They have to be- or have been- presidents, military leaders, pioneers, sciectists, inventors, etc., so if you happen to know about any-even one, that would be GREAT. (oh, and i need to know befor tomorrow morning, so if it is after 9/16/07 at 11:00pm, don't bother answering)
2007-09-16 11:17:46 · 9 answers · asked by sarahthebird 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There are many famous West Virginians, here are 5 that I picked out.
The Famous West Virginians Page A to Z.
Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams (1945- ), the subject of a movie starring Robin Williams, founded the Gesundheit! Institute, a 40-bed free hospital in Hillsboro, West Virginia. He was born in Washington, D. C., and raised in northern Virginia.
Daniel Boone (1734-1820), early frontiersman and legendary hero who helped blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian Mountains near the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. He was born in Pennsylvania and died in Missouri. From 1788 to 1798 he lived near Point Pleasant (then in Virginia), and served in the Kanawha County militia. He also served as a member of the Virginia legislature from Kanawha County.
Bernard Coffindaffer (1935-1993) spent millions of dollars of his own money planting crosses along highways throughout the U. S. The project began in 1984. He eventually erected 1864 crosses in 29 states. Each site features three crosses, representing Christ and the two thieves who were crucified with him. He was the subject of a PBS documentary Point Man for God and was featured on a segment of CBS Sunday Morning. He was a resident of Craigsville, where he was born.
Martin R. Delany (1812-1885) abolitionist, author, and physician. From 1847 to 1849 he edited the North Star newspaper with abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. He then entered Harvard Medical School. In 1852 he set up practice in Pittsburgh and wrote The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People in the United States, said to be the first presentation of American black nationalism. In 1854 he helped organize the National Emigration Convention to discuss his proposal for the resettlement of blacks in Africa. At the start of the Civil War he was assigned to recruit blacks for the Union army and became the first black major in the U. S. Army. He was born in Charles Town (then in Virginia).
Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall "Pete" Everest, Jr. was a pioneer in U.S. rocket aircraft flying. He checked out 122 different models and makes of aircraft and logged over 10,000 hours in more than 170 aircraft types. Everest piloted the X-2 on eight of its powered flights. He reached Mach 2.87 in the X-2 in 1956, set the Bell X-1 altitude record of 73,000 ft. and, in 1953, the world absolute speed record of the F-100A at 755.15 mph. In 1956, he flew at Mach 3, breaking Chuck Yeager's record and earning the title of his autobiography, The Fastest Man Alive. He served as Director of Aerospace Safety for USAF, Director of Operations for Test and Evaluation in the Department of Defense, and Commander of Aerospace Rescue and Recovery for the USAF. A Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, he has been honored by U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Greatest Living Americans" Award (1956) and more than twenty military awards. He is included on the Aerospace Walk of Honor. Everest was born in Fairmont and attended Fairmont State College and WVU.
2007-09-16 11:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
West Virginia Famous People
2016-12-11 08:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Famous People From West Virginia
2016-10-07 01:54:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geroge Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
Woodrow Wilson
2007-09-16 11:23:26 · answer #4 · answered by ponycrazedperson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Robert Bird Senator
Thomas Stonewall Jackson Confederate general
Alfred Moore jurist
Lewis L. Strauss naval officer and scientist
Cyrus Vance government official
Chuck Yeager test pilot and Air Force general
Daniel Boone was a resident of western Virginia (now West Viriginia) and resided in Point Pleasant. Boone County in West Virginia was named after Daniel Boone in honor of his heroics and leadership.
Booker Taliaferro Washington was one of three West Virginians elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
Walter Reuther One of the most influential labor leaders of the 20th Century
2007-09-16 11:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Randy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
2007-09-16 11:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by SilentFox12345 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Holmes Morton is one, he founded the Clinic for Special Children in Pennsyvania's Lancaster County. He pioneered culturally sensitive treatment of Amish and Mennonite genetic disorders.
2007-09-16 12:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jennifer Garner (actress married to ben affleck) Don Knotts (actor) Brad Paisley (country singer) Mary Lou Retton (Olympic Gold medalist-gymnastics) Jerry West (NBA-lakers) Jessica Lynch (that girl that was kidnapped in the iraqi war, but she was rescued) Randy Moss- NFL Bob Denver- Gilligan Senator Rockefeller Theres more, just can't think of them all right now!
2016-05-21 03:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.- A winner of "America's Got Talent"- He is an African American singer who sounds like Frank Sinatra. He is from Logan, WV as far as I know.
Steve Harvey-Comedian and current host of "Family Feud" is from Welch, West Virginia.
Jennifer Garner- Actress and Star of "Alias", she was also in the Movie "13 going on 30." She is from somewhere in West Virginia.
O.J. Mayo- Currently plays basketball in the NBA, I believe he is from West Virginia. He played high school basketball for a school around Huntington, West Virginia
John Nash- A research mathematician that suffered from schizophrenia was from Bluefield, West Virginia.He was the inspiration for the movie "A Beautiful Mind."
Chuck Yeager- The first pilot to break the sound barrier was from West Virginia.
Nick Swisher- A baseball player currently in the MLB (I believe he plays for the Yankees) is from Parkersburg, West Virginia.
2014-02-26 06:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by Joseph 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋