Here are some important West Virginians.
Pearl S. Buck -Pulitzer prize and Noble prize-winning author,born in Hillsboro, Pocahontas County.
Hal Greer -Member of the basketball hall of fame,raised in Hunington,Cambell County.
Homer H. Hickam Jr. -Author of rocket boys: a memoir, the story of his life in the little town of Coalwood, WV. , that inspired the #1 bestseller and award-winning movie October Sky.
Tomas "Stonewall" Jackson -Confederate general's boyhood home became the first state 4-H club camp in the United States. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County.
Don Knotts -Actor best known for his role as Barney Fife fron The Andy Griffith Show. Born and raised in Morgantown, Monongalia County.
Kathy Mattea- World-reowned country music artist was born and raised in Crosslanes, Kanawha County.
John Forbes Nash Jr.-1994 nobel prize winning mathematician who was the subject of the 1998 biography and 2002 film Buity of Mind. Born and raised in Bluefield, Merser County.
Brad Paisley- Popular country music artist and member of the Grand O'l Opry, born in Glendale, West Virginia.
Mary Lou Retton- 1984 Olympic gold metal winner in gymnastics. From Fairmont, Marion County.
Alex Schoenbaum- Founder of the Shoney's restraunt chain, one of the largest buisnesses to originate in West Virginia.
Booker T. Washington -Black education leader and the first president of the Tuskegee Institute, raiserd in Malden, Kanawha County.
