Famous Entertainers of Virginia

Virginia (VA) 

  • Warren Beatty (1937 - ) Director, actor, producer, writer; born in Richmond.
  • Roy Clark (1933 - ) Country music artist; born in Meherrin.
  • Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996) Jazz singer; born in Newport News.
  • James Madison (1751 - 1836) Fourth president of the U.S.; born in Orange County.
  • Edgar Allen Poe (1809 - 1849) Author of works such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher; lived in Richmond.
  • Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute; born on a small farm in the Virginia backcountry.

More Famous Entertainers of Virginia

  • Richard Arlen actor, Charlottesville
  • Pearl Bailey singer, Newport News
  • Willa Cather author, Winchester
  • Joseph Cotten actor, Petersburg
  • Shirley MacLaine actress, Richmond
  • John Marshall jurist, Germantown
  • Opechancanough Powhatan leader
  • John Payne actor, Roanoke
  • Bill Bojangles Robinson dancer, Richmond
  • George C. Scott actor, Wise

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