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George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
Fred Willard
American actor and comedian (1933-2020)
Dabney Coleman
American actor (1932–2024)
Dan Caine
John Daniel "Raizin" Caine is an American general and venture capitalist who became the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2025. He served as the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2024.
Ralph Northam
Governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022
Mike Waltz
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations since 2025
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
politician from the United States (1914-2013)
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945)
Sun Li-jen
Chinese general and politician (1900-1990)
Walton H. Walker
United States Army general (1889-1950)
William Mahone
American civil war general and politician (1826-1895)
Thomas G. Jones
American politician (1844-1914)
Leonard T. Gerow
United States Army general (1888-1972)
Edward Almond
United States Army general (1892–1979)
Chris Beck
Navy SEAL
David Glantz
American military historian
Thomas T. Handy
United States general (1892–1982)
Robert E. Rodes
Confederate Army general (1829-1864)
Douglas Macgregor
American writer
Westmoreland Davis
American politician (1859-1942)
James Henry Lane
Confederate Army general (1833-1907)
George S. Patton, Sr.
American general
Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr.
United States Marine Corps (1896-1990)
James A. Walker
Confederate Army general (1832-1901)
Charles James Faulkner
American politician (1847-1929)
Moses Jacob Ezekiel
American sculptor (1844-1917)
Johnson N. Camden Jr.
American politician (1865–1942)
Harry Johnston
American politician (1931–2021)
Alan Campbell
American screenwriter (1904-1963)
William Alexander Harris
American politician (1841-1909)
John Echols
Confederate Army general (1823-1896)
Richard Marshall
United States Army general (1895-1973)
John P. Jumper
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, 2001-2005
Sam S. Walker
United States general
Ryan McCarthy
24th United States Secretary of the Army
George S. Patton
American attorney and businessman
Randolph McCall Pate
United States Marine Corps (1898–1961)
Spencer C. Tucker
military historian
Reuben Lindsay Walker
Confederate Army general (1827–1890)
Clark L. Ruffner
United States general
John M. Slack, Jr.
American politician (1915-1980)
C. Bascom Slemp
American politician (1870-1943)
Darren W. McDew
United States Air Force general and board member; director at USAA
Thomas N. Downing
American politician (1919-2001)
Richard Thomas Walker Duke
nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from Virginia
Tazewell Ellett
American politician (1856-1914)
Raleigh E. Colston
American general (1825–1896)
Samuel Garland, Jr.
Confederate Army general (1830-1862)
Joseph Edward Willard
American politician (1865-1924)
Charles E. Kilbourne
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Robert Murphy Mayo
Congressman & Confederate Army officer (1836-1896)
William H. F. Payne
Confederate Army general (1830-1904)
Harold Coyle
American writer
Walter H. Taylor
Confederate Army officer (1838–1916)
Frank McCarthy
producer (1912-1986)
Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr.
Confederate Army general (1830-1899)
Stapleton Crutchfield
Confederate Army officer (1835–1865)
John Quincy Marr
Confederate States Army first combat casualty (1825-1861)
James H. Tillman
American politician