Editing Cabell County, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[James F. Adams]], Union Army soldier in the [[Civil War (United States)|American Civil War]], and recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]].
* [[George Baumgardner]], MLB player for the [[St. Louis Browns]].
* [[Wayne Chapman (American football)|Wayne Chapman]], football coach. 
* [[Brad Dourif]], actor. 
* [[Catherine Shipe East]], government worker and feminist. 
* [[Diamond Teeth Mary]], blues singer. 
* [[Hal Greer]], NBA player.
* [[Thomas Hannan (American settler)|Thomas Hannan]], revolutionary war soldier, settler of Cabell County.<ref name="Averill, James P 1882">Averill, James P. 1882. ''History of Gallia County''. H. H. Hardesty & Co. Publishers: Chicago. Deeds and wills.</ref><ref>Laidley, W.S. 1901. "The West End of West Virginia." ''The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly'' 1:5-41. The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society.</ref><ref>Miller, Thomas Condit, and Hu Maxwell. 1913. ''West Virginia and Its People''. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.</ref><ref>Brant, Fuller, & Co. 1891. ''History of the Great Kanawha Valley: With Family History and Biographical Sketches''. Madison, Wisconsin.</ref>
* [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], bluegrass singer.
* [[Albert G. Jenkins]], planter, lawyer, politician, and Confederate general.
* [[Alberta Gallatin|Alberta Gallatin Jenkins]], stage and screen actress, daughter of Albert G. Jenkins.
* [[Evan Jenkins (politician)|Evan Jenkins]]: State Senator and US Congressman of West Virginia.
* [[Ezra Midkiff]], MLB player for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and the [[New York Yankees]]. 
* [[Katie Lee (chef)|Katie Lee]], television personality and chef. 
* [[O. J. Mayo|O.J. Mayo]], NBA player. 
* [[Breece D'J Pancake|Breece D’J Pancake]], short story author. 
* [[Brett Rowe]], stock car driver. 
* Sampson Sanders, slaveholder famous for freeing his 51 slaves upon his death in 1849.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sampson Sanders |url=https://cabellcountydoorstothepast.com/newspaper/sanders.htm |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=cabellcountydoorstothepast.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sampson Sanders |url=https://www.wvpublic.org/tags/sampson-sanders |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=WVPB |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Eli C. D. Shortridge]], [[List of Governors of North Dakota|third]] [[Governor of North Dakota]] from 1893 to 1895; born in Cabell County.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_north_dakota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_shortridge_eli.html |title= North Dakota Governor Eli C. D. Shortridge |publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= September 29, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jason Starkey]], NFL player for the Arizona Cardinals.
* [[Ruth C. Sullivan|Ruth Sullivan]], autism advocate.
* [[Soupy Sales|Milton Supman]], comedian known professionally as Soupy Sales (attended Huntington High School). 
* [[Phillip Swann|Phil Swann]], singer. 
* [[Jim Thornton]], announcer on [[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]].
* [[Henry Walker (basketball)|Bill Walker]], NBA player.
* [[Kayla Williams (gymnast)|Kayla Williams]], gymnast and gold medalist (attended Huntington High).
* [[Carter G. Woodson]], founder of Black History Month (moved to attend Douglass High School).
* [[Steve Yeager]], MLB player for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and the [[Seattle Mariners]], co-MVP of the [[1981 World Series]].