| A | B |
|---|
| Arthur Ashe | Tennis Player (world Champion) |
| Nathaniel Bacon | Led rebellion agains Governor Berkely at Jamestown |
| William Berkeley | Governor against whom Bacon rebelled |
| Belle Boyd | Confederate spy |
| Edward Braddock | British General in French & Indian War |
| John Brown | Led attack on Harpers Ferry armory in an attempt to arm slaves |
| Harry Byrd | led massive resistance to school integration |
| George Rogers Clark | Revolutionary Frontier Fighter |
| William Clark | (of Rogers & Clark) explored Louisiana Territory |
| Charles Cornwallis | Surrendered to Washington at Yorktown |
| Thomas Dale | Governor of VA 1611 & 1614-1616 |
| Virginia Dare | First English child born in America |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Lord De La Warr | Governor of VA (forced colonists to return to Jamestown after the Starving Time) |
| Robert Dinwiddie | Lieutenant Governor of VA during French & Indian War |
| Elizabeth I | Queen of England 1558 - 1603, gave Raleigh charter to start colony |
| George III | King of England during Revolutionary war |
| Ulysses S Grant | Head of Union army (Civil War)later became President |
| Patrick Henry | Give me Liberty or give me death! |
| Stonewall Jackson | Confederate General known for courage during battle |
| Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence & Virginia Statuate of Religious Freedom author |
| John Paul Jones | Father of the American Navy |
| Jack Jouett | Warned VA lawmakers of impending British attack |
| James Lafayette | Enslaved person who was a spy for the Continentals during the Revolutionary War |
| Henry (Lighthorse) Lee | Cavalry leader during Revolutionary War |
| Richar Henry Lee | Urged Continental Congress to declare independence from Britain for all colonies |
| Rober E. Lee | Led Confederate Army |
| Meriewether Lewis | Lewis of Lewis & Clark Expedition to explore Louisianna Territory |
| Dolley Madison | Saved a portrait of Washington from British attack during war of 1812 |
| George Mason | Wrote VA declaration of Rights (served as model for Bill of Rights) |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution, 4th President |
| Cyrus McCormick | Invented mechanical reaper |
| James Monroe | Arranged sale of Louisianna, 5th President, Era of Good Feelilng |
| Opechancanough | Powhatan's brother, led attacks on settlers |
| Pocahontas | Powhatan's daughter, married John Rolfe, saved John Smith |
| Walter Raleigh | Started colony in America (held charter) |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Wrote scary stories (you should read some). |
| Edmund Randolph | Governor of VA, delegate to Constitutional Convention |
| John Rolfe | Discovered sweet tobacco, married Pocahontas |
| John Smith | He that shall not work, shall not eat |
| Alexander Spotswood | Governor of VA encourages settlement along the frontier |
| Nat Turner | Led a slave rebellion against plantation owners |
| Booker T. Washington | Freed slave who helped found the Tuskegee Institute |
| George Washington | First President of the United States |
| John White | Led lost colony |
| Doulas L. Wilder | First African American Governor of a state |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the USA during World War I |
