U.S. President |
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| John Tyler |
Greenway |
1790-1862 |
U.S. President |
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| Booker Taliaferro Washington |
Franklin County |
1856-1915 |
Educator |
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| George Washington |
Westmoreland County |
1732-1799 |
Soldier and first U.S. President |
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| Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
Staunton |
1856-1924 |
Educator and U.S. President |
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Source:
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.
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