Editing Falls Church, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Golnar Adili]] (1976), multidisciplinary artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://victoricontemporary.com/artists/golnar-adili/|title=Golnar Adili|website=Victori Contemporary|access-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006040945/http://victoricontemporary.com/artists/golnar-adili/|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Brian Alvey]], entrepreneur
* [[Tommy Amaker]] (1965), current men's basketball head coach at [[Harvard Crimson men's basketball|Harvard University]]<ref name=A06p>{{cite news|title=Amaker 2006 profile: Who is Tommy Amaker?|date=April 5, 2006|work=[[Ann Arbor News]]|author=Fenno, Nathan}} reprinted at {{cite web|url=http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/03/amaker_profile.html|access-date=April 2, 2010|date=March 17, 2007|title=Amaker 2006 profile: Who is Tommy Amaker?|author=McVety, Dave|publisher=Mlive.com}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Bochy]], former Major League Baseball player, and 4x [[World Series]] champion as a manager; 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2023); the current manager of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. Moved to [[Melbourne, Florida]] in his late teens.
* [[Allan Bridge]], conceptual artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apologyline.com/bridge.html|title=Allan Bridge|website=The Apology Line|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001309/http://www.apologyline.com/bridge.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Jane Brucker]], actress and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/different-moves-vol-57-no-10/|title=Different Moves|website=People|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ruby Bradley]] (1907–2002), [[U.S. Army]] [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] 
* [[Caroline Calloway]], Instagram personality
* [[Hal Corley]], Emmy-winning TV writer, published playwright<ref name="twsVariety99887">{{cite web 
| author= Nick Madigan
| date= February 21, 1999
| publisher= Variety Magazine
| url= https://variety.com/1999/film/news/the-write-track-1117491500/
| title= The write track: Scribes honored at WGA ceremony
| access-date= October 27, 2020
| quote=...In daytime serials, “All My Children” took the prize for its writers — Agnes Nixon ... Hal Corley,....
}}</ref><ref name="twsPTNJ11">{{cite web 
| author= Walter F. Rodriguez
| date= January 4, 2013
| publisher= Playwrights Theater of New Jersey
| url= http://playwrightstheatreofnewjersey.blogspot.com/2013/01/5-questions-with-hal-corley.html
| title= 5 Questions With Hal Corley
| access-date= October 27, 2020
| quote=... You are a five time Emmys and two WGA Awards winner....
}}</ref><ref name="twsWG00900">{{cite web 
| publisher= Writers Guild
| url= https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/2005-1996
| title= Writers Guild Awards Winners: 2005-1996
| access-date= October 27, 2020
| quote= 1999 AWARDS WINNERS ...Daytime Serials ... ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC, Written by Agnes Nixon ... Hal Corley, ... 1997 AWARDS WINNERS ... ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC, Written by Agnes Nixon ... Hal Corley ... 
}}</ref> 
* [[Jayme Cramer]], backstroke and butterfly swimmer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gostanford.com/news/2013/4/17/208437988.aspx|title=Player Bio: Jayme Cramer|website=Stanford University Athletics|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Adam Edwards]], racing driver
* [[Abraham Flexner]], educator known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education
* [[Nick Galifianakis (cartoonist)|Nick Galifianakis]], cartoonist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readthehook.com/102984/tell-him-about-it-nick-galifianakis-and-relationship-cartoon|title=Happily-divorced relationship cartoonist tells all|last=Provence|first=Lisa|date=March 14, 2012|work=The Hook|access-date=May 16, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Hall (grappler)|Ryan Hall]], professional mixed martial artist who won the [[The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber|22nd season]] of [[The Ultimate Fighter]], now currently competing in the featherweight division of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]].
* [[John Hartman]], musician and founding member of [[The Doobie Brothers]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=john+hartman+falls+church+virginia&pg=PA753|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Molly Henneberg]], news reporter, grew up in Falls Church<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/more-wedding-bells-at-fox/article/128421|title=More wedding bells at Fox|date=May 16, 2008|work=Washington Examiner|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Kirby (attorney)|John Kirby]], attorney, credited as namesake for [[Nintendo]]'s character "[[Kirby (character)|Kirby]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/2019/10/5/20900178/kirby-character-name-nintendo-lawyer-john-kirby-obituary|title=John J. Kirby, lawyer and namesake of the Nintendo character, dies at 79 credits|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=October 5, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Maria Korsnick]], nuclear plant operator and advocate<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Thomas |date=2005-08-26 |title=This high-energy exec leads a nuclear plant |url=https://rbj.net/2005/08/26/this-high-energy-exec-leads-a-nuclear-plant/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Rochester Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Louisa Krause]], actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/6598/louisa-krause/|work=Broadway.com|title=Louisa Krause credits|access-date=June 9, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Nancy Kyes]], film and television actress<ref>{{cite web |title=50 famous actresses who made their way from Virginia to Hollywood |url=https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/virginia/virginia-famous-actresses/ |website=DC News Now |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc |access-date=August 3, 2024 |date=December 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Taryn Manning]], actress
* [[Matthew F. McHugh]], former US congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=McHUGH, Matthew Francis, (1938 – )|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000473|dictionary=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kyle E. McSlarrow]], former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy<ref>{{cite web |title=TESTIMONY: Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy |url=https://ehss.energy.gov/deprep/archive/documents/PM031021_Attach2.pdf |publisher=Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Public hearing |access-date=August 3, 2024 |date=October 21, 2003}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Mernone]], racing driver and [[Organic chemistry|organic chemist]]
* [[Alixa Naff]], historian<ref name=stimes>{{cite news|first=Matthew |last=Barakat |title=Arab-American scholar Alixa Naff dies at 93 |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021124546_apusobitarabamericanscholar.html?syndication=rss%20%20target= |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Seattle Times]] |date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718214528/http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021124546_apusobitarabamericanscholar.html?syndication=rss%20%20target%3D |archive-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Harvey Riley]], ornithologist<ref name="Alexander Wetmore 1943 1–15">{{cite journal|title=In Memoriam: Joseph Harvey Riley|journal=Auk|volume=60|issue=1|year=1943|pages=1–15|url=http://sora.unm.edu/node/18449|author=Alexander Wetmore|doi=10.2307/4079305|jstor=4079305}}</ref>
* [[Joe Saunders]], former pitcher for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]].
* [[Eric Schmidt]] (1955), Executive Chairman & former CEO of Google, former CEO of Novell, 96th-richest person in the world as of April 2021<ref>{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Esposito |url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/90859 |title=Google CEO gives Va. Tech $2 million |publisher=Roanoke.com |date=November 10, 2006 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526041952/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/90859 |archive-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forbes|title=THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|access-date=April 29, 2021|website=www.forbes.com}}</ref>
* [[Mohamed Soltan]], political activist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talkmedianews.com/featured/2017/04/03/activist-mohamed-soltan-slams-egyptian-president-abdel-fattah-el-sisis-regime/ |title=Activist Mohamed Soltan slams Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's regime |access-date=July 15, 2020 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013644/http://www.talkmedianews.com/featured/2017/04/03/activist-mohamed-soltan-slams-egyptian-president-abdel-fattah-el-sisis-regime/ }}</ref>
* [[Fred Talbot (baseball)|Fred Talbot]] (1941–2013), professional baseball player<ref>"[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=FREDERICK-TALBOT&pid=162397156#fbLoggedOut Death Notice: FREDERICK L. TALBOT]", The Washington Post, January 16, 2013</ref>
*[[Tatianna]], drag performer and competitor on [[RuPaul's Drag Race]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Nicholas |last=Benton |url=https://fcnp.com/2010/03/10/falls-churchs-tatianna-rocks-rupauls-world/ |title=Falls Church's Tatianna Rocks RuPaul's World |publisher=fcnp.com |date=March 10, 2010 |access-date=May 27, 2020 }}</ref>
*[[James Thurber]] (1902) author and humorist, namesake of James Thurber Ct in Falls Church<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kelly|first=John|title=Perspective {{!}} Why is there a street in Falls Church, Va., named after James Thurber?|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why-is-there-a-street-in-falls-church-va-named-after-james-thurber/2018/04/07/98d14084-3903-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html|access-date=April 29, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[Marie Hirst Yochim]], 35th President General of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]