History Bowl People 2018

Last surviving WWI vet from Charles Town

Rocket Boys Author

Martinsburg founder

Played Barney Fife on Andy Griffin

Martinsburg Native, former Ambassador to French, and accused of being a traitor

Wrote “Crum"

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Star from Wheeling

Longest serving Senator in US history (born Calvin Sales)

First Female College President in WV

Movie film in Martinsburg about country singer Patsy Kline

Replaced Frank Cignetti as WVU head Football coach in 1980

Founder of Charles Town

County named for a hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill

Wrote “The WV Hills”

writer of Miss 4th of July-Goodbye

Lincoln’s mother (Nancy Hanks) is from

Said the view from “Harpers Ferry was worth a journey across the Atlantic”

Storming Heaven Writer

“Some Kind of Wonderful” song writer

Host of Family Feud

Medal of Honor winner for heroism at Iwo Jima (has a battleship named for him)

Charles Town & wrote “The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People”

Lord of Rings star & Huntington Native

Won Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at La Lande, France —during WWII

Senior Paster at The Potter House in Dallas—wrote “Woman, thou art Loosed”

Barbara Jo Rubin became first female jockey to win at this track

Former WVU star who returned a TD in Super Bowl XVII for the Dolphins against the Redskins

Confederate General who died at Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain

Mayor of Harpers Ferry killed in John Brown’s raid

American’s Got Talent Winner

writer of “Honey in the Rock”

President who made a railway stop in Harpers Ferry in 1952 to support Stevenson

Wrote the Theme for “The Brady Bunch”

Former Clemson Head-coach who went to school at Morgantown HS

WV Native who is the only Super Bowl MVP from a losing team.

President Harrison Sec. of War

Pulitzer prize winning journalist who company merge with Ridder Publications

Jefferson County native who won gold at 1992 olympics & played for the Raiders

Played “Lurch” on the Adams Family

Sailed a Steam Boat up the Potomac

First solider killed in Korean War

Country music star from Glen Dale, Marshall County

Jefferson County town named for South American Liberator

Sec. of the Navy under President Hayes

Born in Wheeling, and was a star on Three’s Company (not Don Knotts—morgantown)

State leader in most HS football victories

Wheeling Poet & named Poet Laureate in 2012

1953-58—commander of the US Pacific Fleet

Little Giant of Jazz

Assassinated President McKinley —worked in a Charleston nail factor

Wrote "The Good Earth”

Most decorated enlisted man in following WWII

Starred in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.”

Real name of Martinsburg native and popular 19th century artist Porte Crayon

North Dakota Governor born Wheeling

President of New Jersey Nets

Best Supporting Actor for Dog Day Afternoon

Write Fool’s Parade

Washington Monthly Editor and wrote—“How Washington Really Works”

Clarksburg native who was appointed Sec. of Defense in 1949.

Wrote more than 2000 Christian Hymns

Naked Gun Actor— from Canada— who became an honorary WVian in 2002

Famous explorers who started their journey though the Louisiana Purchase in Harpers Ferry

First African American admitted to the WV Bar

Creator of “Ziggy” comics