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State flag of Virginia Location of Virginia in the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people who were born in the U.S. state of Virginia, were raised or lived in Virginia, or for whom Virginia is a significant part of their identity. Those not born in Virginia are marked with §.
This category includes people who were notable in the Colony of Virginia prior to the era of American Revolution. That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of Virginia in the American Revolution, instead of this category.
This category includes people who were identified with what is now West Virginia before the partition of Virginia in 1863. Subcategories This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
Slain by natives [10] Gabriel Archer: Captain and Gentleman Archer, Gabriell 1609 or 1610 winter Secretary to the Council (lawyer) [11] John Asbie: 1607–08–06 First death of the colony (dysentery) [10] Robert Beheathland: Captain and Gentleman Behethland, R. 1627 Benjamin Best: Gentleman Beast, B. 1607–09–05 Edward Brinto: Mason and ...
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The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
This category includes people associated with Virginia during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:Virginia colonial people, unless they were notable before the Revolutionary era (i.e. before about 1765).
Don Forsht, West Virginia state delegate; born in D.C. Al Gore (born 1948), U.S. vice president; born in D.C. Tipper Gore (born 1948), wife of former vice president Al Gore; born in D.C. Larry Hogan (born 1956), governor of Maryland; born in D.C. Abraham Katz (1926–2013), diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD; lived in D.C.