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 & 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
- 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 Fox News Channel
- 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, entrepenuer 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
References
- ^ "NASL–John Bluem". (NASL) jerseys. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gene Lamone (1995) - WVU Sports Hall of Fame". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- ^ "Edith Lake Wilkinson - Chronology". www.edithlakewilkinson.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016.
- ^ "Joseph M. Devine". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ^ "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image". archive.wvculture.org. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
