List of Richmonders

The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Richmond, Virginia, and its surrounding metropolitan area, including: the town of Ashland, Amelia County, Caroline County, Charles City County, Chesterfield County, the city of Colonial Heights, Cumberland County, Dinwiddie County, Goochland County, Hanover County, Henrico County, the city of Hopewell, King & Queen County, King William County, Louisa County, New Kent County, the city of Petersburg, Powhatan County, Prince George County, and Sussex County.

A - H

* Alden Aaroe – WRVA talk show host
* Caroline Aaron – Actress and producer
* John Aboud – writer, comedian and regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows
* Chris Adler – drummer for heavy metal band Lamb of God
* Willie Adler – guitarist for heavy metal band Lamb of God. He and Chris Adler are brothers, Chris being the elder.
* Arthur Ashe – tennis star and social activist who is remembered with a memorial on Monument Avenue
* Kevin Aviance – dancer
* David Baldacci – author
* Joey Baron – musician
* Viola Baskerville – current Virginia Secretary of Administration, former State Delegate, and former city Vice Mayor
* Warren Beatty – actor
* Pat Benatar – 1980s singer
*Patricia Beninato, creator of I'm Not Sorry.net
* Leslie Bibb – actress, plays Carley Bobby in
* Adam Birch – WWE professional wrestler
* Tom Bliley – Member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 3rd then 7th District
* Randy Blythe – singer of metal band Lamb of God (band)
* Bill Bolling – Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
* Dave Brockie – founder of GWAR
* Maria Boren – contestant on the Television show The Apprentice
* Wes Borland – guitarist for Limp Bizkit and other rock bands
* Mary Bowser – American freed slave who worked as a Union spy during the Civil War and was admitted to the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
* Withers A. Burress – United States Army general of [world War II]
* James Branch Cabell – author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres
* John Campbell – bass guitarist for the heavy metal band Lamb of God
* Eric Cantor – Member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 7th District
* Lott Carey – early African-American colonist and missionary to Liberia
* Leo J. Connally – award-winning educator and poet
* Patricia Cornwell – novelist
* Henry Creamer – an American Vaudeville song lyricist of the early 20th century
* Chris Daniel – President of Torrid
* D'Angelo – R&B musician
* Jimmy Dean – singer and founder of the Jimmy Dean Food Company
* Junie Donlavey – owner and namesake of the NASCAR "Donlavey" racing team
* Alexander Brydie Dyer – Union army general
* James Farrior – NFL linebacker
* Jim Gilmore, former governor of Virginia, (graduate of John Randolph Tucker High School)
* Ellen Glasgow – an early 20th century novelist who was born and lived there
* Freeman Gosden – portrayed Amos in the radio program Amos 'n' Andy
* Samuel Gravely – an African-American Officer who broke many racial barriers while serving in the U.S. Navy
* Wayne Grubb – NASCAR crew chief and former driver
* Kevin Grubb – NASCAR driver
* Denny Hamlin – NASCAR driver of the #11 FedEx Chevrolet
* Bryan Harvey – musician, noted for his fronting role in House of Freaks, who was brutally murdered with his family in 2006
* William Hays – Union army general
* Earl Hebner – professional wrestling referee
* William Henderson – NFL fullback
* Ray Hendrick – NASCAR driver

I - R

* Mickie James – WWE female professional wrestler
* Jim Jinkins – cartoonist
* Orlando Jordan – professional wrestler
* Tim Kaine – Virginia Governor and former Richmond Mayor
* Richard Kelly (director) – Film writer and director
* Shaquan Lewis – aka "Skillz" from the Supafriendz, African-American rapper
* Jeffrey M. Lacker – chief executive of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond
* Tim Legler, ESPN NBA Analyst
* David Lowery – lead singer of Cracker and co-founder of Sound of Music Studios
* Aimee Mann – a popular American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter
* Sean Marshall- Professional Baseball Player, Starting Pitcher, Chicago Cubs
* John Marshall – lawyer, statesman, and third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
* Shirley MacLaine – Academy Award-winning actress
* Debbie Matenopoulos – television co-host
* Wade McGuire – Pro tennis player earned a career-high singles ranking of No. 163
* Billy McMullen – UVA standout football player now playing for the Minnesota Vikings
* Philip B. Meggs – internationally recognized scholar and design historian, author of the seminal work on graphic design history, Meggs' History of Graphic Design
* Mark Morton – guitarist for the heavy metal band Lamb of God.
* Matt Moses – Minnesota Twins baseball player and first round draft pick in 2003
* Jason Mraz – musician
* Diandra Newlin – singer, actor, and model
* Billy Parker – Arena Football League defensive specialist for the New York Dragons.
* James Spriggs Payne – fourth and eighth president of Liberia
* Edgar Allan Poe – mid-nineteenth century author and poet
* Lewis F. Powell – Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
* Christopher L. Powell – physicist
*Foxo Reardon; syndicated cartoonist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxo_Reardon] For photos and more information [http://richmondthenandnow.com/Bozo-1.html]
* Corey Reynolds - Tony nominiated actor, currently appearing in TNT's The Closer
* J. Sargeant Reynolds – businessman, statesman, and Virginia Lieutenant Governor
* Tom Robbins – author, studied art at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) and worked for the Richmond Times Dispatch
* Bill "Bojangles" Robinson – African-American performer
* Felipe Rose – founding member of the Village People
* Bobby Ross – American football coach

- Z

* Darren Sharper – safety for the Minnesota Vikings
* Meghann Shaughnessy – professional tennis player.
* Zuriel Smith – New England Patriots wide receiver
* John W. Snow – former United States Secretary of the Treasury and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corporation
* Dub Taylor – character actor
* Matt Taylor – bassist in the band Motion City Soundtrack
* David Terrell – football player
* Fran Tarkenton – former NFL quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants
* Lewis Temple – escaped African American slave who invented a new kind of harpoon known as "Temple's Toggle"
* Tony Thaxton – drummer in the band Motion City Soundtrack
* Blair Underwood – Actor, attended Petersburg High School
* Justin Verlander – Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
* Richard Wagoner – President of General Motors
* Bobby Wadkins – professional golfer
* Lanny Wadkins – professional golfer
* Amina Wadud – controversial female Islamic VCU professor who led over 100 Muslims in prayer in New York on March 18, 2005
* Dugald Stewart Walker – illustrator
* Maggie L. Walker – first woman to found a bank in the United States
* L. Douglas Wilder – the first African-American governor to be elected in the United States and current Richmond City Mayor
* Ben Wallace – NBA basketball player
* Mac Watson – WRVA talk show host
* Jason White – NASCAR driver
* Tom Wolfe – novelist and father of the "New Journalism"
* Elliott Yamin – American Idol contestant

Fictional Richmonders

* Jake Featherston – President of the Confederate States of America during an alternate World War II set in Harry Turtledove's Settling Accounts fictional book series
* Kay Scarpetta – protagonist of Patricia Cornwell's series of books, several set in Richmond