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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Roanoke, Virginia. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia–North Carolina border and 250 miles (400 km) southwest of Washington, D.C., along Interstate 81.
Fleming Alexander, minister, businessman and publisher of the Roanoke Tribune; Nelson S. Bond, author; Sarah Johnson Cocke, writer and civic leader; Whitney Cummings, comedian and actress; Nidal Hasan, shooter in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting; Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney; Kermit Hunter, playwright; Johan Kriek, tennis player; Quigg ...
Christopher Todd Gilbert (born October 19, 1970) is an American politician and attorney. He previously served as the 57th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024.
The current Commissioner is Joseph W. Guthrie, who was appointed on January 15, 2022. He is Virginia's 18th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Guthrie is a sixth generation Virginia farmer, who owned and operated a beef cattle and hay farm in Pulaski County on farmland that has been in his family since 1795.
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Roanoke MSA is sometimes referred to as the Roanoke Valley , even though the Roanoke MSA occupies a larger area than the Roanoke Valley.
The Patrick Henry Hotel is a Colonial Revival former hotel listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Located at 617 South Jefferson Street at the southern end of Downtown, the Patrick Henry was designed by William Lee Stoddart and opened in 1925. [3]