• Source: List of people from Huntington, West Virginia

This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Huntington, West Virginia.




Athletics






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Sim Bhullar, Center (basketball) for Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the T1 League, attended Huntington Prep School
Onuralp Bitim, Small forward for Chicago Bulls, attended Huntington Prep School
Miles Bridges, current Shooting guard for Charlotte Hornets, attended Huntington Prep School
Thomas Bryant, Center for Denver Nuggets
Leo Byrd, gold medalist at the 1959 Pan American Games for Basketball
Dan D'Antoni, former basketball coach for Marshall University
Mike D'Antoni, former NBA coach for Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns
Bob Davis, former coach of High Point Panthers men's basketball
Gorgui Dieng, former NBA Power forward, attended Huntington Prep School

Hal Greer, former NBA Shooting guard for Philadelphia 76ers, 10-time NBA All-Star, 7-time All-NBA Second Team, 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and his uniform number was among Philadelphia 76ers retired numbers, Basketball Hall of Fame member
Marshall Hawkins, retired NBA basketball forward
Jonathan Kuminga, Power forward for Golden State Warriors, attended Huntington Prep School
Freddie Lewis, former Point guard for Sacramento Kings
O. J. Mayo, former University of Southern California and Milwaukee Bucks basketball player
Patrick Patterson, former University of Kentucky, former Oklahoma City Thunder basketball player
Josh Perkins, Point guard for Petkim Spor of the Turkish Basketball Super League, attended Huntington Prep School
Joshua Primo, former Shooting guard for San Antonio Spurs, attended Huntington Prep School
Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Point guard for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the Turkish Basketball Super League, attended Huntington Prep School
Bill Strickling, former head coach of Marshall College men's basketball
JT Thor, Power forward for Charlotte Hornets, attended Huntington Prep School
Bill Walker, former Kansas State and Miami Heat basketball player
Henry Walker, Small forward for Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
Stewart Way, former men's basketball coach for Marshall University
Andrew Wiggins, former NBA first overall pick, current Small forward for Golden State Warriors, attended Huntington Prep School




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Jon Adkins, former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, and Cincinnati Reds from 2003 to 2008, and an MLB scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jack Cook, former baseball coach for Marshall University, namesake for Jack Cook Field
Johnson Fry, former MLB pitcher, Cleveland Indians
Joe Hague, former Major League Baseball first baseman
Rick Reed, former Major League Baseball pitcher and 2-time All-Star
Frank Reiber, former MLB catcher
John Scheneberg, former MLB pitcher
Skeeter Shelton, former MLB outfielder
C. Noel Workman, former coach for Iowa State Cyclones baseball
Hoge Workman, former MLB Relief pitcher, former NFL Quarterback for Cleveland Bulldogs and Cleveland Indians
Steve Yeager, former Major League Baseball catcher, co-MVP of 1981 World Series




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Mike Bartrum, Pro Bowl long snapper, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, retired 2007, Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame; became head coach Meigs (Ohio) High School in 2012 (where he played in high school) and Country Commissioner for Meigs Co.
John Brickels, former high school, college and professional football coach who served as a backfield coach for the Cleveland Browns between 1946 and 1948.
Troy Brown, coach and former player who is a skill development and kick and punt returners coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, 3× Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX)
Gene Corum former football coach for West Virginia University
Larry Coyer, NFL and college football coach, defensive co-ordinator with the Indianapolis Colts
Melvin Cunningham, former NFL defensive specialist for Miami Dolphins
Jim Grobe, college football coach, Baylor, Wake Forest, Ohio
James Gronninger, former baseball coach for West Virginia University
Charlie Honaker, former NFL Halfback for Cleveland Bulldogs
Jackie Hunt, former NFL Halfback for the Chicago Bears, College Football Hall of Fame member
Ramey Hunter, former NFL defensive end for Portsmouth Spartans
Harry Jones, former NFL running back
Gavin Lochow, FCS Central freshman All-American wide receiver for the Dayton Flyers
Jack Morlock, former NFL Halfback for Detroit Lions

Randy Moss, Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018, five-time Pro Bowl receiver; holds the single-season record for receiving touchdowns by a rookie with 17; holds the single-season record for receiving touchdowns with 23; second all-time in receiving TD's with 156, trailing only Jerry Rice; Minnesota Vikings (1998 first round, #21 pick), Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers
Hank Norton, former coach for Ferrum College football
Buzz Nutter, former NFL center, Pittsburgh Steelers & Baltimore Ravens
Bob Orders, former NFL center, Green Bay Packers
Gerad Parker, head coach for Troy Trojans football

Chad Pennington, former NFL quarterback, Miami Dolphins and New York Jets, 2000–2010 (first round, #12 pick); FOX NFL analyst, 2012; Marshall Hall of Fame; led 1995 Herd to I-AA finals as true frosh; then led MU to Mid-American Conference titles in 1997-98-99, Motor City Bowls in 1997-98-99, to No. 25 ranking (The Sporting News) in 1998 with 12-1 mark, then to No. 10 rankings in Associated Press, USA Today and The Sporting News final polls for I-A football with 13-0 mark in 1999, knocking off No. 25 BYU in MCB III
Joe Scelfo, Offensive coordinator for East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Mark Snyder, former coach for Marshall University football
Jason Starkey, former NFL Center for Arizona Cardinals
Robert Walker, former NFL running back for New York Giants
Darnell Wright, five-star football recruit and 10th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft




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Ken Chertow, U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestler at the 1988 Summer Olympics
James Kreglo, former U.S. Olympic foil and sabre
Kayla Williams, U.S. gymnast, world vault gold medalist




= Soccer

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Miko Alley, former soccer player for Philippines women's national football team
Chris Grassie, current D1 NCAA Champion coach of Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer (2017-present)
Chase Harrison, former MLS goalkeeper




= Other

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Jason Butcher, mixed martial artist currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division of the Professional Fighters League
William C. Campbell, former two-time President of the United States Golf Association and one-time Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990
Jeff Morrison, 1999 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion for the Florida Gators
Johnny Sias, former professional disc golfer




Academics


Theodore W. Allen, independent scholar, writer, and activist, best known for his pioneering writings since the 1960s on white skin privilege and the origin of white identity
Ancella Bickley, former historian, vice president of academic affairs at West Virginia State University
Robert L. Chapman, former professor of English literature who edited several dictionaries and thesauri
Benjamin Cornwell, professor of sociology at Cornell University, works on methods to study issues involving social inequality, the epidemic spread of disease, and collective behavior
Saralyn R. Daly, former writer and translator, Harold Morton Landon Translation Award recipient
Memphis Tennessee Garrison, activist for African Americans and young women during the Jim Crow Era in rural West Virginia
Sarah Einstein, essayist and writer of memoir and literary nonfiction. She is a recipient of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction, and the Pushcart Prize
William Thomas Hagan, history professor at the University of Oklahoma, author
Herb H. Henderson, civil rights activist, former president of the West Virginia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Jacqueline Jackson, author and peace activist
Kenneth P. Johnson, best known for his efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to build the Dallas Times Herald into one of the nation's most respected newspapers, which ultimately failed when the paper was purchased by its rival The Dallas Morning News in 1991 and promptly shut down
Eddie King, former athletic director for Morris Harvey College
James Lockhart, historian of colonial Spanish America, especially the Nahua people and Nahuatl language
Stephen J. Kopp, former president of Marshall University
John Rudnicki, former engineering professor
James H. Smylie, professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education and author of books on American church history and presbyterianism
Harold H. Thompson, anarchist activist and prisoner.

Carter G. Woodson, peace activist, founder of Black History Month
Bessie Woodson Yancey former, teacher, and activist, whose only published poetry collection, 1939's Echoes from the Hills, was "perhaps the earliest example of Affrilachian children's literature."




Arts & Entertainment


Tina Williams Brewer, quilting artist, recognized for story quilts about African American history
Darwin Bromley, former attorney and game designer who had worked primarily on board games.
Michael Cerveris, theater performer as Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Dagmar, 1950s television personality
Diamond Teeth Mary, blues singer

Brad Dourif, voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise (1988–present), portraying Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings film series and his Oscar nominated role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Joanne Dru, film and television actress, known for such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master
Frank Fairfax, organizer of Philadelphia's Protective Union Local 274 (1935–1971), a charter of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM/AFofM) for black musicians
Ernie Farrow, jazz bassist who occasionally played other instruments. His half-sister was Alice Coltrane
Anna Fitziu, soprano opera singer, roles included Fiora in L'amore dei tre re, Mimi in La bohème, Nedda in Pagliacci, and the title roles in Isabeau, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca
Joshua Harto, actor, television producer and writer
Hawkshaw Hawkins, country music singer
Jule Huffman, former weatherman, voice-over announcer, director and children's show host. He was most well known as the host of WSAZ's Mr. Cartoon from 1969 to 1995
Revella Hughes, singer, musician and recording artist. She was one of the best known and most successful African-American sopranos of the first half of the 20th century
Elizabeth Lawrence, actress, best known for her role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979 to 1991
Katie Lee: celebrity and television personality
A. C. Lyons, former architect
Craig Johnson, novelist
Shane Keister, studio musician, writer, arranger, and producer
Julia Keller, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize recipient
Betina Krahn, RITA Award winning and New York Times best-selling author of historical romance novels
Tom Kromer, writer, mostly known for his Waiting for Nothing (1935), a semi-autobiographical novel of vagrant or hobo life during the Great Depression
Donal Leace, musician and educator
Loretta C. Manggrum, also known as L.C. Manggrum, was an American pianist, music educator, and composer of sacred music. In particular, she is known for her cantatas and other choral works
Peter Marshall, actor, singer, television personality, and game show host
Clint McElroy, radio personality and podcaster, The Adventure Zone

Griffin McElroy, podcaster, voice actor, and listed as a Forbes "30 Under 30" media luminary in 2017, cofounder of Polygon
Justin McElroy, journalist and podcaster, My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone, and Sawbones, cofounder of Polygon
Sydnee McElroy, podcaster, Sawbones
Travis McElroy, podcaster and voice actor
Brooklyn Nelson, broadway actress
Lew Payton, film actor, stage performer, and writer known for several films and stage productions including Chocolate Dandies with Josephine Baker, Smash Your Baggage (1932), Jezebel (1938), On Such a Night (1937), and Lady for a Night (1942)
Curtis Bill Pepper, journalist and author
Robert Rudolph Remus, also known as Sgt. Slaughter is known for his appearances in WWE and G.I. Joe
Billy Scott, R&B singer, who was lead vocalist for the group The Prophets, later known as "The Georgia Prophets", and eventually "Billy Scott & The Party Prophets"
Beau Smith, comic book writer and columnist, best known for his work for DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing and as vice president of marketing for Eclipse Comics

Michael W. Smith, musician, charted in contemporary Christian and mainstream, 3x Grammy winner, 54x Dove Award winner, artist behind Place in This World
Noah Thompson, singer who won the twentieth season of American Idol
Martha Stephens, film writer and director
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, comedian, actor, radio/television personality
Jim Thornton, radio and television announcer, news anchor, and voice actor. He is known for his voiceover work in video games, movies and television shows. Since 2011, he is best known for being the announcer of Wheel of Fortune following the death of longtime announcer Charlie O'Donnell
Tonja Walker, actress and singer, who is also a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant
Jamie Ross, YouTube personality and online gamer.




Business


Peter Beter, former attorney and financier
Joan C. Edwards, singer, entrepreneur
Bruce R. Evans, venture capitalist, corporate director and philanthropist
David Ginsburg, presidential adviser, executive director of Kerner Commission
William Hope Harvey, health resort owner best remembered as a prominent public intellectual advancing the idea of monetary bimetallism, owner of Harvey House
Dwight Morrow, businessman, politician, and diplomat
Collis Potter Huntington, former American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad

Brad D. Smith, former CEO of Intuit (2008-2018), president of Marshall University, current Amazon board of directors, as a member of the audit committee, the current richest person in West Virginia
Ruth C. Sullivan, co-founder of Autism Society of America and of Autism Services Center in Huntington




Politics


David Martin Baker, former West Virginia House of Delegates
Homer S. Brown, former Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Peter Cline Buffington, first mayor of Huntington
Franklin Cleckley, former justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Henry Dillon, West Virginia House of Delegates
David Felinton, former mayor of Huntington
Paul T. Farrell, former circuit judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Paul T. Farrell Jr., attorney, candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 West Virginia Democratic primary
Monte Geralds, former Michigan House of Representatives
Eustace Gibson, former United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 4th congressional district
Henry D. Hatfield, former Governor of West Virginia
Homer Heck, former West Virginia House of Delegates
Charles B. Hoard, former United States House of Representatives for New York's 23rd congressional district, buried at Spring Hill Cemetery
Sean Hornbuckle, Minority Leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates
James A. Hughes, former U.S. House of Representatives for West Virginia, buried at Spring Hill Cemetery
Evan Jenkins, former State Senator, Congressman, and West Virginia Supreme Court Justice
Patrick Lucas, West Virginia House of Delegates
Thomas Massie, US congressman, MIT alum, and self-sufficiency expert
Justin Marcum, former West Virginia House of Delegates
Carol Miller, U.S. Representative from WV-3rd Congressional District
Chris Perkins, former Kentucky Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, former pastor of Enslow Park Presbyterian Church
Robert H. Plymale, Minority Whip of the West Virginia Senate
Will E. Neal, former mayor of Huntington, United States House of Representatives
Doug Reynolds, former West Virginia House of Delegates
Matthew Rohrbach, West Virginia House of Delegates
Whitney North Seymour Jr., former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and New York State Senate
Stephanie Thacker, judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Robert H. Whaley, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Stephen T. Williams, mayor of Huntington
Mike Woelfel, West Virginia Senate




Military


Don Chafin, sheriff of Logan County, commander in Battle of Blair Mountain
Justice M. Chambers, Medal of Honor recipient
Delos Carleton Emmons, lieutenant general, U.S. Army Air Force
Robert E. Femoyer, Medal of Honor recipient
John W. Garrett Jr., Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Army, 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
Albert G. Jenkins, Confederate brigadier general
Carwood Lipton, World War II military officer, prominently featured in book and TV series Band of Brothers
Walter C. Wetzel, United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
Louis L. Wilson Jr., former four-star general in the United States Air Force, former commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces




Science


Arthur G. Elvin, inventor of several railway devices, such as the Elvin automatic stoker and the Elvin grate-shaker, and was a key figure in the development of several pneumatic freight devices, such as those used for conveyors and elevators
Ellen Aline Fenner, botanist and mycologist known for first describing the genus Mycotypha
Edwina Sheppard Pepper, established the John A. Sheppard Ecological Reservation near Marrowbone Creek in Mingo County, West Virginia, which included a homesteading community. The intention was to protect the natural resources on the land and the mountain culture, which had changed significantly after many locals moved north to work in factories or served in the military during World War II (1941–1945). She led and participated in groups formed to make electricity and phone service available to the mountain community.
J. Evan Sadler, former hematologist
Morris Tanenbaum, physical chemist and executive who worked at Bell Laboratories and AT&T Corporation




Other


Eugene Blake, serial killer
Ben Bowen, child whose family raised funds for cancer research after his death from cancer
Delos W. Emmons, co-founder of Huntington, West Virginia
David Ginsburg, founder of Americans for Democratic Action, former executive director of Kerner Commission
Katie Lee, food critic, chef, third wife of Billy Joel
Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of RMS Titanic
William E. Swing, retired bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States




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