Editing Keyser, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people ==

*[[William Armstrong (Virginia)|William Armstrong]] (1782–1865) – United States representative from Virginia. Died in Keyser.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000284 William Armstrong] at the [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Retrieved on November 18, 2015.</ref>
*[[Woodrow Wilson Barr]] (1918–1942) – [[World War II]] soldier awarded the [[Silver Star]] posthumously; born in Keyser
*[[Ruth Ann Davis]] (1936–2009) – American educator and academic
*[[Henry Louis Gates Jr.]] (b. 1950) – Historian, author, academic; born in Keyser<ref>{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Dorothy J.|title=The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPZKOeh5IUEC&pg=PA511|date=9 February 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-5107-8|page=511}}</ref>
* [[Jonah Edward Kelley]] (1923–1945) – [[World War II]] soldier awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] posthumously; raised in Keyser
* [[John Kruk]] (b. 1961) – [[Major League Baseball]] player, [[ESPN]] baseball analyst; raised in Keyser
* [[Pete Ladygo]] (1928–2014) – American/Canadian football player for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
*[[Frank Lovece]] – Journalist, author, comics writer; lived there in childhood<ref name=dominionpost>{{cite news|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/149494696/Frank-Lovece-profile-Morgantown-WV-Dominion-Post |last=Abrams |first=Nancy |title=Frank Lovece Makes a Living Writing About TV |work=[[The Dominion Post (Morgantown)|The Dominion Post]] |location=[[Morgantown, West Virginia]] |date=September 10, 1989 |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019201530/http://www.scribd.com/doc/149494696/Frank-Lovece-profile-Morgantown-WV-Dominion-Post |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Catherine Marshall]] (1914–1983) – American author known for her inspirational works, notably the novel [[Christy (novel)|Christy]]; raised in Keyser
* [[Leo Mazzone]] (b. 1948) – Major League Baseball pitching coach; born in Keyser
* [[Walter E. Rollins]] (1906–1973), (also known as Jack Rollins) – Songwriter who wrote "[[Frosty the Snowman]]" and "[[Smokey Bear]]"
* [[Harley Orrin Staggers]] (1907–1991) – United States Congressman; born in Keyser