People Page

Stephen Fuller Austin	Austinville	1793-1836	Colonizer, political leader
Richard Evelyn Byrd	Winchester	1888-1957	Naval officer, explorer
Willa Sibert Cather	Winchester	1873-1947	Author
George Rogers Clark	Charlottesville	1752-1818	Frontier leader, soldier
William Clark	Caroline County	1770-1838	Soldier, explorer
Henry Clay	Hanover County	1777-1852	Political leader
William Henry Harrison	Berkeley	1773-1841	U. S. president
Thomas Jefferson	Goochland, now Albemarle County	1743-1826	U. S. President
Joseph Eggleston Johnston	Farmville	1806-1891	Soldier
Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee	Prince William County	1756-1818	Soldier, public official
Robert Edward Lee	Westmoreland County	1807-1870	Soldier
Meriwether Lewis	Albermarle County	1774-1809	Soldier, explorer, public official
Charles Lynch	Lynchburg	1736-1779	Planter, patriot
James Madison	Port Conway	1751-1836	U.S. President
John Marshall	Fauquier County	1755-1835	Chief Justice of the U.S.
Cyrus Hall McCormick	Rockbridge County	1809-1884	Inventor, industrialist
James Monroe	Westmoreland County	1758-1831	U.S. president
Pocahontas	Probably near Jamestown	1595?-1617	Indian figure
Powhatan	Virginia	1550?-1618	Indian figure
Peyton Randolph	Williamsburg?	1721?-1775	Politician
Walter Reed	Goucester County	1851-1902	Physician
George Campbell Scott	Wise	1927-1999	Actor
William Clark Styron, Jr.	Newport News	1925-	Author
Zachary Taylor	Orange County	1784-1850	Soldier and U.S. President
John Tyler	Greenway	1790-1862	U.S. President
Booker Taliaferro Washington	Franklin County	1856-1915	Educator
George Washington	Westmoreland County	1732-1799	Soldier and first U.S. President
Thomas Woodrow Wilson	Staunton	1856-1924	Educator and U.S. President