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Bill Blizzard, labor leader. Julia Bonds, environmental activist; winner of Goldman Prize. Belle Boyd, espionage agent. James Caudy, frontiersman and early settler of present day West Virginia. Larry Gibson, environmental activist; founder of Keeper of the Mountains Foundation. Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln; distant cousin of Tom Hanks.
Henry D. Hatfield, former Governor of West Virginia; Homer Heck, former West Virginia House of Delegates; Charles B. Hoard, former United States House of Representatives for New York's 23rd congressional district, buried at Spring Hill Cemetery; Sean Hornbuckle, Minority Leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates; James A. Hughes, former U ...
Major Harris – quarterback for West Virginia University in their 1988 undefeated season. Sue Haywood – professional mountain bike racer. Chris Henry – former NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. Johannes "Joe" Herber – former professional and German international basketball player. Jeff Hostetler – Super Bowl Champion and ...
Lists of people by university or college in West Virginia (10 P) Pages in category "Lists of people from West Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
People from West Virginia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of West Virginia. This category is for people from the United States state of West Virginia. This category includes people who were identified with the future West Virginia before the partition of Virginia in 1863.
Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever ...
Dick Hinds. (m. 1967; div. 19??) Virginia Ruth "Jennie" Lewis (née Egnor; November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001), known professionally as Dagmar, was an American actress, model, and television personality. In the 1950s she became one of the first major female stars of television, receiving much press coverage.
West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Independent Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation. Robert Byrd was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1959 until his death in 2010.