Editing Blacksburg, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Frank Beamer]], former Head Football Coach at [[Virginia Tech]]
*[[James M. Buchanan]], Nobel laureate 
*[[Virginia Allen Crockford]], school board educationalist
*[[Marc Edwards (civil engineering professor)|Marc Edwards]], civil engineering/environmental engineer and professor
*[[John B. Floyd]], Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and Confederate general in the American Civil War
*[[Patri Friedman]], activist and theorist of political economy
*[[Nikki Giovanni]], poet
*[[Marjorie Glicksman Grene]], philosopher
*[[Lanto Griffin]], PGA Tour Golfer
*[[Josh Kaufman]], Season 6 winner of [[NBC]]'s vocal competition show ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/season-6/josh-kaufman/ |title=NBC's The Voice Official Website |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606195842/http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/season-6/josh-kaufman |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Henry Lee Lucas]], serial killer
*[[Thomas M. Price]], American architect
*[[Bob Roop]], American heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler
*[[Eric Schmidt]], former [[Google]] CEO
*[[Brandon Stokley]], NFL wide receiver for the [[Denver Broncos]]
*[[Wild Nothing]], indie dream pop act
*[[Kevin Jones (American football)|Kevin Jones]], football player, highest recruit in Virginia Tech history
*[[James I. Robertson Jr.]], historian and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech
*[[William Morva]], murderer 
*[[James Patton (Virginia colonist)|Col. James Patton]], early settler and first Augusta County Sheriff
*[[James Patton Preston]], Governor of Virginia
*[[William Preston (Virginia soldier)|Col. William Preston]], Burgess, Revolutionary War Colonel
*[[Thomas Nelson Conrad]], Confederate spy
*[[James Conrad]], professional disc golfer, 2021 [[Professional Disc Golf Association|PDGA]] World Champion
* [[Jack Champion]], actor