Editing Parkersburg, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
{{see also|Category:People from Parkersburg, West Virginia}}
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* [[Allen Appel]], novelist
* [[Walt Barnes]], professional football player and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarnWa00.htm|title=Walt Barnes |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Dick Biddle]], college football coach
* [[Harman Blennerhassett]], ally of [[Aaron Burr]] and owner of [[Blennerhassett Island]]
* [[Zac Boggs]], soccer player
* [[Kim Caldwell]], basketball coach
* [[Sybil Carmen]], [[Ziegfeld Girl]] and silent film actress
* [[Edwin Catmull]], president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia">{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Parkersburg-West-Virginia.html|title=Parkersburg, West Virginia |publisher=City-Data.com |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jim Dawson]], cultural historian<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dawson|first1=Jim|last2=Propes|first2=Steve|author-link2=Steve Propes|title=45 Rpm: The History, Heroes and Villains of a Pop Music Revolution|date=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiA-6xfdqC0C&q=Jim+Dawson+parkersburg+wv&pg=PA169|access-date=June 7, 2014|isbn=978-1617745034}}</ref>
* [[Paul Dooley]], Hollywood character actor
* [[Leah Bodine Drake]], poet
* [[Edmund Burke Fairfield]], 12th [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]] and Chancellor of [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Onofrio|first1=Jan|title=West Virginia Biographical Dictionary|date=1999|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkkKcEPkp98C&q=Edmund+Burke+Fairfield++Parkersburg,+West+Virginia&pg=PA71|access-date=June 6, 2014|isbn=978-0403098446}}</ref>
* [[Chase Fieler]], professional basketball player
* [[Dave Foggin]], member of the [[West Virginia House of Delegates]], born in Parkersburg<ref>{{Cite web |title=WV Legislature|url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Foggin |access-date=September 2, 2023 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov}}</ref>
* [[Paul Goldsmith]], member of [[Motorcycle Hall of Fame]]
* [[Linda Goodman]], astrology author
* [[Tommy Hanlon Jr.]], Australian television presenter
* [[Dick Hoblitzel]], outfielder in [[Major League Baseball]]
* [[John D. Hoblitzell Jr.]], U.S. Senator, born and raised in Parkersburg
* [[Homer A. Holt (justice)|Homer A. Holt]], justice of [[West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals]]
* [[Cy Hungerford]], political cartoonist for ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''
* [[Jacob B. Jackson]], Governor of West Virginia 1881–85
* [[John Jay Jackson Jr.]], U.S. federal judge<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Lily Irene Jackson]] (1848–1928), artist and daughter of John Jay Jackson Jr.
* [[Robert Lichello]], author
* [[Tom Lopienski]], NFL player
* [[Macguire McDuff]], NCAA champion swimmer
* [[Leon Claire Metz]], historian, author, documentary personality, lecturer on American West<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.]], Republican [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]
* [[Earle "Greasy" Neale]] (1891–1973), professional football and baseball player<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Harold Newhart]], Olympic gymnast
* [[Gary Null]], nutritionist and author
* [[Devon Odessa]], actress and film producer
* [[Buck Rinehart]], Republican, [[Mayor of Columbus, Ohio]]
* [[Bill Robinson (jazz singer)|Bill Robinson]], jazz singer<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Morgan Spurlock]], Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter, and political activist<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Mick Staton]], Republican, U.S. Representative
* [[William E. Stevenson]], Governor of West Virginia, 1869–71
* [[Brenton Strange]], NFL Player for the Jacksonville Jaguars<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jaguarswire.usatoday.com/2023/04/28/nfl-draft-2023-jaguars-2nd-round-brenton-strange-penn-state/ |title=Jaguars draft Penn State TE Brenton Strange with No. 61 pick |website=jaguarswire.usatoday.com |date=April 28, 2023 |access-date=October 10, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Felix Stump]], admiral in U.S. Navy and Commander, [[United States Pacific Fleet]]<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Nick Swisher]], professional baseball player and Steve's son
* [[Steve Swisher]], professional baseball player and Nick's father
* [[Peter G. Van Winkle]], Republican [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]
* [[Richard Watts Jr.]], film critic for ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/03/obituaries/richard-watts-drama-critic-at-tribune-and-post.html |title=Richard Watts, Drama Critic at Tribune and Post |last=Kihss |first=Peter |date=January 3, 1981 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=26}}</ref>
* [[Gibby Welch]], professional football player<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Albert B. White]], Governor of West Virginia, 1901–05
* [[Deron Williams]], professional basketball player<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
* [[Jay Wolfe]], West Virginia State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate<ref name="Parkersburg, West Virginia"/>
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