List of people from Huntington, West Virginia

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This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Huntington, West Virginia .

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Athletics

Basketball

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Hal Greer

Baseball

Football

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Randy Moss
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Chad Pennington

Olympics

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Carter G. Woodson

Arts & Entertainment

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Brad Dourif
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Griffin McElroy
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Michael W. Smith

Business

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Brad D. Smith

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marshall University</span> Public university in Huntington, West Virginia, US

Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States. The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hal Greer</span> American basketball player (1936–2018)

Harold Everett Greer was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1958 through 1973. A guard, Greer was a 10-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Second Team seven times. He was named to the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and his uniform number was among Philadelphia 76ers retired numbers. Greer is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Francis Preparatory School</span> College-preparatory school in New York City , New York, United States

Proper name Saint Francis Preparatory School, commonly referred to as St. Francis Prepararory School or St. Francis Prep., is a private, independent Catholic college preparatory school in Fresh Meadows, Queens, New York City, New York. It is the largest non-diocesan Catholic high school in the United States. St. Francis is run by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, who maintain a residence on the top floor of the school. As of the 2015–16 school year, enrollment at St. Francis was 2,489.

Huntington High School is a four year high school located on top of a hill just outside Huntington, West Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Joseph Central Catholic High School</span> Private, coeducational school in Huntington, , West Virginia, United States

St. Joseph Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school in Huntington, West Virginia. It is part of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benedictine College Preparatory</span> Military, day, college-prep school in Richmond, Virginia, United States

Benedictine College Preparatory is a private Catholic military high school in Goochland, Virginia. It is owned and operated by the Benedictine Society of Virginia, part of the American-Cassinese Congregation. Benedictine offers education through a private military institute model, which has long been a traditional form of education for young men in Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cam Henderson</span> American sports coach and college athletics administrator

Eli Camden Henderson was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muskingum College (1920–1922), Davis & Elkins College (1923–1934), and Marshall University (1935–1949), compiling a career college football record of 164–91–13. Henderson was also the head basketball coach at Muskingum (1920–1923), Davis & Elkins (1923–1935), and Marshall (1935–1955), tallying a career college basketball mark of 621–234. As a coach in basketball, he originated the fast break and the 2–3 zone defense, hallmarks of the modern game.

Huntington Prep or Huntington Expression Prep is a basketball-focused college preparatory school located in Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington Prep was originally unrelated to the public Huntington High School located in the same city, though now Huntington Prep players go to school at Huntington High after Huntington Prep's host relationship with St. Joseph Central Catholic High School ended in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Huntington High School</span> Public school in Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Old Huntington High School is a historic high school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1916, and is a 4+12-story buff-brick building in the Classical Revival style. It consists of a long rectangle with a shorter rectangular wing on each end of the main rectangle forming a "U" shape. The courtyard is enclosed with three additions completed in 1951 (gymnasium), 1956 (cafeteria), and 1977. The building contains 155,512 square feet (14,447.5 m2) of space. The kitchen is located in an older red brick building built in 1916, built originally as a carriage house. The last graduating class was in 1996. A new facility was built to consolidate Old Huntington High and Huntington East High School into a single institution; the new school opened in August 1996 as Huntington High School. It is now known as The Renaissance Center. Part of the building was converted into apartments. The YMCA uses part of it for workout facilities and a daycare facility. The building also houses studio space, an auditorium, and small art gallery.

Stephen Taylor Williams is an American politician who is the current mayor of Huntington, West Virginia. Williams previously served as Huntington's city manager, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and a member of the Huntington City Council. On September 4, 2023, he became the first Democrat to declare candidacy for governor of West Virginia in the 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election, and subsequently won the nomination.

Sydnee McElroy is an American family medicine physician, assistant professor in family medicine at the Marshall University School of Medicine, and podcast host of Sawbones and Still Buffering.

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