Editing Lynchburg, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
* [[Daniel Weisiger Adams]] (1820–1872), noted lawyer and [[Confederate Army]] officer<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>
* [[Lynn Bari]], (1913–1989), American actress
* [[Beth Behrs]] (born 1985), actress
* [[Ota Benga]] (c. 1883–1916), Congolese native who was exhibited in [[human zoo]]s
* [[Alpha Blackburn]] (born 1939), interior and fashion designer, former TV show host
* [[James Albert Bonsack]] (1859–1924), invented in 1880 the first cigarette-rolling machine
* [[John A. Bridgland]] (1826–1890), diplomat, businessman, soldier; [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the [[Union army|Union Army]]<ref name="Robert Clarke & Company-18912">{{Cite book |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Reunion_of_the_Society_of_the_Army_of_the_Cumberland_%28IA_reunionofsociety1890soci%29.pdf |title=Society of the Army of the Cumberland, 21st Reunion, 1890 |publisher=[[Robert Clarke & Company]] |year=1891 |location=Toledo, Ohio |pages=281–283 |chapter=Colonel John A. Bridgeland |via=WikiCommons}}</ref>
* [[Connie Britton]] (born 1967), actress
* [[Earl Brooks]] (1929–2010), racing driver
* [[Julie Story Byerley]] (born 1970), [[pediatrician]] and [[dean (education)|vice dean for education]] for the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] School of Medicine<ref name=VitalSigns2013>{{cite journal |title=Byerley appointed Vice Dean for Education |journal=Vital Signs |publisher=UNC Health Care News |date=September 12, 2013 |url=http://news.unchealthcare.org/som-vital-signs/2013/september-12/byerley-appointed-vice-dean-for-education |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417010723/http://news.unchealthcare.org/som-vital-signs/2013/september-12/byerley-appointed-vice-dean-for-education |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George Cabell (physician)|George Cabell Sr.]] (1766–1823), physician
* [[Desmond Doss]] (1919–2006), [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for actions during [[World War II]], dramatized in ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]''
* [[Arthur Earley]] (1926–1981), Pennsylvania state representative
* [[Carter Glass]] (1858–1946), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under [[Woodrow Wilson]]
* [[Jubal Early]] (1816–1894), lawyer and Confederate general
* [[Jerry Falwell]] (1933–2007), pastor and founder of [[Moral Majority]]
**and his sons, [[Jerry Falwell Jr.]] (born 1962) and [[Jonathan Falwell]] (born 1966)
* [[Charles Browne Fleet]] (1843–1916), pharmacist and inventor of the micro-enema
* [[Vinny Giles]] (born 1943), golfer, U.S. Amateur, British Amateur and Walker Cup champion
* [[Daniel Hudson]] (born 1987), MLB player for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
* [[Brandon Inge]] (born 1977) MLB player, 2001–2013, 12 years for the [[Detroit Tigers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=ingebr01 |title=Brandon Inge Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> American League All Star 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ingebr01.shtml |title=Brandon Inge Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> 
* [[Luke Jordan]] (1892–1952), blues guitarist and vocalist
*[[Kevin Keatts]], former head coach for [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball]] and [[UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball|UNC Wilmington]]
* [[Rosa Kinckle Jones]] (1858–1932), African-American music teacher
* [[Sacha Killeya-Jones]] (born 1998), professional basketball player
* [[Harry Kraton]] (1883–1912), African-American juggler and tight rope walker; early advocate for black performers in vaudeville<ref name="jugglemag">{{cite journal|url=https://www.juggle.org/the-kratons-a-unique-hoop-rolling-act-from-the-past/|title=THE KRATONS – A UNIQUE HOOP ROLLING ACT FROM THE PAST|publisher=International Jugglers Association|author=David Cain|date=February 3, 2024|journal=Juggle Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Randy Lanier]] (born 1954), professional race-car driver and convicted drug trafficker
* [[Leland D. Melvin]] (born 1964), engineer and NASA astronaut; named in 2010 as NASA's associate administrator for education
* [[Matt Mills (racing driver)|Matt Mills]] (born 1996), NASCAR driver
* [[Rosalie Slaughter Morton]] (1876–1968), physician and surgeon
* [[Lucius Shepard]] (1943–2014), science fiction and fantasy writer
* [[William Smith (Virginia governor)|William Smith]] (1797–1887), U.S. congressman, twice governor of Virginia, Confederate major general
* [[Anne Spencer]] (1882–1975), [[Harlem Renaissance]] poet and civil rights activist who revived and hosted the Lynchburg chapter of the [[NAACP]] from her [[Anne Spencer House|home]].<ref>Hines, Emilee. ''More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Virginia Women''. Globe Pequot Press, 2003: 128. {{ISBN|0-7627-2364-5}}</ref>
* [[Kara Stein]] (1964-), Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (2013–19), board member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (2021-){{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* [[Frank Trigg (educator)|Frank Trigg]] (c. 1850–1933), educator, college president<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Holowchak |first1=M. Andrew |last2=Holowchak |first2=David M. |date=March 1, 2021 |title=A "Biography" of Lynchburg: City with a Soul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RaghEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22frank+trigg%22&pg=PA219 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |pages=219–221 |isbn=978-1-5275-6688-0 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The 125th Anniversary of UMES, Frank Trigg |url=https://wwwcp.umes.edu/125/frank-trigg/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=UMES |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Skeet Ulrich]] (born 1970), actor whose works include ''Scream,'' ''Riverdale'' and ''The Craft''
* [[Phil Vassar]] (born 1964), country singer
* [[Bransford Vawter]] (1815–1838), Virginia's first poet{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* [[Charles Vess]] (born 1951), fantasy and comics artist
* [[Walter Browne Woodson]] (1881–1948), rear admiral, [[Judge Advocate General of the Navy]]