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They hailed from this commonwealth and they helped to change the world. Many towering figures have called this state home, but who are the greatest Virginians?

The Library of Virginia and The Richmond Times-Dispatch decided to find out. In a survey, they asked historians and prominent citizens to make their suggestions.

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The Greatest Virginians

  • Oliver White Hill Sr.

    Hill lived one-fourth of the entire English-language portion of...

    12/30/2007 12:05 AM
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  • John Marshall

    John Marshall received more nominations in the survey than any...

    12/23/2007 12:05 AM
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  • George Washington

    George Washington had little serious competition for greatest...

    12/16/2007 12:05 AM
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  • John Smith

    John Smith and William Berkeley

    Our jury argued to a virtual tie when trying to identify the single...

    12/09/2021 12:05 AM
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  • Paramount Chief Powhatan

    Paramount Chief Powhatan

    Wahunsonacock - who took the name Powhatan sometime in the 1580s...

    12/09/2021 12:05 AM
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Names to Remember

Most Influential

  • Harry Flood Byrd Sr.

    Harry Flood Byrd Sr.

    Byrd served for 10 years in the Virginia Senate, for four years as...

    12/30/2007 12:05 AM
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  • Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe

    "Edgar Allan Poe," began historian Kevin J. Hayes, without even...

    12/23/2007 12:05 AM
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  • James Madison

    James Madison

    Participants in the survey produced a virtual tie for most...

    12/16/2007 12:05 AM
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  • John Rolfe

    John Rolfe

    John Rolfe topped the list of people whom participants...

    12/09/2021 12:05 AM
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