This is a list of famous people from Virginia, USA.

Born and raised in Virginia

• Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), tennis star and social activist
• Warren Beatty (1937-), actor
• Sandra Bullock (1964-), actress
• George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), Revolutionary War military leader
• William Clark (1770-1838), explorer (Lewis and Clark Expedition); brother of George Rogers Clark
• Katie Couric (1957-), cohost of The Today Show
• Missy Elliott (1971-), rapper
• Jerry Falwell (1933-), Christian minister, televangelist, and political leader
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), 9th President of the United States
• Patrick Henry (1736-1799), American Revolution figure and first Governor of Virginia after American independence
• Bruce Hornsby (1954-), musician
• Chad Hugo (1974-), musician and music producer, one-half of The Neptunes
• Allen Iverson (1975-), NBA star
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate military leader (note: Jackson was born and raised in a part of Virginia that is now in West Virginia.)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, founder of the University of Virginia
• Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate military leader, commander of Army of Northern Virginia
• Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), explorer (Lewis and Clark Expedition)
• Shirley MacLaine (1934-), actress and author
• James Madison (1751-1836), 4th President of the United States, co-author of Federalist Papers, "father of the United States Constitution"
• Moses Malone (1955-), former NBA star, Basketball Hall of Famer
• James Monroe (1758-1831), 5th President of the United States, namesake of Monroe Doctrine
• Alonzo Mourning (1970-), NBA star
• Pat Robertson (1930-), Christian televangelist and political leader
• Willard Scott (1934-), former weather reporter on The Today Show; earlier, was the original Ronald McDonald
• J.E.B. Stuart (1833-1864), Confederate military leader
• William Styron (1925-), novelist
• Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the United States
• John Tyler (1790-1862), 10th President of the United States
• Michael Vick (1980-), Atlanta Falcons quarterback
• George Washington (1732-1799), 1st President of the United States, commander-in-chief of Continental Army in the Revolutionary War
• Douglas Wilder (1931-), first elected African American governor of a U.S. state (Governor of Virginia, 1990-1994)
• Pharrell Williams (1973-), musician and music producer, one-half of The Neptunes
• Tom Wolfe (1931-), journalist and novelist

Born, but not raised, in Virginia

• Stewart Copeland (1952-), drummer for The Police
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), legendary jazz singer
• Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States

Raised, but not born, in Virginia

• Grant Hill (1972-), NBA star
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), poet and author
• David Robinson (1965-), former NBA star

Otherwise connected to Virginia

• George Marshall (1880-1959), World War II military leader, winner of Nobel Peace Prize for developing the Marshall Plan (graduate of Virginia Military Institute)
• Dave Matthews (1967-), musician, frontman of Dave Matthews Band (has lived most of his adult life in Charlottesville)
• William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873), creator of McGuffey Readers (spent his later years as a professor at the University of Virginia)
• Jim Morrison (1943-1971), singer and songwriter, frontman of The Doors (attended and graduated from high school in Alexandria)

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state