List of people from Parkersburg, West Virginia

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

Athletics

• Walt Barnes, professional football player and actor ^[1]
• Dick Biddle, college football coach
• Zac Boggs, soccer player
• Kim Caldwell, basketball coach
• Chase Fieler, professional basketball player
• Paul Goldsmith, member of Motorcycle Hall of Fame
• Dick Hoblitzel, outfielder in Major League Baseball
• Tom Lopienski, NFL player
• Macguire McDuff, NCAA champion swimmer
• Earle "Greasy" Neale (1891–1973), professional football and baseball player
• Harold Newhart, Olympic gymnast
• Brenton Strange, NFL Player for the Jacksonville Jaguars ^[2]
• Nick Swisher, professional baseball player and Steve's son
• Steve Swisher, professional baseball player and Nick's father
• Gibby Welch, professional football player
• Deron Williams, professional basketball player

Arts & Entertainment

• Allen Appel, novelist
• Sybil Carmen, Ziegfeld Girl and silent film actress
• Edwin Catmull, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios
• Paul Dooley, Hollywood character actor
• Leah Bodine Drake, poet
• Linda Goodman, astrology author
• Tommy Hanlon Jr., Australian television presenter
• Cy Hungerford, political cartoonist for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Lily Irene Jackson (1848–1928), artist and daughter of John Jay Jackson Jr.
• Robert Lichello, author
• Leon Claire Metz, historian, author, documentary personality, lecturer on American West
• Gary Null, nutritionist and author
• Devon Odessa, actress and film producer
• Bill Robinson, jazz singer
• Morgan Spurlock, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter, and political activist

Morgan Spurlock

• Richard Watts Jr., film critic for New York Herald Tribune and New York Post ^[3]

Politics

• Edmund Burke Fairfield, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and Chancellor of University of Nebraska ^[4]
• Dave Foggin, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, born in Parkersburg ^[5]
• John D. Hoblitzell Jr., U.S. Senator, born and raised in Parkersburg
• Jacob B. Jackson, Governor of West Virginia 1881–85
• Hunter Holmes Moss Jr., Republican U.S. Representative
• Buck Rinehart, Republican, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• Mick Staton, Republican, U.S. Representative
• William E. Stevenson, Governor of West Virginia, 1869–71
• Peter G. Van Winkle, Republican U.S. Senator
• Albert B. White, Governor of West Virginia, 1901–05
• Jay Wolfe, West Virginia State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate

Other

• Harman Blennerhassett, ally of Aaron Burr and owner of Blennerhassett Island
• Jim Dawson, cultural historian ^[6]
• Homer A. Holt, justice of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• John Jay Jackson Jr., U.S. federal judge
• Felix Stump, admiral in U.S. Navy and Commander, United States Pacific Fleet

See also

• List of directors and presidents of West Virginia University at Parkersburg

References

1. "Walt Barnes". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
2. "Jaguars draft Penn State TE Brenton Strange with No. 61 pick". jaguarswire.usatoday.com. April 28, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
3. Kihss, Peter (January 3, 1981). "Richard Watts, Drama Critic at Tribune and Post". The New York Times . p. 26.
4. Onofrio, Jan (1999). West Virginia Biographical Dictionary. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 72. ISBN   978-0403098446 . Retrieved June 6, 2014.
5. "WV Legislature". www.wvlegislature.gov. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
6. Dawson, Jim; Propes, Steve (2003). 45 Rpm: The History, Heroes and Villains of a Pop Music Revolution. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 170. ISBN   978-1617745034 . Retrieved June 7, 2014.