List of people from Charleston, West Virginia

This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Charleston, West Virginia.

• Randy Barnes, Olympic shot put gold and silver medalist
• Brian Bowles, MMA fighter, bantamweight champion
• Kevin Canady, Professional wrestler founder of IWA East Coast
• Dorian Etheridge, linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
• William Frischkorn, cyclist
• George H. Goodrich, justice, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• J. R. House, professional baseball player and coach J. R. House
• Hot Rod Hundley, basketball player and broadcaster Hot Rod Hundley
• George King, NBA player and head coach of West Virginia and Purdue
• John Kruk, Former Major League Baseball player and current sportscaster, was born in Charleston, but grew up in Keyser
• Rick Nuzum, National Football League player
• Phil Pfister, world's strongest man (2006), is a firefighter for CFD
• Russ Thomas, NFL player, general manager of Detroit Lions 1967–89
• Anne White, Tennis player, attended John Adams Junior High School and graduated from George Washington High School.
• Jason Williams, Miami Heat point guard, who grew up in Belle in the same vicinity, was a high school teammate of Randy Moss

• Harry Young, Athlete and coach, member of College Football Hall of Fame
• Dennis Harrah, Former NFL player

• Jean Carson, Actress
• Douglas Dick, Actor
• Barbara DuMetz, Photographer was born in Charleston
• George Crumb, Classical composer
• Conchata Ferrell, Actress
• Sierra Ferrell, Musician, Singer-Songwriter
• Paul Frame, chiropractor and former ballet dancer
• Peter Frame, ballet dancer
• Jennifer Garner, Actress and Alias

• Lesli Kay, Soap opera actress, who has appeared on As the World Turns, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful
• Robert "RJ" Haddy, Special effects artist, was born and resides in Charleston
• Allison Hayes, Actress
• Ann Magnuson, Actress
• Tom McBride, Actor from Friday the 13th Part II
• Nick Nolte, Actor
• Caroline Peyton, Pop singer
• Eugenia Price, American author
• Roger Price, Creator of Droodles and television personality
• Alec Ross, Author and technology policy analyst^[1]
• Kristen Ruhlin, Actress
• Red Sovine, Country singer
• Sam Trammell, actor and True Blood star was born in New Orleans, but grew up in Charleston, graduating from city's George Washington High School

• Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. senator; former U.S. congresswoman and state delegate

• William E. Chilton, Newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator
• Sarah Feinberg, interim president of the New York City Transit Authority and former head of the Federal Railroad Administration
• John B. Floyd, former mayor of Charleston
• George H. Goodrich, justice, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• Amy Shuler Goodwin, mayor of Charleston
• Tresa Howell, West Virginia House of Delegates from the 52nd district
• James H. Huling, former mayor of Charleston
• John G. Hutchinson, former mayor of Charleston
• Danny Jones, former mayor of Charleston
• Jim Justice, U.S. senator for West Virginia and governor of West Virginia^[2]
• Joe F. Smith, former mayor of Charleston
• Daniel Webster, longest-serving Florida legislator, was born in Charleston

• Harriet C. Babbitt, diplomat and attorney
• Israel Bettan, rabbi and professor
• John Chambers, Cisco Systems CEO

• H. Rodgin Cohen, banker
• Basudeb DasSarma, Chemist
• Elizabeth Harden Gilmore, civil rights activist
• Jon McBride, NASA astronaut was born in Charleston
• George Armitage Miller, one of the founders of the field of cognitive psychology
• Sara Jane Moore, Would-be presidential assassin
• Rev. Leon Sullivan, Civil rights activist

• List of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia