United States – West Virginia
Elbert Frank Cox (1895-1969)
Elbert Frank Cox, who perhaps most famous for exploring and expanding the Boole summation formula based on the work of...
Joseph Wiley (“Jefferson Street Joe”) Gilliam Jr. (1950-2000)
Joseph Wiley Gilliam Jr. was a professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Gilliam was born on December...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950- )
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, and cultural critic. He was born on September 16,...
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore (1910-1986)
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore was a trailblazing figure, a distinguished entrepreneur, and a significant civil rights leader. She was the...
Beny Jene Primm (1928-2015)
Beny Jene Primm, a pioneer in HIV/AIDS research and treatment and an anesthesiologist, was born on May 21, 1928, in...
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins (1922-1996)
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins was a leading scientist on termite diversity and a Civil Rights activist. She was the...
Revella Hughes (1895-1987)
Revella Hughes was a soprano singer, composer, musician, recording artist, and the first female choral director for a Broadway production....
Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove (1972-)
The Honorable Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove, a Freshman Democrat Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and an advocate for racial...
Matthew T. Whittico (1866-1939)
Prominent West Virginia newspaper publisher and politician Matthew Thomas Whittico was born near Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia, on September...
