West Virginia Famous People Flashcards

Dwight Whitney Morrow, a US Senator and diplomat who served as ambassador to Mexico, was born in which West Virginia city?

Answer: Huntington

Dwight Morrow was born in Huntington, WV, and served as a US Senator from New Jersey and US Ambassador to Mexico in the 1920s.

Walter Reuther, born in Wheeling, WV, became one of America's most influential leaders of which type of organization?

Answer: Labor union movement

Walter Reuther was born in Wheeling, WV, and led the United Auto Workers union for decades, becoming one of the most powerful labor leaders in US history.

Sam Snead, one of golf's all-time greats who won the most PGA Tour events in history, grew up near which West Virginia mountain resort?

Answer: Hot Springs/The Homestead area (White Sulphur Springs)

Sam Snead was born in Ashwood, VA, but grew up and learned golf near Hot Springs, VA, just across the WV border from the White Sulphur Springs area.

Which West Virginia native served as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for nearly 48 years?

Answer: Newton D. Baker was from Martinsburg, WV

Newton D. Baker, born in Martinsburg, WV, served as Secretary of War under President Wilson during World War I, not the FBI director.

Soupy Sales, the comedian and TV host famous for pie-in-the-face gags, was born in which West Virginia city?

Answer: Frankfort

Soupy Sales was born Milton Supman in Frankfort, WV, and became famous for his children's TV show featuring slapstick comedy and pie-throwing.

John Forbes Nash Jr., whose life inspired the film 'A Beautiful Mind,' attended which West Virginia university before Princeton?

Answer: West Virginia University

John Nash, from Bluefield, WV, briefly attended West Virginia University before transferring to Carnegie Institute of Technology and then earning his PhD at Princeton.