FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Hunter "Patch" Adams activist, diplomat, author
• Virginia (V.C.) Andrews author
• Richard Arlen actor
• Arthur Ashe tennis player
• Stephen F. Austin leader of texas independence from mexico, called the "father of texas"

B

• Diedrich Bader actor, comedian
• Pearl Bailey actress, singer
• Russell Wayne Baker essayist, journalist, biographer
• Phil Balsley singer
• Kylene Barker miss america
• Warren Beatty actor
• George Caleb Bingham artist
• Blackstreet music group
• Dré Bly football player
• Aaron Brooks football player
• Ruth Brown singer
• William Cabell Bruce historian, pulitzer prize winner
• Joyce Bulifant actress
• Sandra Bullock actress
• Plaxico Burress football player
• Hilarie Burton actress
• Jeff Burton automobile racer
• Ward Burton automobile racer
• Curtis Bush world champion kickboxer
• Charlie Byrd musician
• Richard E. Byrd polar explorer, aviator
• William Byrd II author, founder richmond, virgina
• James Branch Cabell author

C

• Maybelle Carter singer
• June Carter Cash singer, songwriter
• Willa Cather author
• Spencer Christian television broadcaster
• George Rogers Clark revolutionary war military leader
• Roy Clark musician, performer
• William Clark explorer
• Henry Clay statesman, orator
• Clarence Clemons musician
• Patsy Cline singer
• LaTasha Colander olympic medalist
• Stewart Copeland musician
• Michael Copon actor
• Joseph Cotten actor
• William Couper sculptor
• Katie Couric television host
• Michael Cuddyer baseball player
• Ronald Curry football player

D

• Virginius Dabney journalist, pulitzer prize winner
• Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. politician
• Tom Dolan olympic medalist

E

• Steve Earle singer, songwriter
• Kenny Easley football player
• Perry Ellis fashion designer
• Rob Estes actor
• Sir Moses Ezekiel sculptor

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