List of people from Wheeling, West Virginia

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

Athletics

• John Bluem, soccer player and coach ^[1]
• Jesse Burkett, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Gene Freese, baseball player
• Jack Glasscock, Major League Baseball player ^[2]
• Michael Grove, baseball player
• Chuck Howley, NFL linebacker for Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys
• Eugene Lamone, former NFL player, West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame ^[3]
• Bill Mazeroski, Hall of Fame second baseman
• Cy Morgan, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Joe Pettini, former shortstop for the San Francisco Giants.
• Mark Prosser, college basketball coach
• Andy Tonkovich, basketball player selected first in the 1948 BAA Draft
• Dave Wojcik, college basketball coach
• Doug Wojcik, college basketball coach

Arts and entertainment

• Jodi Applegate, TV news anchor
• Leon "Chu" Berry, jazz saxophonist
• Leo Brady, playwright, novelist, and director
• Bobby Campo, actor
• Jack Canfield, motivational speaker
• John Corbett, actor
• Billy Cox, bassist
• Jesse Cox, internet personality
• Henrietta Crosman, actress
• Belle Caldwell Culbertson, author and philanthropist
• Faith Daniels, network broadcaster
• Rebecca Harding Davis, author
• Joyce DeWitt, actress
• Joanne Dru, actress
• Doug Fetherling, writer
• Mike Florio, sportswriter
• Kelsey Fowler, Broadway actress
• Virginia Fox, actress
• Rob Garrison, actor
• Lois Kibbee, actress
• Everett Lee, orchestral conductor
• Slim Lehart, country music singer
• Keith Maillard, writer
• Harry Nickerson, criminal and murderer
• Mollie O'Brien, Grammy-winning bluegrass singer
• Tim O'Brien, Grammy-winning bluegrass musician, brother of Mollie O'Brien
• Rick Schneider-Calabash, animation producer, writer, and director
• Eleanor Steber, operatic soprano associated with Metropolitan Opera
• Chris Stirewalt, digital politics editor for the NewsNation
• Edith Lake Wilkinson (1868–1957), artist ^[4]
• Nan Wynn, big band singer and actress

Politics

• Thais Blatnik, West Virginia journalist and politician
• Joseph M. Devine, Governor of North Dakota, 1898–1899 ^[5]
• Bob Ney, U.S. Representative from Ohio

Other

• Austin E. Renforth, Major General, USMC
• Adelbert R. Buffington, U.S. Army general
• Annie Sinclair Cunningham (1832–1897), religious worker, Wheeling Hall of Fame
• William L. Elkins, 19th-century business tycoon
• Walter L. Fisher, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Rosemary Front, disability rights advocate
• Cynthia Germanotta, philanthropist and businesswoman, mother of Lady Gaga
• George Herbig, astronomer
• Alvan Macauley, president of Packard 1916–1939
• William J. Mitsch, Stockholm Water Prize laureate, ecology professor and author
• Marion Moses, physician, labor activist
• Robert Nutting and family, principal owners of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Ewald Over, entrepreneur and American Civil War veteran ^[6]
• Jesse L. Reno, Civil War general; namesake of Reno, Nevada
• Walter Reuther, labor leader
• Robert E. L. Strider, President of Colby College
• John Yarnall, naval officer during War of 1812

See also

• List of mayors of Wheeling, West Virginia

References

1. "NASL–John Bluem". (NASL) jerseys. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
2. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   0-02-578970-8. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
3. "Gene Lamone (1995) - WVU Sports Hall of Fame". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
4. "Edith Lake Wilkinson - Chronology". www.edithlakewilkinson.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016.
5. "Joseph M. Devine". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
6. "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image". archive.wvculture.org. Retrieved March 11, 2025.