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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