| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James Branch Cabell |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1879 |
5-May-1958 |
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice |
| John Moncure Daniel |
Editor |
24-Oct-1825 |
30-Mar-1865 |
Richmond Examiner |
| Peter Vivian Daniel |
Judge |
24-Apr-1784 |
31-May-1860 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1842-60 |
| Jefferson Davis |
Head of State |
3-Jun-1808 |
6-Dec-1889 |
President of the Confederacy |
| Ellen Glasgow |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1873 |
21-Nov-1945 |
In This Our Life |
| Eppa Hunton |
Politician |
24-Sep-1822 |
11-Oct-1908 |
Representative and Senator from Virginia |
| Mary Johnston |
Novelist |
21-Nov-1870 |
9-May-1936 |
To Have and To Hold |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Military |
14-Jan-1806 |
1-Feb-1873 |
Father of modern oceanography |
| Elizabeth Monroe |
First Lady |
30-Jun-1768 |
23-Sep-1830 |
Wife of US President James Monroe |
| James Monroe |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1758 |
4-Jul-1831 |
5th President of the U.S. |
| John G. Pollard |
Politician |
4-Aug-1871 |
28-Apr-1937 |
Governor of Virginia, 1930-34 |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| John Randolph of Roanoke |
Politician |
2-Jun-1773 |
24-May-1833 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27 |
| Jeb Stuart |
Military |
6-Feb-1833 |
12-May-1864 |
Confederate cavalry officer |
| Claude A. Swanson |
Politician |
31-Mar-1862 |
7-Jul-1939 |
Governor and Senator from Virginia |
| John Tyler |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1790 |
18-Jan-1862 |
10th President of the U.S. |
| Julia Gardiner Tyler |
First Lady |
23-Jul-1820 |
10-Jul-1889 |
Second wife of US President John Tyler |
