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Famous People from West Virginia
West Virginia
Biographies, Famous People from West Virginia
Alexander McGillivray
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George Brett (1953 - ) Former major
league baseball player with the Kansas City
Royals; born in Glen Dale.
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Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973) Author best
known for her novel The Good Earth; born in
Hillsboro.
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Don Knotts (1924 - ) Actor best known
for appearances in movies like The Incredible
Mr. Limpet and The Apple Dumpling Gang and the
television series The Andy Griffith Show; born
in Morgantown.
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Thomas Stonewall Jackson (1824 - 1863)
Confederate general; born in Clarksburg.
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Kathy Mattea (1959) Country music
singer; born in South Charleston.
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Mary Lou Retton (1968 - ) Olympic gold
medallist of gymnastics; born in Fairmont.
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Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970) One of
the most influential labor leaders of the 20th
Century; born in Wheeling.
- Harold Tucker Webster (1885 - 1952)
Cartoonist and creator of Caspar Milquetoast;
born in Parkersburg.
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Jerry West (1938 - ) Basketball Hall
of Famer that played for the Los Angeles
Lakers; born in Cabin Creek.
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Chuck Yeager (1923 - ) First pilot to
fly faster than the speed of sound; born in
Myra.
- Steve Yeager (1948 - ) Baseball
player; born in Huntington.
More Famous People of
West Virginia
- Phyllis Curtin soprano, Clarksburg
- Joanne Dru actress, Logan
- John S. Knight publisher, Bluefield
- Peter Marshall TV host, Huntington
- Alfred Moore jurist, Molinosville
- Eleanor Steber soprano, Wheeling
- Lewis L. Strauss naval officer and
scientist, Charleston
- Cyrus Vance government official,
Clarksburg
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