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John Forbes Nash
1928–2015 American mathematician and economist
Norman I. Platnick
1951–2020 American arachnologist
CB Charlie Barnett
1954–1996 American actor and comedian
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LJ Luke Jordan
1892–1952 American blues guitarist and vocalist
Evans Evans
1932–2024 American actress
MP Maceo Pinkard
1897–1962 American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
John S. Knight
1894–1981 American newspaper publisher
James Kee
1917–1989 American politician
Ethel Caffie-Austin
1949–2024 American gospel singer
Patrice Harris
born 1960 American psychiatrist
TB Tom Beasley
born 1954 American football player
AS Anna Stuart
born 1948 American actress
AG Argyle Goolsby
born 1979 American singer, bassist and songwriter
BB Billy Wayne Bailey
1957–2023 American politician
James E. Brown III
born 1954 American test pilot
JS John David Sinclair
1943–2015 American researcher
JS John Shott
born 1948 American politician
DB Dan Bowling
born 1946 American politician in Virginia
FF Frederick W. Ford
1909–1986 American politician
M" Marcenia Lyle Stone "Toni"
1921–1996 Female Negro League baseball player; July 17, 1921 – November 2, 1996),born as Marcenia Lyle Stone, was the first of three women to play professional baseball as a part of the Negro League
BD Bob Davis
1930–2011 American football and wrestling coach
DG Denise Giardina
born 1951 American writer
HC Herbert Coleman
1907–2001 American film director and film producer
KM Kenny Mann
American politician (West Virginia)
AL Alan Cecil Lazer
1938–2020 Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 1964
AJ Arnout Hyde Jr.
1937–2005 Photographer, West Virginian,
BH Belva Mahood Hicks
1924–2006 American artist
DD Dick Davis
1930–2015 American basketball player
ML Marc Theron Lewis
American sports psychologist
WG William Franklin George
1928–2017 Fiddler
Also called Bluefield home
MH Mary Hoback
1941–2018 Miss West Virginia 1960
