Editing Fredericksburg, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:trenches petersburg.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Union Army]] soldiers of 6th Corps, [[Army of the Potomac]], in trenches before storming [[Battle of Fredericksburg#Marye's Heights|Marye's Heights]] at the [[Second Battle of Fredericksburg]] during the Chancellorsville campaign, May 1863]]

[[File:Civil-war-035.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Wounded soldiers being tended at Marye's House in Fredericksburg in May 1864 after the [[Battle of Spotsylvania.]], May 19, 1864]]
[[Image:Downtown Fredericksburg, VA IMG 4012.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Downtown Fredericksburg]]
[[Image:James Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg, VA IMG 4002.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|James Monroe Museum in Downtown Fredericksburg]]

===19th century and earlier===
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* Lewis Craig (brother of [[Elijah Craig]]), [[Baptist]] preacher imprisoned for religious freedom issues before the [[American Revolution]], leader of [[The Travelling Church]] that migrated to Kentucky (see [[History of Baptists in Kentucky]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671118&id=uc1NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6038,4648029 |title=For Area Baptists: The First Hundred Years Were the Hardest |newspaper=The Free Lance-Star |date=November 8, 1967 |page=A-3 |access-date=July 1, 2016 |volume=83 |number=272 |department=Town & County }}</ref>
* [[Henry Crist]], former [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] from [[Kentucky]]<ref>{{CongBio|C000910|inline=yes}}</ref>
* [[Maria I. Johnston]], author and editor<ref name="WillardLivermore-1893">{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |author1-link=Frances Willard |last2=Livermore |first2=Mary Ashton Rice |author2-link=Mary Livermore |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Maria_I._Johnston |year=1893 |pages=423–24 |publisher=[[Charles Wells Moulton]] |chapter=JOHNSTON, Mrs. Maria I. }} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
* [[John Paul Jones]], American naval commander<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-paul-jones-wins-in-english-waters |title=John Paul Jones wins in English waters |access-date=April 18, 2017 |website=history.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |quote=lived for a time in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where his brother had a business }}</ref>
* [[Fielding Lewis]], brother-in-law of George Washington<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Lewis_Fielding_1725-1781_or_1782 |title=Fielding Lewis (1725–1781 or 1782) |website=encyclopediavirginia.org |publisher=Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |access-date=April 18, 2017 |quote=he moved to Fredericksburg in the 1740s }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Washington Lewis|Elizabeth "Betty" Washington]], sister of George Washington<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenmore.org/genealogy/lewis/betty_lewis.html |title=Betty Washington Lewis |publisher=The George Washington Foundation |access-date=April 18, 2017 |quote=Upon her marriage, Betty moved into a large brick house in Fredericksburg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416072431/http://kenmore.org/genealogy/lewis/betty_lewis.html |archive-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Hugh Mercer]], soldier and physician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hugh-mercer-dies-from-wounds-received-in-battle-of-princeton |title=Hugh Mercer dies from wounds received in Battle of Princeton |access-date=April 18, 2017 |website=history.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |quote=Mercer worked as an apothecary and practiced medicine in Fredericksburg }}</ref>
* [[James Monroe]], fifth President of the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umw.edu/jamesmonroemuseum/default.php |title=James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library &#124; James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library Home Page |publisher=Umw.edu |access-date=April 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527122302/http://www.umw.edu/jamesmonroemuseum/default.php |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Margaret Prior]] (1773–1842), American humanitarian, missionary, moral reform worker, writer
* [[Augustine Washington]], father of George Washington<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenmore.org/genealogy/washington/augustine.html |title=Augustine Washington |publisher=The George Washington Foundation |website=kenmore.org |access-date=April 18, 2017 |quote=In 1738, a 150-acre property just across the Rappahannock River from the fledgling town of Fredericksburg ... was sold ... to Augustine who moved the family there |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410072157/http://www.kenmore.org/genealogy/washington/augustine.html |archive-date=April 10, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George Washington]], first President of the United States, leader of the [[American Revolutionary War]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Freeman |first=Douglas Southall |title=George Washington, a Biography|year=1948|publisher=Scribner |location=New York|oclc=732644234 |author-link=Douglas Southall Freeman |volume=v.7}}{{rp|1:15–72}}</ref>
* [[Mary Ball Washington]], mother of George Washington<ref>''George Washington: A Life'' by Willard Stearne Randall (1997).  New York:  Henry Holt and Company, Inc. page 440.  {{ISBN|0-8050-5992-X}}</ref>
* [[George Weedon]], brigadier general in the Continental Army<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank E. Grizzard|title=George Washington: A Biographical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RioTGCygpT8C&pg=PA346|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-082-6|pages=346–}}</ref>
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===20th century to present===
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* [[Oliver Ackermann]], guitarist and vocalist for [[A Place to Bury Strangers]]<ref>Oliver Ackermann: {{Hanging indent | {{Cite web| last1 = Gluckin| first1 = Tzvi| date = March 5, 2015| title = A Place to Bury Strangers: Controlled Anarchy| access-date = April 18, 2017| url = http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22177-a-place-to-bury-strangers-controlled-anarchy}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{Cite web| title = Finally: A Tribute To Skywave, The Shoegaze Band Virginia Ignored| date = June 10, 2015| access-date = April 18, 2017| url = http://bandwidth.wamu.org/finally-a-tribute-to-skywave-the-shoegaze-band-virginia-ignored/}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{Cite web| last = Colletti| first = Justin| title = Made in New York: Oliver Ackermann's Death By Audio| work = Trust Me I'm a Scientist| access-date = April 18, 2017| url = http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2011/02/10/made-in-new-york-oliver-ackermanns-death-by-audio/| archive-date = April 19, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170419003747/http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2011/02/10/made-in-new-york-oliver-ackermanns-death-by-audio/| url-status = dead}}}}</ref>
* [[Gaye Adegbalola]], blues musician and activist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fredericksburg.today/2016/02/18/gaye-adegbalola-to-present-black-history-month-concert-at-germanna/ |title=Gaye Adegbalola to Present Black History Month Concert at Germanna |date=February 18, 2016 |work=Fredericksburg Today |first=Susan |last=Larson |access-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Shakira Austin]] (born 2000), center for the [[Washington Mystics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wnba.com/draft2022profile/shakira-austin/ |title=Shakira Austin |website=[[WNBA]] |access-date=June 12, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Bachman]], American primitive guitarist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/408244048/history-runs-through-daniel-bachmans-guitar|title=History Runs Through Daniel Bachman's Guitar|website=NPR.org|access-date=October 26, 2017 |date=May 21, 2015 |last=Gotrich |first=Lars }}</ref>
* [[Urbane F. Bass]], doctor and Army officer during WWI<ref>Bass: {{Hanging indent | {{Cite web|url=http://ww1mproject.org/items/show/92|title=Urbane Bass Stained Glass Window|website=World War I Memorial Inventory Project|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2017}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{Cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/vir/ww1casualties.html|title=Virginia World War 1 Casualties|website=genealogytrails.com|access-date=April 17, 2017}}}}</ref>
* [[Julien Binford]], artist<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = UNC Press Books| isbn = 978-0-8078-6994-9| last1 = Bonner| first1 = Judith H.| last2 = Pennington| first2 = Estill Curtis| title = The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 21: Art and Architecture| date = January 14, 2013}}{{rp|242}}</ref>
* [[Al Bumbry]], baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bumbral01|title= Al Bumbry Stats
|publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 6, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jermon Bushrod]], NFL player drafted by the [[New Orleans Saints]] (125th pick) in 2007 draft<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BushrJer01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100214084402/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BushrJer01 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= February 14, 2010 |title= Jermon Bushrod |publisher= SI.com|access-date= November 6, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Caressa Cameron]], [[Miss America 2010]]<ref>{{Cite web| last = McCaslin| first = John| title = United in song, and more, at MLK celebration| work = Rappahannock News| access-date = April 18, 2017| date = January 22, 2017| url = http://rappnews.com/2017/01/22/united-in-song-and-more-at-mlk-celebration/}}</ref>
* [[Eli Carr]], soccer player who represented the [[Puerto Rico national football team|Puerto Rico]] national team<ref>{{cite web |title=Eli Carr |url=https://odusports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/player/eli-carr |website=[[Longwood Lancers men's soccer|Longwood Lancers]] |access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref>
* [[George Coghill (American football)|George Coghill]], retired defensive back for the [[Denver Broncos]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COGHIGEO01|title= George Webster Coghill|publisher= databaseFootball.com|access-date= November 6, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104183957/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COGHIGEO01|archive-date= November 4, 2012|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[James Farmer]], civil rights leader<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil Rights Leader James Farmer Dies |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-611215.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104022041/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-611215.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |quote=James L. Farmer, 79, the founder of the Congress of Racial Equality and the moving force behind some of the most dramatic episodes of the civil rights era of the 1960s, died yesterday at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Va. |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=May 19, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Bessie Alexander Ficklen]] (1861–1945), writer, poet, artist
* [[Yetur Gross-Matos]], NFL player for the [[Carolina Panthers]]
* [[Derek Hartley]], radio show host<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=2069|title=Reality Bytes: Gay 'Shock Jock' Hartley|date=September 3, 2003}}</ref>
* [[Huntley (singer)|Huntley]], musician and winner of [[The Voice (American season 24)|season 24]] of ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dyson |first1=Cathy |title=Locals pulling for Fredericksburg singer Huntley in 'The Voice' singing contest |url=https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/fredericksburg-singer-huntley-on-season-finale-of-the-voice-on-nbc/article_1212bb60-9dc8-11ee-b329-dbe16b941079.html |website=Fredericksburg.com |date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Kelvin Jones (soccer)|Kelvin Jones]], professional soccer player<ref>{{Cite web| last = Holtzman| first = Kellen| title = U16 boys notch milestone win for Virginia Legacy; Jones tabbed state coach of year| work = vagazette.com| access-date = April 18, 2017| url = http://www.vagazette.com/sports/va-vg-spt-legacy-soccer-0218-20170218-story.html}}</ref>
* [[Mark Lenzi]], Olympic diver and gold medalist<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mark-lenzi-20120410,0,4422006.story|title=Mark Lenzi dies at 43;Olympic diving champion|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Maine]], [[New York Mets]] starting pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mainejo01|title= John Maine Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 6, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Danny McBride]], actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/012008/01242008/351013/index_html?page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129150146/http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/012008/01242008/351013/index_html?page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2008 |title=Movie, TV projects fall in line for local native |access-date=February 10, 2009 |last=Hedelt |first=Rob |date=January 24, 2008 |work=fredericksburg.com |publisher=The Free Lance-Star }}</ref>
* [[Ryan McBroom]], American professional baseball player for the [[Kansas City Royals]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mcbroo000rya|title=Ryan McBroom Minor League Statistics & History|website=[[Baseball-Reference]]|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Erin McKeown]], musician<ref>{{cite web|last=McKenna|first=Dave|title=Jill Sobule and Erin McKeown: Live Last Night|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/10/erin_mckeown_and_jill_sobule_l.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928232238/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/10/erin_mckeown_and_jill_sobule_l.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2012|work=Washingtonpost.com|access-date=June 24, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Caelynn Miller-Keyes]], television personality, model, and beauty pageant titleholder<ref>{{cite web |last1=Igoe |first1=Katherine J. |title=Get to Know 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelor in Paradise' Contestant Caelynn Miller-Keyes |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a25856458/the-bachelor-caelynn-miller-keyes/ |website=Marie Claire |date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
* [[George C. Rawlings]], [[Virginia House of Delegates]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Delano | first = Frank | title = State political force George Rawlings dies | work = Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star | date = April 23, 2009 | url = http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/042009/04232009/461511 | access-date = July 8, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124183440/http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/042009/04232009/461511 | archive-date = January 24, 2013 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Judge Reinhold]], actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/1988/5/29/18767201/actor-has-fond-memories-of-his-small-town-usa/|title=ACTOR HAS FOND MEMORIES OF HIS SMALL TOWN, USA|date=May 29, 1988|work=DeseretNews.com|access-date=April 17, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jack Rose (guitarist)|Jack Rose]], musician<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Joel|title=Remembering Dr. Ragtime: Guitarist Jack Rose|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123861353|work=Npr.org|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Rouse]], Olympic swimmer, gold medalist and former world record holder<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/jeff-rouse-weds/|title=Jeff Rouse Weds – Swimming World News|date=August 23, 1999|work=Swimming World News|access-date=April 17, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Dave Smalley]], musician, member of [[All (band)|All]], [[Dag Nasty]], [[Down by Law (band)|Down by Law]], The Sharpshooters<ref>{{Cite news| last = Beaujon| first = Andrew| title = The Advancement of Dave Smalley| work = Washington City Paper| access-date = April 18, 2017| date = October 29, 2009| url = http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/13072645/the-advancement-of-dave-smalley}}</ref>
* [[Torrey Smith]], NFL football player<ref>{{Cite news| volume = 232| issue = April 2017| last = Eck| first = Kevin| title = Former Terps, Ravens Torrey Smith Remains Involved In Baltimore| work = PressBox| access-date = April 18, 2017| date = April 17, 2017| url = https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/04/17/former-terps-ravens-torrey-smith-remains-involved-in-baltimore| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101813/https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/04/17/former-terps-ravens-torrey-smith-remains-involved-in-baltimore| archive-date = April 19, 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>
*[[Laura Sumner (numismatist)|Laura Sumner]], numismatist
* [[William P. Taylor]], congressman<ref>[[#bioguide|Congressional Biographical Directory, "William Taylor"]]</ref>
* [[Keller Williams]], musician<ref>[http://kellerwilliams.net/cellar Keller's Cellar] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716003149/http://kellerwilliams.net/cellar |date=July 16, 2012 }} ''kellerwilliams.net'', Retrieved May 7, 2008.</ref>
* [[Monty Williams]], basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/willimo01c.html|title=Monty Williams {{!}} Basketball-Reference.com|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>
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