Posted in West Virginia
March 31, 2015
Here Are 20 Awesome Famous People You Might Not Know Are From West Virginia
West Virginia is a pretty small state, but we do have some really amazing people born here! Here are twenty famous men and women that you maybe didn’t know came from our mountain state:
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Brad was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He also portrayed Grima Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings! How cool!

Brad Paisley holds the record for the most consecutive singles reaching the top spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Pictured above is Conchata as Berta the housekeeper on Two and a Half Men, for which she is best known for playing. For those that don't know her, she is all the way in the back, wearing the yellow.


Don Knotts is best known for his roles as Jessie in The Shakiest Gun in the West, Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show, and Ralph Furley on Three's Company.
He really was one of the greatest actors of all time.

George Brett, now retired, played for the Kansas City Royals MLB team for 21 years!

Heath is currently signed with WWE.

Homer is also a Vietnam Veteran and a retired NASA engineer. Wow!

Jerry was born in Chelyan, West Virginia and also attended West Virginia University from 1956-60.
There is so much to say about this amazing basketball player. The NBA even made the silhouette of Jerry West their logo!


At the '84 Summer Olympics, Retton won a gold medal, two silver medals, and two bronze medals.

Nick Saban was born in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Mayo is 6 feet and 5 inches tall! Woah!

Pictured above is her home in West Virginia which is now a historic museum that still has some of the original furniture and belongings of her family.

Randy Moss played football for our very own Marshall University, located in Huntington, WV.

I think that Steve Harvey is hilarious!



Holtz is the only college football couch to have lead six different programs to bowl games and the only couch to lead four different programs to the final top 20 rankings. Wow!
I had no idea that so many famous people were from West Virginia, and there are many more! I love that our state can be associated with such amazing actors, actresses, singers, and awesome couches!
Who is your favorite famous West Virginian? Comment below!