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George Washington
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of His Country for his role in bringing about American independence.
Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920–1951)
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
politician from the United States (1914-2013)
Grace Sherwood
American woman, convicted and posthumously pardoned for witchcraft
Charles Scott
governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812
Gabriel Slaughter
American politician (1767-1830)
David Campbell
Governor of Virginia (1779-1859)
Westmoreland Davis
American politician (1859-1942)
Abraham B. Venable
American politician (1758-1811)
Thomas Lincoln
father of Abraham Lincoln (1778–1851)
John Esten Cooke
American novelist (1830–1886)
Howard Worth Smith
American politician (1883–1976)

John Nicholas
American politician (1764-1819)
Karen Kwiatkowski
retired military officer and author
Andrew S. Fulton
American politician (1800-1884)
Robert Allen
American politician (1794-1859)
James Edward Allen Gibbs
American inventor (1829–1902)
Edmund Ruffin
Virginia planter and slaveholder
John Pendleton
American politician (1802-1868)
John Robert Brown
Confederate Army soldier and politician (1842-1927)
Robert Craig
American politician from Virginia