Editing Fauquier County, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
*[[James Markham Ambler]], American naval surgeon
* [[Turner Ashby]], born in Fauquier County, Confederate Army colonel in the American Civil War.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book |title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 |publisher = Marquis Who's Who |location=Chicago |year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Martin Berkofsky]], classical pianist and philanthropist.
*[[Matt Carson (author)|Matt Carson]], Entrepreneur and author
* [[Irv Cross]], [[American football]]er and [[sportscaster]].
* [[Susan Cummings (heiress)|Susan Cummings]], an heiress infamous for killing Argentine polo player Roberto Villegas.
* [[Robert Duvall]], American-born actor who maintains a farm in The Plains.
* [[Bertram and Diana Firestone]], owners of [[Newstead Farm]].
* [[George B. Fitch]], American businessman, Mayor of Warrenton, founder of Jamaican Bobsled Team.
* [[Rear Admiral]] [[Cary Travers Grayson]], owner of [[National Register of Historic Places|historic]] [[Blue Ridge Farm (Upperville, Virginia)|Blue Ridge Farm]].
* [[Eppa Hunton]], U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia, born and lived in Warrenton.
* [[Sandy Lerner]], [[Cisco]] founder who maintains a farm in Upperville.
* [[Charles Marshall (Colonel)|Charles Marshall]], born in Warrenton, assistant [[adjutant general]], [[aide de camp]] and [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|military secretary]] to [[General (United States)|Gen.]] [[Robert E. Lee]]. [[Niece and nephew|Grandnephew]] of Chief Justice John Marshall.
* [[James K. Marshall]], [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] in the [[Confederate States Army]], [[killed in action]] during [[Pickett's Charge]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] while leading the [[brigade]] of [[J. Johnston Pettigrew]], grandson of Chief Justice John Marshall.
* [[John Marshall]], born in Fauquier County, [[Chief Justice of the United States]].
* [[Paul Mellon]], philanthropist, an [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame#Exemplars of Racing|Exemplar of Racing]] and owner of [[Rokeby Stables|Rokeby Farm]].
* [[John S. Mosby]], lived in Warrenton, was a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[partisan (military)|partisan ranger]] and [[cavalry]]man during the American Civil War. Buried in Warrenton cemetery.
*[[Presley O'Bannon]],  of the First Barbary War, born in Fauquier County 
* [[Karen O'Connor]] and [[David O'Connor (equestrian)|David O'Connor]], Olympic eventing riders
*[[Dorothy B. Porter]], Bibliographer and curator, built the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at [[Howard University]]
* [[Albert Rust]], 19th-century American politician who served as a senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] (1861–1865).
* [[Michaele Salahi]] and [[Tareq Salahi]], the [[White House Gate Crashers]].
* [[Willard Scott]], an American media personality best known for his work on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' who lived in Paris, Virginia.
* [[Scott Shipp]], born in Warrenton, Superintendent of [[Virginia Military Institute]] from 1890 to 1907.
* [[Isabel Dodge Sloane]], owner of [[Brookmeade Stable|Brookmeade Stud]].
* [[William "Extra Billy" Smith]], died in Warrenton, was a lawyer, congressman, two-time Governor of Virginia and one of the oldest Confederate generals in the American Civil War.
* [[Shedrick Thompson]], disputed lynching victim
* [[Liz Whitney Tippett]], owner of the [[Llangollen estate]].
*[[William B. Waddell (Pony Express founder)]], Pony Express founder