Editing Morgantown, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Earl E. Anderson]], Ret. [[U.S. Marines#Rank structure|General]], youngest active-duty [[U.S. Marines|Marine]] to become General
* [[John O. Bennett]], New Jersey state senator
* [[Thomas W. Bennett (conscientious objector)|Thomas Bennett]], U.S. Army medic and conscientious objector, awarded Medal of Honor
* [[Jeff Bowden]], [[Terry Bowden]], [[Tommy Bowden]], college football coaches
* [[Necro Butcher]], [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]
* [[Rich Braham]], professional [[American football|football]] player
* [[Emily Calandrelli]]: TV host, actor, author, and engineer
* [[Marion Cannon]], U.S. Representative from California
* [[Earl Lemley Core]], botanist and local historian
* [[Lowell Cowell]], NASCAR Cup Series driver
* [[John Douglas (conductor)|John Douglas]], conductor and educator
* [[William Easterly]], economist
* [[Shelia Eddy]], convicted of murdering [[Skylar Neese]]
* [[Jack Fleming]], American sports announcer
* [[Robert C. Frasure]], first U.S. Ambassador to [[Estonia]] following its independence from Soviet Union
* [[Robert P. George]], founder of American Principles Project
* [[Charles Wesley Godwin]], musician
* [[Linda Goodman]], astrologer and poet
* [[Jedd Gyorko]], baseball player<ref>{{cite web|last=Pinella |first=Bill |url=http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/201309140074 |title=Almost Heaven... San Diego – Sports – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports |publisher=Wvgazette.com |date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Edgar F. Heiskell III]], West Virginia Secretary of State and lawyer
* [[Alan Henderson]], professional [[basketball]] player
* [[Charlie Hickman]], baseball player, made Morgantown his home<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charlie-hickman/|title=Charlie Hickman – Society for American Baseball Research|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Alicia Holloway]], ballerina and television personality
* [[Walter Hough]], curator of [[United States National Museum]]
* [[Bob Huggins]], [[West Virginia University]] head [[basketball]] coach
* [[Dwayne Jones (basketball player)|Dwayne Jones]], professional basketball player
* [[Josh Judy]], professional baseball player
* [[Lawrence Kasdan]], [[screenwriter]]/[[film director|director]]
* [[Moses Kinkaid]], Congressman, sponsor of [[Kinkaid Act|Kinkaid Land Act]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000221|title=KINKAID, ·Moses Pierce, (1856 - 1922)|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Hoda Kotb]], [[broadcast journalist]]<!--raised in Morgantown, similar to Kasdan, who was born in Miami, Fla.-->
* [[Don Knotts]], actor (city unveiled statue in 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvpublic.org/news/2016-07-25/don-knotts-statue-unveiled-in-morgantown|title=Don Knotts Statue Unveiled in Morgantown|date=July 25, 2016|website=WVPB|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
* [[John Laidley]], a founder of [[Marshall University]]
* [[Blanche Lazzell]], modern artist, printmaker, and painter
* [[Frank Lovece]], journalist and author<!--raised in Morgantown-->
* [[Paul Mainieri]], [[LSU]] baseball coach
* [[William Matheny (musician)|William Matheny]], singer-songwriter
* [[Herbert Morrison (journalist)]], journalist
* [[Asra Nomani]], journalist, political activist<!--raised in Morgantown from age 10-->
* [[Lee Patton]], legendary WVU basketball coach
* [[Francis Harrison Pierpont]], 19th century Governor
* [[Elliott Portnoy]], attorney
* [[Xavier Proctor]], football player
* [[Freddy Quinn]], German film star and singer
* [[David Selby]], actor
* [[Zach Spiker]], college basketball coach
* [[Kimberley Starr]], novelist
* [[Michael Tomasky]], journalist and author
* [[Dorothy Vaughan]], mathematician
* [[Alexander Wade]], educational reformer
* [[Michael Wardian]], [[marathon]]er and [[ultra-marathon]]er
* [[Kim Weaver]], astrophysicist
* [[Waitman T. Willey]], U.S. Senator<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Waitman T. Willey|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000484|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Franklin White (dancer)|Franklin White]], British ballet dancer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2013-05-30/peter-franklin-white.html |title=Peter Franklin-White |publisher=News-Gazette.com |access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Israel C. White]], [[geologist]] and [[professor]]
* [[Allison Williams (Miss West Virginia)|Allison Williams]], [[Miss West Virginia]] (2003)
* [[Gene Arden Vance Jr.]], a Special Operations soldier with the [[West Virginia National Guard]] that was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2002
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