Booker T. Washington -educator - Franklin County

James Jeb Stuart - Confederate Army Officer - Patrick County

Arthur Ashe - tennis player - Richmond

George Bingham - painter - Augusta County

Richard E. Byrd - polar explorer - Winchester

Willa Cather - author - Black Creek Valley

Henry Clay - statesman - Hanover County

Sam Houston - political leader - Rockbridge County

Robert E. Lee - Confederate General - Stratford

Meriwether Lewis - explorer - Ambermarle County

Cyrus Hall McCormick - inventor - Rockbridge County

Walter Reed - army surgeon - Gloucester County

Matthew Ridgway - army chief of staff - Fort Monroe

Sam Snead - golfer - Ashwood

Thomas Sumter - General - Hanover County

Nat Turner - leader of slave uprising - Southhampton

James E. West - inventor - Prince Edward County

Tom Wolfe - journalist - Richmond

Stonewall Jackson - Confederate General - Clarksburg




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