This is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Fairmont, West Virginia.
Athletics
Tony Adamle, football player Max Balchowsky, prominent 1950s and 1960s American race car builder and driver David Carpenter, professional baseball player Ron Everhart, college basketball head coach Zach Frazier, football player Rashod Kent, football player Raphiael Putney, basketball player Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, member of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Nick Saban, college football head coach and assistant coach in the NFL, born in Fairmont Dante Stills, football player Darius Stills, football player
Arts, media, and entertainment
Joe Cerisano, singer, songwriter, musician ("Be All That You Can Be", "Hands Across America") Art Finley, North American television and radio personality, mostly in San Francisco and Vancouver, remembered by many as "Mayor Art", host of children's show aired on KRON-TV in San Francisco from 1959 to 1966 Johnnie Johnson, piano player and blues musician, member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fuzzy Knight, film and television actor, appeared in over 180 films between 1929 and 1967, usually as a cowboy hero's sidekick John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace Stephen Montague, classical composer, lived in Fairmont as a child from 1952 to 1957 Doris Piserchia, science fiction writer Jeffrey Tinnell, film producer Robert Tinnell, screenwriter, director, producer, author of comic books and graphic novels
Military, politics and public service
Frank J. Breth, United States Marine Corps brigadier general Augusta Clark, librarian, politician and lawyer; second African-American woman on Philadelphia City Council (1980–2000) Ann K. Covington, former chief justice of Supreme Court of Missouri, first woman to hold that position Mike DeVault, state legislator Frank Kendall Everest Jr., U.S. Air Force officer best remembered as aeroengineer and test pilot during 1950s; once known as "Fastest Man Alive" Aretas B. Fleming, 8th Governor of West Virginia Carrie Watson Fleming, First Lady of West Virginia, 1890–1893 Frank Cruise Haymond, Judge of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1945–1972 Thomas Haymond, 19th Century congressman and lawyer Philip C. Jimeno, member of Maryland State Legislature Phil Mallow, West Virginia state delegate Alan Mollohan, U.S. Representative from West Virginia's 1st District Michael Oliverio II, member of state senate, representing 13th District Francis H. Pierpont, Governor of union controlled parts of Virginia during American Civil War, known as "father of West Virginia" Daniel Polsley, first Lieutenant Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, U.S. Representative from West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District George S. Roberts, combat fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen Charles W. Swisher, thirteenth Secretary of State of West Virginia Hershel W. Williams, awarded Medal of Honor during the Battle of Iwo Jima
Science, education, and business
Luella Mundel, professor and McCarthyism victim Rosemary M. Thomas, academic administrator Clarence Wayland Watson, founded several companies that became Consolidation Coal and Mining Companies, was U.S. Senator from West Virginia from 1911 to 1913
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