37.8688° N, 79.2205° W
AMHERST
Most Famous People Born in Amherst, United States
- Notable people
- 399
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1882
- Most distinctive
- Coach 7.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Amherst during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 29 notable births.
What Amherst Is Known For
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Politician is Amherst's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (70).
Amherst over-indexes on coach — 7.2× the global rate.
Amherst under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Amherst's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Military
- Music
- Science
- Writing
- Other
William H. Crawford
1772 - 1834
Lucy Parsons
1853 - 1942
Rob Gronkowski
Born 1989
Mark Oliver Everett
Born 1963
Collette Wolfe
Born 1980
George Wythe
1726 - 1806
Craig Brewer
Born 1971
George Walton
1741 - 1804
Belle Boyd
1844 - 1900
Adam Kaufman (actor)
Born 1974
A. P. Carter
1891 - 1960
Stuart Schreiber
Born 1956
Pell James
Born 1977
John Colter
1774 - 1812
Lawrence Washington (1718–1752)
1718 - 1752
Hardy Cross
1885 - 1959
William Cabell Rives
1793 - 1868
Cornelia Bargmann
Born 1961
Red Callender
1916 - 1992
Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)
1944 - 2007
Tom Molineaux
1784 - 1818
Nancy Lincoln
1784 - 1818
Andy Umberger
-
William Henry Sheppard
1865 - 1927
Frank Harris Hitchcock
1867 - 1935
Grace Sherwood
1660 - 1740
Dana Brunetti
Born 1973
Helen Carter
1927 - 1998
Dylan Page
Born 1982
Peter Cartwright (revivalist)
1785 - 1872
James Gunn (senator)
1753 - 1801
Matthew Crawford
Born 1965
Eppa Rixey
1891 - 1963
Tony Womack
Born 1969
Duke R. Lee
1881 - 1959
William Becknell
1790 - 1856
Oscar L. Chapman
1896 - 1978
Victoria Mallory
1949 - 2014
Powhatan Ellis
1790 - 1863
William Owsley
1782 - 1862
Nathan Pacheco
Born 1980
Ryan Rua
Born 1990
John Stone Stone
1869 - 1943
Al Jennings
1863 - 1961
William Jackson Humphreys
1862 - 1949
John Esten Cooke
1830 - 1886
Curtis Turner
1924 - 1970
Björn Krupp
Born 1991
Catesby ap Roger Jones
1821 - 1877
Seldon Powell
1928 - 1997
Tom McCollum
Born 1989
Dan Gronkowski
Born 1985
David Campbell (Virginia politician)
1779 - 1859
Paul Hines
1855 - 1935
Ernest Stoneman
1893 - 1968
Timothy Olson
Born 1983
George W. Johnson (singer)
1846 - 1914
Robert E. Lee Jr.
1843 - 1914
George Armistead
1780 - 1818
Robert Beverley Jr.
1673 - 1726
William H. Roane
1787 - 1845
William Terry (congressman)
1824 - 1888
Juan Davis Bradburn
1787 - 1842
Larry Burton
Born 1951
L. Nelson Bell
1894 - 1973
Lester Butler
1959 - 1998
Anton Dilger
1884 - 1918
Henry Whitter
1892 - 1941
William N. Doak
1882 - 1933
Julian Hatcher
1888 - 1963
Dallas Seavey
Born 1987
Ann Jarvis
1832 - 1905
Benjamin Taliaferro
1750 - 1821
William Beverley
1696 - 1756
Norvel Lee
1924 - 1992
Emily Pfalzer
Born 1993
Walter Shaub
Born 1971
Stephen Gould (tenor)
Born 1962
Nathaniel Hale Pryor
1772 - 1831
John Smith (Ohio politician, died 1824)
1735 - 1824
Linda Arrigo
Born 1949
Ida Bieler
-
Cooper-Moore
Born 1946
John A. Bennett
1935 - 1961
Lucy Goode Brooks
1818 - 1900
Nugent Slaughter
1888 - 1968
Justin Holland
1819 - 1887
Kris Williams (filmmaker)
Born 1980
Amiah Miller
Born 2004
Brian Cox (director)
Died 2019
Doug Creek
Born 1969
Fred Allison
1882 - 1974
William Winston Seaton
1785 - 1866
Barbara McMahon
-
Carl Martin (musician)
1906 - 1979
Jendayi Frazer
Born 1961
Charles Lee Remington
1922 - 2007
John Dawson (1762–1814)
1762 - 1814
Darius Jones (saxophonist)
Born 1978
John Bull (congressman)
1803 - 1863
William Henry Brockenbrough
1812 - 1850
John R. Chambliss
1833 - 1864
Cowles Mead
1776 - 1844
Marion McCarrell Scott
1843 - 1922
Jaylen Morris
Born 1995
Prince Poppycock
Born 1977
James Israel Standifer
1779 - 1837
Randy Cartwright
Born 1951
Darrell Wesh
Born 1992
Michael Shabaz
Born 1987
Arthur Sinclair
1780 - 1831
Charles Downing
Died 1845
Charles Washington
1738 - 1799
Lewis F. Payne Jr.
Born 1945
Virginia to Vegas
Born 1990
Abraham Jefferson Seay
1832 - 1915
Fred Barnes (journalist)
Born 1943
James E. Moore Jr.
Born 1951
William Lynch (Lynch law)
1742 - 1820
Marc Short
Born 1970
Boyd Kestner
Born 1964
James Hugh Relfe
1791 - 1863
Marguerite Bennett
Born 1988
John Stowe
Born 1966
Joseph Miller (Ohio politician)
1819 - 1862
Paulus Powell
1809 - 1874
Frank Muller (astronomer)
1862 - 1917
Narsworthy Hunter
1750 - 1802
Guy St. Clair
Born 1940
William Barnett (Georgia politician)
1761 - 1832
David S. Garland
1769 - 1841
Robert S. Rose
1774 - 1835
Ellen Bryant Voigt
Born 1943
James Johnson (Virginia congressman)
1788 - 1825
John J. Kindred
1864 - 1937
Zadock Cook
1769 - 1863
E. J. Josey
1924 - 2009
William H. Wharton
1802 - 1839
Thao Nguyen
Born 1984
Katie Puckrik
Born 1962
John Neville (general)
1731 - 1803
Clarence Richeson
1876 - 1912
Ersel Hickey
1934 - 2004
Benjamin Hough
1773 - 1819
Susan Dennard
Born 1984
Anita Alvarez (synchronized swimmer)
Born 1996
William McKinley (Virginia)
-
Francis Laforey
1767 - 1835
Benjamin G. Orr
1762 - 1822
Rose M. Likins
Born 1959
Samuel Smith Harrison
1780 - 1853
Katie Arrington
Born 1970
Ellis Henican
Born 1958
John R. Jones
1827 - 1901
Jane Leslie Conly
Born 1948
Hercules (chef)
1755 - 1797
Julius W. Blackwell
Born 1797
Randy Lanier
Born 1954
Cary Barlowe
Born 1982
William Dunbar (politician)
1805 - 1861
Michael D'Andrea
-
Robert Bolling (poet)
1738 - 1775
Alexander Wilson (American politician)
-
Cockacoeske
1640 - 1686
Merch Bradt Stewart
1875 - 1934
James T. Sandford
-
John William Smith (politician)
1792 - 1845
J. Thompson Brown
1835 - 1864
Augustine Warner Jr.
1642 - 1681
Joseph M. Street
1782 - 1840
Julia Mackley
1878 - 1964
James John Floyd
1750 - 1783
Alpheus P. Hodges
1821 - 1858
Earle Davis Gregory
1897 - 1972
Alexander Keith McClung
1811 - 1855
William Whitley
1749 - 1813
Mike Sacks
-
Kathleen Eagle
Born 1947
Cabell R. Berry
1848 - 1910
Sarah Price (filmmaker)
Born 1970
Homer Dudley
1896 - 1987
Adela Orpen
1855 - 1927
Guy Carlton
1954 - 2001
Stephen Jackson (musician)
Born 1970
William Digges
1651 - 1697
Caleb Greenwood
1763 - 1850
Joel Adams
1750 - 1830
Ben Smith (CrossFit)
Born 1990
Ben Johnson (American sprinter)
1914 - 1992
Adelbert Waldron
1933 - 1995
Duchess Harris
-
Mary Evelyn Hitchcock
1849 - 1920
Samantha Inoue-Harte
Born 1979
Maggie Cardelús
Born 1962
James G. Foggo III
Born 1959
Jeffrey Gundlach
Born 1959
Richens Lacey Wootton
1816 - 1893
Horatio Chriesman
1797 - 1878
Lisa Guernsey
Born 1971
Joseph Carrington Cabell
1778 - 1856
Peta Lindsay
Born 1984
Madeleine Phaneuf
Born 1995
Barney Ford
1822 - 1902
Francis Tennille
1747 - 1819
J. Eliot B. Moss
Born 1954
Aubrey E. Strode
1873 - 1946
Charles DeLano Hine
1867 - 1927
Renée Knapp
-
Matt Shaheen
Born 1965
Lydia Avery Coonley
1845 - 1924
Robert Benjamin Hilton
1821 - 1894
Peter Sullivan (politician)
Born 1967
Sherman Dillard
Born 1955
Bob Rathbun
Born 1954
Hampton Yount
Born 1984
Lily Ann Granderson
Born 1816
Arthur B. Hancock
1875 - 1957
George D. Neal
1853 - 1916
Sarah Micklem
Born 1955
Rachel Mordecai Lazarus
1788 - 1838
John Garland (general)
1792 - 1861
Henry A. G. Lee
1818 - 1851
Ralph S. Keyser
1883 - 1955
Cindy Courville
-
Charles Vernon Eskridge
1833 - 1900
Henry McIver
1841 - 1907
Samuel J. Jones
1820 - 1880
Black Herman
1889 - 1934
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
1819 - 1875
James W. Stephenson
1806 - 1838
Susan Jane Cunningham
1842 - 1921
Josh Weil
Born 1976
Michael Watford
-
Gary B. Pruitt
Born 1957
Biff Watson
Born 1952
Algeria Benton de Reyna
1869 - 1915
M. F. Stephenson
1801 - 1881
Benjamin Harrison III
1673 - 1710
Irvine Garland Penn
1867 - 1930
Mark A. Calabria
-
Joseph Tommasi
1951 - 1975
Fred Gilman
1902 - 1988
Edward Edmonds
1835 - 1863
King Bailey
1870 - 1917
Vance Wilkins
Born 1936
Freddie Gambrell
1936 - 2004
Levi Shoemaker
1840 - 1917
Tom Prince (bodybuilder)
Born 1969
Alice Littlefield
1846 - 1935
Reamer Keller
1905 - 1994
William Lauderdale
Died 1838
Archibald Alexander (politician)
1755 - 1822
Byrd Lockhart
1782 - 1839
Ada L. Smith
Born 1945
Jim Hayford
Born 1967
Memucan Hunt
1729 - 1808
Bob Bland
Born 1982
Jimmy Gaines
Born 1993
Marty Smith (reporter)
Born 1976
Hillary Homzie
Born 1966
John Simpson (Kentucky)
Died 1813
Gideon Smith
1889 - 1961
Haden Harrison Edwards
1812 - 1864
Dai Andrews
Born 1977
Molly Henneberg
Born 1973
Hannah James (actress)
Born 1994
Kevin W. Mangum
Born 1960
Adelaide Hiebel
1885 - 1965
Robert Coleman Foster
1769 - 1844
Deb Kennedy
Born 1954
Davis Floyd
1776 - 1834
LeeLee
Born 1989
William Sidney Shacklette
1880 - 1945
Albert I. Prettyman
Died 1963
Timothy P. Williams
-
Silas Chandler
1838 - 1919
J. T. Haxall
1860 - 1939
Cornelius Clarkson Watts
1848 - 1930
Joseph H. Gale
Born 1953
Julia Campbell (journalist)
1967 - 2007
Gregory Spears
-
John Logan (pioneer)
1747 - 1807
Ansel Williamson
-
J. Belmont Woodson
1872 - 1963
William A. Webb
-
Peyton Evans
1892 - 1972
William S. Mason
1832 - 1899
Joseph Winston (athlete)
1888 - 1947
Sporting Life (musician)
Born 1989
Amna Nawaz
Born 1979
Mitchell Higginbotham
1921 - 2016
Albert E. Summers
1824 - 1901
Richard Parker (colonel)
1751 - 1780
David Zenoff
1916 - 2005
Theodore E. Russell
Born 1936
Keith Hodgson
Born 1947
Juris Luzins
Born 1947
David 'Bo' Ginn
Born 1951
Paul Baldacci
1907 - 1984
Brad Babcock
1940 - 2020