- Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born 5 May 1989), professionally known as Chris Brown, is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and pop singer, dancer, and occasional actor who released his "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one debut single "Run It!" in 2005, which was produced by Scott Storch and featured Juelz Santana. His self-titled debut album spawned four successful Top 10 and Top 20 hits in the United States. - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, near faultless phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. - Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. He became famous after appearing in popular 1980s movies that included other members of the Brat Pack, such as "St. Elmo's Fire". Lowe is also known for his role as Sam Seaborn on "The West Wing". - John Payne
John Payne (May 23 1912 - December 6 1989) was an American movie actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox film musicals. Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia. Payne's mother had been a successful opera singer and encouraged her son to sing. Payne enrolled at Columbia University in the fall of 1930. He studied drama at Columbia and voice at Juilliard. To support himself, he took on a variety of odd jobs, including wrestling and singing in vaudeville. - George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22,1999) was a stage and film actor, director, and producer. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of General George S. Patton Jr. in the film "Patton", as well as for his flamboyant performance as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". - Hilarie Burton
Hilarie Ross Burton (born July 1, 1982) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Peyton Sawyer on the The CW Television Network (previously on WB Network) television series "One Tree Hill". - Wayne Newton
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American singer and entertainer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed over 30,000 solo shows in Las Vegas over a period of over 40 years, earning him the nickname "Mr. Las Vegas". His best known songs include the kitschy "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (1972), "Years" (1980), and his signature song, "Danke Schoen" (1963). - David Arquette
David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971 in Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He became known during the late 1990s, after having starred in several Hollywood films, including the films of the "Scream" trilogy. He has since had several television roles, including playing Jason Ventress on ABC's "In Case of Emergency". - June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 - May 15, 2003) was a singer, songwriter, actress and comedian and was a member of the Carter Family, and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. She played the guitar, banjo, and autoharp. - Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. - Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA) is an actor, writer, voiceover artist, and professional comedian. - Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall, is an Emmy-winning American stand-up comedian and actress. She is well known for her blunt observations on current events, the difference between the sexes and races, and life in general. - Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. - Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 - August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in "St. Louis Woman " in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in "Hello, Dolly!" in 1968. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952. She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. - Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31 1903 - March 16 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. Arthur Godfrey was born in New York City in 1903. His mother, Kathryn Morton Godfrey, was from a well-to-do New York family which disapproved of her marriage to an older Englishman, Arthur Hanbury Godfrey. His father was a sportswriter and considered an expert on surrey and hackney horses, but the advent of the automobile devastated the family's finances. - Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood (born August 25, 1964, in Tacoma, Washington) is an American television and film actor. - Thomas Russell
Thomas Russell (August 14, 1895 - March 9, 1958) was an American painter, also the grandfather of Kurt Russell, and father of actor Bing Russell. - Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson was an American singer, film and theatre actor and former ballet dancer best known for his Golden Globe Award nominated portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, "Jesus Christ Superstar". - Jesse L. Martin
notable role =<br>Det. Ed Green in "Law & Orderbr> Jesse Lamont Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins, January 18, 1969) is an American theatre, film, and television actor, best known for his roles as Tom Collins in "Rent" and as Det. Ed Green in the NBC series "Law & Order - Judge Reinhold
Judge Reinhold is the stage name of Edward Ernest Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21 1957 in Wilmington, Delaware), an American actor. He is best known for co-starring in movies such as "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". His nickname "Judge" was given to him when he was young by his father. - Benjamin Brown
Benjamin Brown (born in Virginia,USA) is the name of an actor who graduated from Hampton University in 1990 where he received a Marketing degree and was a member of its golf team. He has appeared in several movies, and as a repeat guest star on the "The West Wing" and was in several school productions which showcased an adroit acting abilities for him. He has also guest starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Without a Trace, The Practice and Frasier. - Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (September 18, 1952 - June 5, 2002) was a German American songwriter and bassist, best remembered as a founding member of punk rock band The Ramones. Though nearly all of the Ramones' songs were credited equally to all the band members, Dee Dee was the group's primary lyricist, penning songs such as "53rd & 3rd", "Commando", "Rockaway Beach" and "Poison Heart". - Anthony Clark
Anthony Clark (b. April 4, 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia), is an American actor and comedian who starred in the television series "Yes, Dear", in which he played the character of Greg Warner. Previously Clark starred in the television comedy series "Boston Common" and "Soul Man". Before that he had a recurring role on another comedy series, "Ellen". - Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas (born March 1, 1965 in Appalachia, Virginia) is a radio personality, actor, and writer. He was one of the top radio announcers in Knoxville, Tennessee for 25 years. During his tenure at radio station WIVK, he had the highest-rated midday radio show in the United States for over 16 years. As an actor, he has appeared in many films and hundreds of commercials. He wrote several episodes of the popular TV show Lizzie McGuire. - Ellis Henican
Ellis Henican is an American journalist, commentator, and talk show host. In 1985, Henican joined "Newsday" as a general assignment reporter; currently, he is a staff columnist. In 1999, he joined Fox News Channel as a political contributor. Henican is also a daily commentator on the Bloomberg Radio Network. Henican is also the co-host of "Henican & White", a drive-time radio show aired on WOR-AM. - Jack Holt
Jack Holt (May 31, 1888 - January 18, 1951) was an American motion picture actor. - Hunter Parrish
Hunter Parrish (born May 13, 1987) is an American actor. He is known for playing Silas Botwin in Showtime's television series "Weeds", as well as for appearing in several Hollywood films. Parrish was born in Richmond, Virginia. He has guest starred in several TV series including "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Close To Home", and "Summerland". He has also appeared in the films "Sleepover" (2004) and "RV" (2006). - Diedrich Bader
Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Oswald on "The Drew Carey Show". He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of two, his family moved to Paris, France, but returned to the U.S. to attend high school and later college at the North Carolina School of the Arts. After a few guest roles on popular television series such as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", … - Dub Taylor
Dub Taylor (February 26, 1907 - October 3, 1994) was a prolific American character actor who worked extensively in Westerns. - John Driscoll
John Edmund Driscoll (b. June 27, 1981 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American television and soap opera actor. - David Huddleston
David William Huddleston (born September 17, 1930) is an American actor. - Sabrina Lloyd
Sabrina Lloyd (born November 20, 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American film and television actress. She was raised in Eustis, Florida. She is perhaps best known for roles as Wade Welles in science fiction series "Sliders" and as Natalie Hurley in the ABC sitcom "Sports Night" - Erin Cahill
Erin Jessica Cahill (born January 4, 1980 in the U.S. state of Virginia), is an actress best known for her role as Jen Scotts, the Pink Time Force Ranger, on the television series "Power Rangers: Time Force", and the related movies, video games, and TV series, including a two-episode reunion in "Power Rangers: Wild Force". She was Miss Junior Virginia 1991. Her mother, Deborah Cahill, is her manager. She graduated from Brooke Point High School in Stafford, … - John Wesley Shipp
John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is an American actor best known as Mitch Leery, the title character's father on the television drama "Dawson's Creek" from 1998 to 2002 and for roles in several daytime soap operas. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. - Corey Reynolds
Corey Reynolds is an American musical theatre, television, and film actor known for originating the role of Seaweed in the Broadway adaptation of "Hairspray", as well as in shows such as the TNT crime show "The Closer". Reynolds was born in Richmond, Virginia and left in 1996 to pursue an acting career, eventually moving to California. There, he was cast in a touring production of the revue "Smokey Joe's Cafe", … - Kiely Williams
Kiely Alexis Williams is an American actress and singer most notable for singing in the girl groups 3LW (3 Little Women) and The Cheetah Girls. Williams is best known as a member of the group 3LW. Besides her work as a recording artist, she also starred in The Cheetah Girls with 3LW member Adrienne Bailon. The Cheetah Girls also includes Sabrina Bryan and Raven-Symoné. Following the success of The Cheetah Girls and its multi-platinum soundtrack, Williams, … - Frankie Faison
Frankie Faison (born Frank R. Faison on June 10, 1949 in Newport News, Virginia), also credited often as Frankie R. Faison, is an American actor. Faison is 6'2" and he studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. He is married to Jane Mandel and they live in Montclair, New Jersey. - Seka
Seka is a legendary U.S. pornographic actress (or "sex performer", as she prefers), born Dorothiea Hundley, on April 15, 1954 in Radford, Virginia, USA. She appeared in hundreds of XXX-rated films during the late 1970s and 1980s, and became one of the American porn industry's most well-known and popular performers. - Mae Murray
Mae Murray (May 10, 1889 - March 23, 1965) was an American actress and dancer, who became known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen." - Jayma Mays
Jayma Mays (b. July 16 , 1979 , Grundy, Virginia ) is an American actress. Mays may be remembered by genre fans for her guest appearance on Heroes as Burnt Toast Diner waitress Charlie Andrews but she may be better known, again as Charlie, on the ABC series Ugly Betty . Mays graduated from Radford University in Radford, Virginia with a degree in performing arts in 2001 .
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