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Biographies

  • Charles Cortez Abbott (1906–1986)
  • Robert Abrahall (fl. 1620s–1680s)
  • Joseph Abrams (1791–1854)
  • Cornelia Storrs Adair (1884–1962)
  • Alice Adams (1926–1999)
  • Andrew Adams (1905–1985)
  • John H. Adams (ca. 1848–1934)
  • Pauline Adams (1874–1957)
  • Lucy Addison (1861–1937)
  • Mary Aggie (fl. 1728–1731)
  • Ella G. Agnew (1871–1958)
  • Archibald M. Aiken (1888–1971)
  • Edwin Anderson Alderman (1861–1931)
  • Alexander Owen (ca. 1830–ca. 1898)
  • Archer Alexander (d. December 8, 1880)
  • Edward M. Alfriend (1837–1901)
  • Edgar Allan (1842–1904)
  • William Allan (1837–1889)
  • Arthur Allen (1608–1669)
  • Arthur Allen (ca. 1652–1710)
  • Floyd Allen (1856–1913)
  • John Allen (d. 1799)
  • Joseph Allen (ca. 1836–after 1905)
  • William Allen (1768–1831)
  • Isaac Allerton (ca. 1630–1702)
  • James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898–1986)
  • James M. Ambler (1848–1881)
  • Jaquelin Ambler (1742–1798)
  • Richard Ambler (1690–ca. 1766)
  • Sir Jeffery Amherst (1717–1797)
  • Joseph R. Anderson (1813–1892)
  • Peyton E. Anderson (ca. 1857–1950)
  • Sambo Anderson (ca. 1760–1845)
  • Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)
  • William A. Anderson (1842–1930)
  • C. W. Andrews (1807–1875)
  • V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
  • William H. Andrews (b. ca. 1839)
  • Sir Edmund Andros (1637–ca. 1714)
  • Angela (fl. 1619–1625)
  • Ann (fl. 1706–1712)
  • Edinboro Archer (ca. 1849–1907)
  • Fletcher H. Archer (1817–1902)
  • Gabriel Archer (ca. 1574–ca. 1610)
  • William Segar Archer (1789–1855)
  • Samuel Argall (bap. 1580–1626)
  • John Ariss (ca. 1729–1799)
  • John Armfield (1797–1871)
  • John Armistead (fl. 1650s–1690s)
  • John M. Armistead (1852–1929)
  • Lewis A. Armistead (1817–1863)
  • Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839–1893)
  • William H. Ash (1859–1908)
  • Turner Ashby (1828–1862)
  • Arthur Ashe (1943–1993)
  • Ashuaquid (fl. 1607)
  • Archibald Atkinson (1792–1872)
  • W. Atkinson (1796–1849)
  • Joseph S. Atwell (1831–1881)
  • John H. Aulick (1790–1873)
  • Lemuel E. Babcock (1809–1897)
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676)
  • Nathaniel Bacon (bap. 1620–1692)
  • George William Bagby (1828–1883)
  • Odessa Pittard Bailey (1906–1994)
  • Russell Baker (1925–2019)
  • John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873)
  • John Banister (1649 or 1650–1692)
  • Nathaniel Prentiss Banks (1816–1894)
  • W. Lester Banks (1911–1986)
  • B. Johnson Barbour (1821–1894)
  • James Barbour (1775–1842)
  • John S. Barbour (1820–1892)
  • Lucy Johnson Barbour (1775–1860)
  • Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841)
  • Arthur Barlowe (ca. 1550–ca. 1620)
  • Thomas H. Barnes (1831–1913)
  • Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum (1848–1920)
  • Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982)
  • William Barret (1786–1871)
  • James D. Barrett (1833–1903)
  • Janie Aurora Porter Barrett (August 9, 1865–August 27, 1948)
  • Kate Waller Barrett (1857–1925)
  • Samuel Barron (1809–1888)
  • Britton Baskervill (1863–1892)
  • Nathaniel Basse (bap. 1589–1654)
  • Burwell Bassett (1764–1841)
  • Andrew W. E. Bassette (1857–1942)
  • Thomas Batte (fl. 1630s–1690s)
  • Archibald Batte (d. by April 12, 1830)
  • John Stewart Battle (1890–1972)
  • Robert Bausch (1945–2018)
  • John Baylor III (1705–1772)
  • Thomas Monteagle Bayly (1775–1834)
  • Thomas Bayne (ca. 1824–1888)
  • Leon M. Bazile (1890–1967)
  • S. Ferguson Beach (1828–1893)
  • R. L. T. Beale (1819–1893)
  • John Y. Beall (1835–1865)
  • G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893)
  • Roy C. Beazley (1902–1985)
  • Ben Belitt (1911–2003)
  • John H. Bell (1883–1934)
  • Ota Benga (ca. 1883–1916)
  • Richard Bennett (bap. 1609–ca. 1675)
  • Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley (1634–ca. 1695)
  • John Berkeley (ca. 1560–1622)
  • Norborne Berkeley baron de Botetourt (1717–1770)
  • Sir William Berkeley (1605–1677)
  • Sir John Berry (baptized 1636–1690)
  • Robert Beverley (bap. 1635–1687)
  • Robert Beverley (ca. 1740–1800)
  • Robert Beverley (d. 1722)
  • William Beverley (ca. 1696–1756)
  • Walter J. Biggs (1886–1968)
  • Billy (fl. 1770s–1780s)
  • Billy or Blind Billy (ca. 1805–1855)
  • Anthony Binga Jr. (1843–1919)
  • Aline E. Black (1906–1974)
  • Leonard A. Black (1820–1883)
  • Samuel Blackburn (1761–1835)
  • Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802–1896)
  • Staige Davis Blackford (1931–2003)
  • W. W. Blackford (1831–1905)
  • William Blackford (1801–1864)
  • James H. Blackwell (ca. 1864–1931)
  • George Blaettermann (1782–1850)
  • Catherine Kaidyee Blaikley (ca. 1695–1771)
  • Francis S. Blair (1839–1899)
  • James Blair (ca. 1655–1743)
  • John Blair (ca. 1687–1771)
  • John D. Blair (1759–1823)
  • Lewis H. Blair (1834–1916)
  • Robert W. Blair (1873–1924)
  • Blair, Sarah Harrison (1670–1713)
  • Anna Bennett Bland (d. 1687)
  • Edward Bland (bap. 1614–1652)
  • Edward D. Bland (1848–1927)
  • Giles Bland (bap. 1647–1677)
  • J. W. D. Bland (1844–1870)
  • Richard Bland (1710–1776)
  • Theodorick Bland (bap. 1630–1672)
  • Benjamin Bluett (1580–1621)
  • Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826–1904)
  • Lawrence Bohun (d. 1621)
  • Robert J. Boland (1850–1918)
  • Phillip S. Bolling (ca. 1849–1892)
  • Robert Bolling (1738–1775)
  • Samuel P. Bolling (1819–1900)
  • Stith Bolling (1835–1916)
  • Nelson Slade Bond (1908–2006)
  • Charles Bonnycastle (1796–1840)
  • George William Booker (1821–1884)
  • Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
  • Armistead L. Boothe (1907–1990)
  • Gardner L. Boothe (1872–1964)
  • Benjamin Borden (1675–1743)
  • James Wood Bouldin (ca. 1792–1854)
  • Powhatan Bouldin (1830–1907)
  • Thomas Tyler Bouldin (d. 1834)
  • Wood Bouldin (1838–1911)
  • Henry M. Bowden (1819–1871)
  • Thomas R. Bowden (1841–1893)
  • Fredson Bowers (1905–1991)
  • J. Andrew Bowler (1862–1935)
  • James Bowser (b. ca. 1730)
  • Mary Richards Bowser (fl. 1846–1867)
  • Rosa L. Dixon Bowser (1855–1931)
  • George Boxley (ca. 1780–1865)
  • Belle Boyd (1844–1900)
  • Sarah-Patton Boyle (1906–1994)
  • John Bracken (bap. 1747–1818)
  • George F. Bragg (1863–1940)
  • James Read Branch (1828–1869)
  • Tazewell Branch (1828–1925)
  • A. Caperton Braxton (1862–1914)
  • Carter Braxton (1736–1797)
  • Carter M. Braxton (1836–1898)
  • Cary Breckinridge (1839–1918)
  • James Breckinridge (1763–1833)
  • William Breedlove (ca. 1820–1871)
  • George Brent (ca. 1640–by 1700)
  • Giles Brent (ca. 1652–1679)
  • Margaret Brent (ca. 1601–1671)
  • Charles Bridges (bap. 1672–1747)
  • William H. Brisby (1836–1916)
  • Joseph A. Bristow (1838–1903)
  • William F. Broaddus (1801–1876)
  • Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911)
  • William Brockenbrough (1778–1838)
  • William H. Brodnax (ca. 1786–1834)
  • George Brooke (d. 1782)
  • Albert R. Brooks (c. 1817–1881)
  • Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)
  • Robert Peel Brooks (1853–1882)
  • Abram Brown (d. 1840)
  • Edward W. Brown (d. 1929)
  • Goodman Brown (1840–1929)
  • Thomas H. Brown (1864–1952)
  • Henry Box Brown (1815 or 1816–1897)
  • John Brown (1800–1859)
  • John Brown (ca. 1830–after 1900)
  • George O. Brown (1852–1910)
  • William Washington Browne (1849–1897)
  • James Coles Bruce (1806–1865)
  • Philip Alexander Bruce (1856–1933)
  • Albert V. Bryan (1899–1984)
  • C. Braxton Bryan (1852–1922)
  • Daniel Bryan (ca. 1789–1866)
  • John Stewart Bryan (1871–1944)
  • Joseph III Bryan (1904–1993)
  • Archibald C. Buchanan (1890–1979)
  • John Buchanan (1748–1822)
  • Carrie Buck (1906–1983)
  • Richard Bucke (1581 or 1582–ca. 1624)
  • William Buckland (1734–by December 15, 1774)
  • Burkley Bullock (ca. 1830–1908)
  • Horace B. Burnham (1824–1894)
  • Anthony Burns (1834–1862)
  • Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881)
  • Carter Burwell (1716–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (1651 or 1652–1710)
  • Lewis Burwell (1711 or 1712–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (bap. 1622–ca. 1652)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. 1743)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. by 1779)
  • Lucy Burwell (1683–1716)
  • Nathaniel Burwell (1750–1814)
  • Robert Burwell (1720–1777)
  • Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893)
  • Israel L. Butt (1848–1916)
  • Martha Haines Butt (1833–1871)
  • Robert Y. Button (1899–1977)
  • Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993)
  • Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)
  • Harry Flood Jr. Byrd (1914–2013)
  • Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814)
  • Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957)
  • William Byrd (1674–1744)
  • William Byrd (1728–1777)
  • William Byrd (ca. 1652–1704)
  • Leslie Byrne (1946– )
  • J. L. Cabell (1813–1889)
  • James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
  • Joseph C. Cabell (1778–1856)
  • William H. Cabell (1772–1853)
  • Alfred Caldwell (1817–1868)
  • James Thomson Callender (1757 or 1758–1803)
  • Christopher Calthorpe (ca. 1560–1662)
  • William E. Cameron (1842–1927)
  • John Camm (bap. 1717–1779)
  • Archibald W. Campbell (1833–1899)
  • Christiana Campbell (ca. 1723–1792)
  • Joseph T. Campbell (1827–1876)
  • Preston W. Campbell (1874–1954)
  • David Canada (fl. 1867–1869)
  • James Cannon (1864–1944)
  • William Capps (fl. 1609–1630)
  • John S. Carlile (1817–1878)
  • John Carlyle (1720–1780)
  • Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985)
  • David Green Carr (1809–1883)
  • Peter Carr (1770–1815)
  • Isaac H. Carrington (1827–1887)
  • William Edward Carson (1870–1942)
  • A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1796)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1806)
  • Charles Carter (ca. 1707–1764)
  • Edward Carter (d. by 1682)
  • James B. Carter (ca. 1816–1870)
  • John Carter (1695 or 1696–1742)
  • John Carter (ca. 1613–1670)
  • Landon Carter (1710–1778)
  • Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)
  • Peter Jacob Carter (1845–1886)
  • Robert Carter (1728–1804)
  • Robert Carter (ca. 1664–1732)
  • Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)
  • Sara Carter (1898–1979)
  • William Richard Carter (1833–1864)
  • Willis M. Carter (1852–1902)
  • William Alexander Caruthers (1802–1846)
  • William Carver (d. 1676)
  • Archibald Cary (1721–1787)
  • Henry Cary (ca. 1650–by 1720)
  • Henry Cary (d. by 1750)
  • Lott Cary (ca. 1780–1828)
  • Miles Cary (bap. 1623–1667)
  • Miles Cary (d. 1709)
  • June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
  • Willa Cather (1873–1947)
  • Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (1809–1891)
  • John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
  • William W. Chamberlaine (1836–1923)
  • Edward R. Chambers (1795–1872)
  • Lenoir Chambers (1891–1970)
  • John T. Chappell (1845–1915)
  • Ruth LaCountess Harvey Wood Charity (1924–1996)
  • Chauco (fl. 1622–1623)
  • Edmund Cheesman (d. 1677)
  • John Cheesman (ca. 1598–by 1665)
  • Christopher T. Chenery (1886–1973)
  • Alan Cheuse (1940–2015)
  • Sir Henry Chicheley (1614 or 1615–1683)
  • Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)
  • Edward Chilton (1658–1707)
  • Samuel Chilton (1805–1867)
  • James S. Christian (1918–1982)
  • William S. Christian (1830–1910)
  • William Churchhill (1649–1710)
  • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1775–1859)
  • William Claiborne (1600–1679)
  • Adèle Clark (1882–1983)
  • Emily Tapscott Clark (ca. 1890–1953)
  • Matt Clark (ca. 1844–after 1892)
  • George Rogers Clark (1752–1818)
  • John Clayton (1656 or 1657–1725)
  • John Clayton (1695–1773)
  • John Clayton (ca. 1666–1737)
  • James H. Clements (1831–1900)
  • Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
  • John Coalter (1769–1838)
  • Herbert G. Cochran (1885–1969)
  • Cockacoeske (d. by July 1, 1686)
  • Edmund R. Cocke (1841–1922)
  • John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866)
  • Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861)
  • William Cocke (1672–1720)
  • Sally Cottrell Cole (d. 1875)
  • William Cole (1638 or 1639–1694)
  • George William Cole (d. after June 10, 1880)
  • Asa Coleman (d. after February 24, 1893)
  • Edward Coles (1786–1868)
  • Johnson Collins (1847–1906)
  • William Colson (1805–1835)
  • Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896)
  • Raphael M. Conn (1805–1887)
  • Miles Connor (d. 1893)
  • Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837–1905)
  • Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907)
  • Fields Cook (ca. 1817–1897)
  • George Major Cook (1860–1930)
  • Giles Buckner Cooke (1838–1937)
  • John Esten Cooke (1830–1886)
  • Philip Pendleton Cooke (1816–1850)
  • Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895)
  • Esther Georgia Irving Cooper (1881–1970)
  • Susannah Sanders Cooper (d. after June 9, 1751)
  • F. Graham Cootes (1879–1960)
  • Joseph Copeland (d. after April 22, 1691)
  • Walter S. Copeland (1856–1928)
  • Percy C. Corbin (1888–1952)
  • Henry Corbyn (1628 or 1629–ca. 1676)
  • Charles Henry Corey (1834–1899)
  • Richard alias Richard Williams Cornish (d. after January 3,...
  • E. G. Corprew (ca. 1830–1881)
  • Ann Cotton (fl. 1650s–1670s)
  • John Cotton (d. after October 24, 1683)
  • George R. Cowan (1837–1904)
  • Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966)
  • Henry Cox (1832–after 1910)
  • Joseph Cox (ca. 1835–1880)
  • Lucy Ann White Cox (d. 1891)
  • William Craford (d. by April 15, 1762)
  • William Crane (1790–1866)
  • Robert B. Crawford (1895–1973)
  • James Crewes (1622 or 1623–1677)
  • John Wesley Cromwell (1846–1927)
  • Claudius Crozet (1789–1864)
  • Josiah Crump (ca. 1838–1890)
  • Thomas Culpeper second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)
  • J. L. M. Curry (1825–1903)
  • Gaston G. Curtiss (1819–1872)
  • George F. “Thunder Cloud” Custalow (1865–1949)
  • Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757)
  • Edmund Custis (d. after October 18, 1797)
  • Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis (1779–1852)
  • Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776–1831)
  • John Custis (1678–1749)
  • John Custis (ca. 1629–1696)
  • John Custis (ca. 1654–1714)
  • John Parke Custis (1754–1781)
  • Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)
  • George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857)
  • William H. B. Custis (1814–1889)
  • Isaac Dabbs (ca. 1848–after 1910)
  • John Dabney (ca. 1824–1900)
  • Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898)
  • Virginius Dabney (1901–1995)
  • Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619)
  • John N. Dalton (1931–1986)
  • William Dandridge (1689–1744)
  • Dan Daniel (1914–1988)
  • John M. Daniel (1825–1865)
  • John Warwick Daniel (1842–1910)
  • Peter V. Daniel (1784–1860)
  • Peter V. Jr. Daniel (1818–1889)
  • Raleigh T. Daniel (1805–1877)
  • William Jr. Daniel (1806–1873)
  • Edward D. Daniels (1828–1916)
  • Colgate W. Darden (1897–1981)
  • Samuel Davies (1723–1761)
  • Ann Banks Davis (1830–1907)
  • Augustine Davis (ca. 1752 or 1753–1825)
  • Burke Davis (1913–2006)
  • Cephas L. Davis (ca. 1839–1907)
  • D. Webster Davis (1862–1913)
  • Harry B. Davis (1893–1987)
  • Hector Davis (1816–1863)
  • Jackson Davis (1882–1947)
  • Jefferson Davis (1808–1889)
  • John A. G. Davis (1802–1840)
  • John H. Davis (d. 1896)
  • John Staige Davis (1824–1885)
  • Marion E. Davis (1862–1946)
  • Noah Davis (1804–1867)
  • Varina Davis (1826–1906)
  • Westmoreland Davis (1859–1942)
  • William Roscoe Davis (d. 1904)
  • Thomas Dawson (1715–1760)
  • John M. Dawson (1829–1913)
  • Jennie Serepta Dean (1848–1913)
  • Joseph S. DeJarnette (1866–1957)
  • McDowell Delaney (1844–1926)
  • Martin R. Delany (1812–1885)
  • Mark DeMortie (1829–1914)
  • Collins Denny (1899–1964)
  • Thomas R. Dew (1802–1846)
  • William R. Dickey (1823–1903)
  • R. H. Dickinson (1811 or 1812–1873)
  • Edward Digges (1621–1675)
  • J. H. Dillard (1856–1940)
  • James Dinsmore (1771 or 1772–1830)
  • Emily Wayland Dinwiddie (1879–1949)
  • Robert Dinwiddie (1692–1770)
  • Jack Ditcher (b. ca. 1772)
  • George L. Dixon (1818–1907)
  • Armistead M. Dobie (1881–1962)
  • Sanford M. Dodge (ca. 1820–1870)
  • Amos A. Dodson (1856–1888)
  • Don Luís de Velasco / Paquiquineo (fl. 1561–1571)
  • John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
  • Elizabeth James Morris Downes (1886–1968)
  • Emanuel Driggus (fl. 1645–1685)
  • William Drummond (d. 1677)
  • Hugh Drysdale (1672 or 1673–1726)
  • W. Fred Duckworth (1899–1972)
  • Pauline Haislip Duncan (1888–1973)
  • Shed Dungee (1831–1900)
  • Jesse Dungey (ca. 1820–1884)
  • Robley Dunglison (1798–1869)
  • John Murray fourth earl of Dunmore (ca. 1730–1809)
  • Leon S. Dure (1907–1993)
  • Carrie Victoria Dyer (1839–1921)
  • Jubal A. Early (1816–1894)
  • John B. Eastham (ca. 1828–1869)
  • Edward Echols (1849–1914)
  • C. Vernon Eddy (1877–1963)
  • Abe Craddock Edmunds (1899–1959)
  • Murrell Edmunds (1898–1981)
  • Isaac Edmundson (ca. 1840–1927)
  • Ballard T. Edwards (ca. 1828–1881)
  • Tommy Edwards (1922–1969)
  • Joseph Dupuy Eggleston Jr. (1867–1953)
  • Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
  • John Patten Emmet (1796–1842)
  • John Wayles Eppes (1772–1823)
  • Richard Eppes (1824–1896)
  • Joseph P. Evans (1835–1889)
  • William D. Evans (ca. 1831–1900)
  • William W. Evans (d. 1892)
  • John R. Everett (1918–1992)
  • Richard S. Ewell (1817–1872)
  • Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917)
  • Sarah Lee Fain (1888–1962)
  • Ferdinando Fairfax (1769–1820)
  • Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
  • Frances Farmer (1909–1993)
  • James Farmer (1920–1999)
  • R. R. Farr (1845–1892)
  • Joseph E. Farrar (1830–1892)
  • William Faulcon (1841–by 1904)
  • Charles J. Faulkner (1806–1884)
  • William Faulkner (1897–1962)
  • Francis Fauquier (bap. 1703–1768)
  • Lydia Mary Fay (ca. 1804–1878)
  • George Fayerman (d. 1890)
  • Charles R. Fenwick (1900–1969)
  • John E. Ferguson (1810–1859)
  • James Gaven Field (1826–1902)
  • James A. Fields (1844–1903)
  • Marshall W. Fishwick (1923–2006)
  • Philip Vickers Fithian (1747–1776)
  • H. R. Fitzgerald (1873–1931)
  • T. B. Fitzgerald (1840–1929)
  • George Fitzhugh (1806–1881)
  • William Henry Fitzhugh (1792–1830)
  • L. R. Flemings (d. 1937)
  • John B. Floyd (1806–1863)
  • Antonia Ford (1838–1871)
  • Joseph Fossett (1780–1858)
  • Kitty Foster (ca. 1790–1863)
  • John Jr. Fox (1862–1919)
  • A. Q. Franklin (1852–1924)
  • Douglas Southall Freeman (1886–1953)
  • John Freeman (d. 1876)
  • Joshua Fry (ca. 1700–May 31, 1754)
  • Thomas Fuller (ca. 1710–1790)
  • Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863)
  • Robert S. Garnett (1819–1861)
  • Sir Thomas Gates (d. 1622)
  • George I (1660–1727)
  • George III (1738–1820)
  • Irene Langhorne Gibson (1873–1956)
  • William Gilliam (d. 1893)
  • Carter Glass (1858–1946)
  • Mills E. Godwin (1914–1999)
  • Sir William Gooch (1681–1751)
  • James P. Goodwyn (d. after April 1910)
  • Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883)
  • Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607)
  • Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
  • Armistead Green (d. 1892)
  • Julien Green (1900–1998)
  • Robert Gilbert Griffin (March 1847–February 9, 1927)
  • Nathaniel M. Griggs (d. 1919)
  • Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616)
  • Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1530–1591)
  • Nancy Hale (1908–1988)
  • Ross Hamilton (ca. January 1843–May 2, 1901)
  • Earl Hamner Jr. (1923–2016)
  • Ralph Hamor (bap. 1589–by October 11, 1626)
  • Gordon Blaine Hancock (1884–1970)
  • Thomas Hariot (ca. 1560–1621)
  • Marion Harland (1830–1922)
  • Alfred W. Harris (1853–1920)
  • Henry Clay Harris (d. after October 5, 1905)
  • J. D. Harris (ca. 1833–1884)
  • Mrs. Burton Harrison (1843–1920)
  • Gessner Harrison (1807–1862)
  • William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)
  • Sir John Harvey (ca. 1581 or 1582–by 1650)
  • John Hawxhurst (1817–1881)
  • Sally Hemings (1773–1835)
  • Helen Timmons Henderson (1877–1925)
  • Henry D. Smith (d. by December 2, 1901)
  • Patrick Henry (1736–1799)
  • Hercules (b. ca. 1754)
  • Henry Heth (1825–1899)
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  • Henry C. Hill (ca. 1815–September 7, 1905)
  • Oliver W. Hill (1907–2007)
  • Corinna Hinton (1835–1887)
  • Charles E. Hodges (1819–after April 15, 1910)
  • John Q. Hodges (1841–after June 1, 1900)
  • William Johnson Hodges (d. 1872)
  • Willis A. Hodges (1815–1890)
  • William Hoffman (1925–2009)
  • Joseph R. Holmes (ca. 1838–1869)
  • A. Linwood Holton (1923–2021)
  • Joseph Hooker (1814–1879)
  • Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899)
  • Francis Howard fifth baron Howard of Effingham (bap. 1643–1695)
  • Henry E. Howell (1920–1997)
  • James W. Hunnicutt (1814–1880)
  • Gilbert Hunt (ca. 1780–1863)
  • William Hunter (d. 1761)
  • Giles B. Jackson (1853–1924)
  • Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson (1824–1863)
  • Luther Porter Jackson (1892–1950)
  • Louis I. Jaffé (ca. 1888–1950)
  • James II (1633–1701)
  • James VI and I (1566–1625)
  • Jane (d. 1609 or 1610)
  • Devereux Jarratt (1733–1801)
  • Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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  • Will F. Jenkins (1896–1975)
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  • Henry Johnson (1842–1922)
  • Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891)
  • Mary Johnston (1870–1936)
  • Benjamin F. Jones (d. after 1911)
  • James Richard Jones (d. after August 20, 1902)
  • Peter K. Jones (ca. 1834–1895)
  • Robert G. W. Jones (July 10, 1826–by March 15,...
  • Rufus Sibb Jones (ca. 1834–July 17, 1897)
  • Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (1866–1905)
  • William H. Jordan (1860 or 1861–d. after 1889)
  • Oney Judge (ca. 1773–1848)
  • Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818–1907)
  • Samuel F. Kelso (ca. 1825–1880)
  • Richard Kemp (ca. 1600–ca. 1650)
  • James Lawson Kemper (1823–1895)
  • William Anne Keppel second earl of Albemarle (1702–1754)
  • Elizabeth Key (fl. 1655–1660)
  • Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885–1970)
  • James Lafayette (ca. 1748–1830)
  • John Mercer Langston (1829–1897)
  • Alexander G. Lee (d. by October 10, 1901)
  • Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905)
  • Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797)
  • Henry Lee (1756–1818)
  • Henry Lee (1787–1837)
  • Mary Randolph Custis Lee (1807–1873)
  • Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794)
  • Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)
  • Robert E. Jr. Lee (1843–1914)
  • William Lee (fl. 1768–1810)
  • John Letcher (1813–1884)
  • Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis (1851–1946)
  • Fielding Lewis (1725–1781 or 1782)
  • Neverson Lewis (ca. 1839–1918)
  • Jim Limber
  • Lewis Lindsey (1843–1908)
  • James F. Lipscomb (1830–1893)
  • James Longstreet (1821–1904)
  • William P. Lucas (ca. 1843–May 30, 1887)
  • Isaiah L. Lyons (1843–1871)
  • Maclin C. Wheeler (1854 or 1855–June 6, 1916)
  • Ambrose Madison (ca. 1696–1732)
  • Dolley Madison (1768–1849)
  • James Madison (1751–1836)
  • Mary Tucker Magill (1830–1899)
  • Julia Magruder (1854–1907)
  • William Mahone (1826–1895)
  • Ralza M. Manly (1822–1897)
  • Margaret Ward Morland (1923–2022)
  • George C. Marshall (1880–1959)
  • Henry Martin (1826–1915)
  • Thomas Staples Martin (1847–1919)
  • George Mason (1725–1792)
  • Lucy Randolph Mason (1882–1959)
  • John E. Massey (1819–1901)
  • John Walter Boyd Matthews (1840–July 11, 1879)
  • Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900)
  • John A. McCausland (1836–1927)
  • George B. McClellan (1826–1885)
  • Leander James McCormick (1819–1900)
  • Irvin McDowell (1818–1885)
  • Christopher McPherson (ca. 1763–1817)
  • George Gordon Meade (1815–1872)
  • Julian R. Meade (1909–1940)
  • Hugh Mercer (1725–1777)
  • Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith (1851–1928)
  • John B. Miller Jr. (fl. 1859−1875)
  • Shadrach Minkins (d. 1875)
  • Charles Minnigerode (1814–1894)
  • John Jr. Mitchell (1863–1929)
  • Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937)
  • Virginia Moore (1903–1993)
  • Peter G. Morgan (1817–1890)
  • John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916)
  • William P. Moseley (ca. 1819 or 1820–1890)
  • Frank Moss (d. by August 6, 1884)
  • Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940)
  • Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865–1938)
  • Robert Munford (d. 1783)
  • Benjamin Muse (1898–1986)
  • Edward Nelson (fl. 1867–1869)
  • John Newton (1822–1895)
  • Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820)
  • Francis Nicholson (1655–1728)
  • Armistead S. Nickens (1836–1906)
  • John Nickson (fl. 1687)
  • Daniel M. Norton later Daniel McNorton (d. 1918)
  • F. S. Norton (d. 1893)
  • Robert Norton (d. by October 17, 1898)
  • James Ogilvie (1773–1820)
  • Silas Omohundro (1807–1864)
  • Opechancanough (d. 1646)
  • Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey (1880–1974)
  • Littleton Owens (ca. 1842–March 11, 1894)
  • Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922)
  • R. G. L. Paige (1846–1904)
  • Gowan Pamphlet (fl. 1779–1807)
  • Daniel Parke (1669–1710)
  • William Parks (d. 1750)
  • William Harvey Patterson (February 3, 1810–May 24, 1895)
  • Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton (1875–1939)
  • George Campbell Peery (1873–1952)
  • William Peirce (d. btw. 1645 and 1647)
  • Alexander Swift Pendleton (1840–1864)
  • William Nelson Pendleton (1809–1883)
  • George Percy (1580–1632 or 1633)
  • Caesar Perkins (1839–1910)
  • Fountain M. Perkins (1816 or 1817–1896)
  • Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1992)
  • George E. Pickett (1825–1875)
  • LaSalle Corbell Pickett (1843–1931)
  • Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890–1979)
  • Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814–1899)
  • Robert Pleasants (1723–1801)
  • Walter Ashby Plecker (1861–1947)
  • Pocahontas (d. 1617)
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
  • John William Poindexter (ca. 1848–February 16, 1889)
  • John Garland Pollard (1871–1937)
  • John Pope (1822–1892)
  • Joseph B. Pope (1851–by 18 February 1884)
  • Barbara Rose Johns Powell
  • Guy Powell (d. by November 19, 1900)
  • Powhatan (d. 1618)
  • John B. Prentis (1788–1848)
  • James H. Price (1878-1943)
  • Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller (1898–1971)
  • William H. Ragsdale (d. October 16, 1871)
  • Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1552–1618)
  • Thomas Mann Randolph (1768–1828)
  • Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772–1836)
  • Virginia Estelle Randolph (1870–1958)
  • George Wythe Randolph (1818–1867)
  • J. Sargeant Reynolds (1936–1971)
  • Harrison H. Riddleberger (1843–1890)
  • Clementina Rind (d. 1774)
  • Charles S. Robb (1939– )
  • Robert M. Smith (d. February 13, 1923)
  • Ruby Altizer Roberts (1907–2004)
  • A. Willis Robertson (1887–1971)
  • John Robinson (1705–1766)
  • John Robinson (1825 or 1826–1908)
  • John H. Robinson (1857–1932)
  • Morgan Poitiaux Robinson (1876–1943)
  • Spottswood William III Robinson (1916–1998)
  • John Rolfe (d. 1622)
  • Edmund Ruffin (1794–1865)
  • R. D. Ruffin (1842–1916)
  • William Henry Ruffner (1824–1908)
  • James Solomon Russell (1857–1935)
  • T. O. Sandy (1857–1919)
  • Sir Edwin Sandys (1561–1629)
  • Thomas Savage (ca. 1595–before September 1633)
  • Maximilian Schele De Vere (1820–1898)
  • Wendell Oliver Scott Sr. (1921–1990)
  • Archer Scott (ca. May 1836–1909)
  • Winfield Scott (1786–1866)
  • George Lewis Seaton (ca. 1822–1881)
  • Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916)
  • Juan Baptista de Segura (1529–1571)
  • Grace Sherwood (ca. 1660–1740)
  • Franz Sigel (1824–1902)
  • Dabney N. Smith (September 1846–August 27, 1920)
  • Howard Worth Smith (1883–1976)
  • John Smith (bap. 1580–1631)
  • Sir Thomas Smythe (ca. 1558–1625)
  • Sir George Somers (1554–1610)
  • Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
  • William Belser Jr. Spong (1920–1997)
  • Alexander Spotswood (1676–1740)
  • Thomas B. Stanley (1890-1970)
  • William Nash Stevens (1847–April 18, 1891)
  • William Strachey (1572–1621)
  • Alexander H. H. Stuart (1807–1891)
  • Flora Cooke Stuart (1836–1923)
  • Henry Carter Stuart (1855–1933)
  • J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864)
  • Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939)
  • John Bryce Syphax (d. September 8, 1916)
  • Bacon Tait (1796–1871)
  • Eleanor Ross Taylor (1920–2011)
  • James T. S. Taylor (1840–1918)
  • Peter Taylor (1917–1994)
  • Walter H. Taylor (1838–1916)
  • George Teamoh (1818–after 1887)
  • James B. Terrill (1838–1864)
  • William R. Terrill (1834–1862)
  • George H. Thomas (1816–1870)
  • Philip Thomas (1831–1888)
  • Thomas/in Hall (c. 1603–after April 8, 1629)
  • Ida Mae Thompson (1866–1947)
  • George Thorpe (bap. 1576–1622)
  • Mary Spear Tiernan (1836–1891)
  • Burwell Toler (ca. 1822–1880)
  • Adriana Trigiani
  • E. Lee Trinkle (1876–1939)
  • Nicholas Philip Trist (1800–1874)
  • William M. Tuck (1896–1983)
  • George Tucker (1775–1861)
  • Beverley Tucker (1784–1851)
  • St. George Tucker (1752–1827)
  • Henry Turpin (1836–1908)
  • James Hoge Tyler (1846–1925)
  • John Tyler (1790–1862)
  • Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853–1935)
  • John C. Underwood (1809–1873)
  • Lila Meade Valentine (1865–1921)
  • Elizabeth L. Van Lew (1818–1900)
  • Sheldon Vanauken (1914–1996)
  • Charles S. Venable (1827–1900)
  • Bethany Veney (ca. 1815­–1916)
  • Jane Vobe (by 1733–1786)
  • Maggie Lena Walker (1864–1934)
  • Wyatt Tee Walker (1929–2018)
  • George Washington (1732–1799)
  • Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
  • John M. Washington (1838–1918)
  • John Watson (d. December 6, 1869)
  • Jane Webb (ca 1682–1764)
  • Henry Horatio Wells (1823–1900)
  • Thomas West twelfth baron De La Warr (1576–1618)
  • John White (d. 1593)
  • Robert H. Whittaker (d. September 7, 1905)
  • L. Douglas Wilder (1931– )
  • Waitman T. Willey (1811–1900)
  • Westel Willoughby (1830–1897)
  • Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872–1961)
  • Ellis Wilson (1818–1904)
  • Joseph T. Wilson (1837–1890)
  • Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
  • John H. Winder (1800–1865)
  • Edward Maria Wingfield (1550–1631)
  • Henry A. Wise (1806–1876)
  • John S. Wise (1846–1913)
  • Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950)
  • George Wythe (1726 or 1727–1806)
  • Sir George Yeardley (bap. 1588–1627)

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