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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 Is someone missing from this list?
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