• Arthur Ashe (1943 - 1993) Famous tennis player; born in Richmond.
• Warren Beatty (1937 - ) Director, actor, producer, writer; born in Richmond.
• Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888 - 1957) Explorer and first man to fly over North and South poles; born in Winchester.
• Roy Clark (1933 - ) Country music artist; born in Meherrin.
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996) Jazz singer; born in Newport News.
• William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841) Ninth president of the U.S.; born in Berkeley.
• Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) Third president of the U.S.; born in Albermarle County.
• Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809) and William Clark (1770 - 1838)  Led a famous expedition to the Pacific ocean; both born in Virginia.
• James Madison (1751 - 1836) Fourth president of the U.S.; born in Orange County.
• James Monroe (1758 - 1831) Fifth president of the U.S.; born in Westmoreland County.
• Edgar Allen Poe (1809 - 1849) Author of works such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher; lived in Richmond.
• Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850) 12th president of the U.S.; born in Orange County.
• John Tyler (1790 - 1862) Tenth president of the U.S.; born in Charles City County.
• Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute; born on a small farm in the Virginia backcountry.
• George Washington (1732 - 1799) First president of the U.S.; born in Westmoreland county.
• James E. West (1931 - ) Inventor of the Foil Electret Microphone; born in Prince Edward County.
• Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) 28th president of the U.S.; born in Stauton.

More Famous People of Virginia

• Richard Arlen actor, Charlottesville
• Pearl Bailey singer, Newport News
• Russell Baker columnist, Loudoun Cty
• George Bingham painter, Augusta Cty
• Willa Cather author, Winchester
• William Clark explorer, Caroline Cty
• Henry Clay statesman, Hanover Cty
• Joseph Cotten actor, Petersburg
• Patrick Henry statesman, Hanover Cty
• Sam Houston political leader, Rockbridge Cty
• Robert E. Lee Confederate general, Stratford
• Shirley MacLaine actress, Richmond
• John Marshall jurist, Germantown
• Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor, Rockbridge Cty
• James Monroe U.S. president, Westmoreland
• Opechancanough Powhatan leader
• John Payne actor, Roanoke
• Walter Reed army surgeon, Gloucester Cty
• Matthew Ridgway Army Chief of Staff, Fort Monroe
• Bill Bojangles Robinson dancer, Richmond
• George C. Scott actor, Wise
• Sam Snead golfer, Hot Springs
• James Jeb Stuart Confederate army officer, Patrick Cty
• Thomas Sumter General, Hanover Cty
• Nat Turner leader of slave uprising, Southhampton Cty
• Tom Wolfe journalist, Richmond