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dot 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.

Hasil Adkins musician

Jon Adkins baseball player

Althea Todd Alderson poet

John Ashby militiaman

Karen Austin actress

George Brett baseball player

Pearl Buck author

Lew Burdette baseball player

Johnson N. Camden politician

George Crumb composer

Phillis Curtin opera soprano

James Cecil "Little Jimmy" Dickens singer

John Corbett, Jr. actor

Mike D'Antoni basektball player

Joyce Dewitt actress

Paul Dooley actor

Brad Dourif actor

Joanne Dru actress

Isaac H. Duval brigadier general union army, politician

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. critic, educator, editor

Hal Greer basketball player

William "Devil Anse" Hatfield patriarch hatfield clan

John Henry american folk hero, greatest "steel-driver" (folklore)

Homer Hickam, Jr. author

Lou Holtz author, commentator, coach

Sam Huff football player

Rodney Hundley basketball player, broadcaster

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson confederate general

Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes evangelist

Anna Jarvis founder mother's day holiday

Johnnie "Johnny B. Goode" Johnson musician

John Shively Knight founder knight newspapers

Don Knotts actor

John Knowles author

John Kruk baseball player, television analyst

Peter Marshall actor

Kathy Mattea singer

Leo Mazzone baseball player, coach

Morgan Morgan founder first white settlement in west virginia (born in wales)

Dwight Morrow politician, diplomat

Randy Moss football player

John Forbes Nash mathematician, nobel laureate

John C. Norman surgeon, pioneer organ transplants

Brad Paisley singer, songwriter

Jedediah Purdy author, educator

Mary Lou Retton olympic medalist

Walter Reuther labor leader

Walter E. "Jack" Rollins songwriter

Nick Saban college football coach

Chris Sarandon actor

Alex Schoenbaum founder shoney's restaurants

Harry Ford Sinclair founder sinclair oil

Michael W. Smith singer, songwriter

Red Sovine singer

Morgan Spurlock director, tv producer, screenwriter

Eleanor Steber opera singer

Lewis L. Strauss scientist, naval officer

Cyrus Vance politician

Beverly Hennen Van Hook author

Harold T. Webster cartoonist

Jerry West basketball player

Jason Chandler Williams basketball player

Bill Withers singer, songwriter

Chuck Yeager test pilot

Steve Yeager baseball player

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