Winchester, VA
1. John Esten Cooke (1830)
Non-Fiction Author
A nineteenth-century American fiction and non-fiction writer and poet, he published thirty-one books and nearly two-hundred articles and poems. His best-known works include The Virginia Comedians and The Youth of...
2. Richard E. Byrd (1888)
Explorer
Polar explorer who took part in six of America's twelve expeditions to the Antarctic.