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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Moss, professional football player | 78341 |
| 2 | Jennifer Garner, actress | 7199 |
| 3 | Booker T. Washington, political leader, educator, and author | 6528 |
| 4 | Steve Harvey, actor | 4578 |
| 5 | John Marshall, last person in the United States to be executed by being hung in chains (April 4, 1913) | 4370 |
| 6 | Lou Holtz, college football coach | 4342 |
| 7 | Stonewall Jackson, soldier and teacher | 4205 |
| 8 | Nick Saban, professional and college football coach | 4136 |
| 9 | Nick Swisher, professional baseball player | 4115 |
| 10 | Brad Paisley, country singer and songwriter | 4073 |
| 11 | John Henry, the steel driving man of folklore | 4023 |
| 12 | Don Knotts, actor | 3358 |
| 13 | Brad Dourif, actor | 2798 |
| 14 | Chuck Yeager, aviation legend | 2613 |
| 15 | Chris Sarandon, actor, activist | 2526 |
| 16 | Morgan Spurlock, independent film director and screenwriter | 2519 |
| 17 | Conchata Ferrell, actress | 2454 |
| 18 | Bill Withers, singer and songwriter | 2420 |
| 19 | Robert Byrd, politician | 2385 |
| 20 | Michael W. Smith, Contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist | 2185 |
| 21 | John Corbett, actor | 2135 |
| 22 | Jason Williams, professional basketball player | 2093 |
| 23 | Jessica Lynch, prisoner of war | 1967 |
| 24 | Pearl S. Buck, writer and Nobel prize winner | 1823 |
| 25 | Mary Lou Retton, professional gymnast | 1799 |
| 26 | Bob Denver, actor | 1564 |
| 27 | Willa Cather, novelist | 1524 |
| 28 | Pete Maravich, professional basketball player | 1522 |
| 29 | Sam Trammell, actor, True Blood | 1410 |
| 30 | Joe Manchin, politician | 1401 |
| 31 | Lynndie England, U.S. Army reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal | 1362 |
| 32 | Jay Rockefeller, politician | 1269 |
| 33 | T. D. Jakes, televangelist | 1234 |
| 34 | Jerry West, professional basketball player | 1138 |
| 35 | Wilber Pan, singer, rapper and actor | 1080 |
| 36 | Jodi Applegate, news anchor | 1058 |
| 37 | Soupy Sales, actor and comedian | 974 |
| 38 | Ted Cassidy, actor | 967 |
| 39 | Joyce DeWitt, actress | 912 |
| 40 | Deron Williams, professional basketball player | 898 |
| 41 | Necro Butcher, professional wrestler | 880 |
| 42 | Jamie Noble, professional wrestler (WWE) | 876 |
| 43 | George Brett, professional baseball player | 865 |
| 44 | Jake E. Lee, rock guitarist; formerly w/ Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands | 844 |
| 45 | Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, labor and community organizer | 838 |
| 46 | Homer Hickam, writer | 830 |
| 47 | John Kruk, professional baseball player | 783 |
| 48 | Patsy Paugh Ramsey, former Miss West Virginia and mother of slain beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey | 735 |
| 49 | Shannon Larkin, drummer for Godsmack, former Amen, Wrathchild America | 696 |
| 50 | Billy Cox, Drummer | 561 |
| 51 | Bill Mazeroski, professional baseball player | 544 |
| 52 | Bernie Casey, actor | 540 |
| 53 | Jimbo Fisher, college football coach | 531 |
| 54 | John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems | 509 |
| 55 | Jesse "Jesco" White, mountain dancer | 501 |
| 56 | Jack Whittaker, lottery winner | 499 |
| 57 | Carter G. Woodson, historian, author, and journalist | 485 |
| 58 | Karma to Burn, instrumental alt-metal band | 484 |
| 59 | Lawrence Kasdan, movie director, producer, screenwriter | 481 |
| 60 | Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist | 465 |
| 61 | Paul Dooley, actor | 384 |
| 62 | John Knowles, novelist | 375 |
| 63 | Mike D'Antoni, professional basketball player and coach | 373 |
| 64 | Little Jimmy Dickens, country singer | 365 |
| 65 | Cyrus Vance, United States Secretary of State | 364 |
| 66 | Harry F. Byrd, politician | 357 |
| 67 | Kristi Lee, air personality/news director, The Bob and Tom Show | 355 |
| 68 | Linda Goodman, poet, novelist, best-selling astrology writer | 352 |
| 69 | Curt Warner, professional football player | 348 |
| 70 | Leo Mazzone, professional baseball player | 341 |
| 71 | Nick Rahall, politician | 328 |
| 72 | Harry Randall Truman, volcano victim | 327 |
| 73 | Hasil Adkins, rockabilly musician | 311 |
| 74 | Fielding H. Yost, college football coach | 309 |
| 75 | Blaze Starr, stripper and burlesque star | 301 |
| 76 | Kathy Mattea, country and bluegrass performer | 292 |
| 77 | George Crumb, composer | 290 |
| 78 | Dwayne Jones, professional basketball player | 274 |
| 79 | Walter Reuther, labor leader | 270 |
| 80 | Ann Magnuson, actress | 265 |
| 81 | David Selby, actor | 261 |
| 82 | Sam Huff, professional football player | 249 |
| 83 | Terry Bowden, college football analyst and commentator | 243 |
| 84 | Jeff Hostetler, professional football player | 243 |
| 85 | Tommy Bowden, college football coach | 240 |
| 86 | Red Sovine, country singer | 237 |
| 87 | Stephen Coonts, novelist | 235 |
| 88 | Frankie Yankovic, polka musician | 218 |
| 89 | Bob Huggins, college basketball coach | 215 |
| 90 | Randy Barnes (b. 1966), professional shot putter, born in Charleston | 208 |
| 91 | John W. Davis, politician and attorney | 206 |
| 92 | Steve Yeager, professional baseball player | 188 |
| 93 | Gino Marchetti, professional football player | 187 |
| 94 | Charlie McCoy, musician | 187 |
| 95 | Lesli Kay, soap actress who played Molly Conlan on As The World Turns, and now plays Felicia Forrester on The Bold And The Beautiful | 182 |
| 96 | Shelley Moore Capito, politician | 181 |
| 97 | Mark Canterbury, professional wrestler | 181 |
| 98 | Johnnie Johnson, blues musician | 177 |
| 99 | Bob Ney, politician | 175 |
| 100 | Lew Burdette, professional baseball player | 174 |
| 101 | Belle Boyd, espionage agent | 174 |
| 102 | Emanuel Steward, boxing trainer | 166 |
| 103 | Chuck Howley, professional football player | 163 |
| 104 | Tim O'Brien, bluegrass musician | 157 |
| 105 | Newton D. Baker, politician | 154 |
| 106 | Bill Stewart, current head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers | 143 |
| 107 | Chris Booker, radio DJ and TV personality | 140 |
| 108 | Rick Tolley, college football coach | 128 |
| 109 | Arch A. Moore, Jr., politician | 125 |
| 110 | Bob Wise, politician | 124 |
| 111 | Mike Patrick, sportscaster | 123 |
| 112 | Rod Thorn, president of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers | 121 |
| 113 | Gaston Caperton, politician | 120 |
| 114 | Hal Greer, professional basketball player | 119 |
| 115 | Michael Tomasky, newspaper writer and editor | 116 |
| 116 | Dwight Morrow, businessman, politician, diplomat; father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh | 115 |
| 117 | Lina Basquette, actress | 107 |
| 118 | John P. Lucas, American general, commander at Anzio | 100 |
| 119 | Mark Funkhouser, politician, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri | 94 |
| 120 | Hazel Dickens, bluegrass singer | 94 |
| 121 | Jean Carson, actress | 94 |
| 122 | Wrathchild America, a power/thrash metal band | 94 |
| 123 | Glen and Bessie Hyde, disappeared raftsmen | 94 |
| 124 | Absalom Willis Robertson, politician | 92 |
| 125 | Charles Bent, frontiersman and politician | 91 |
| 126 | Sam Pancake, actor | 91 |
| 127 | Devil Anse Hatfield, Hatfield-McCoy feud | 90 |
| 128 | Stephanie Sparks, professional golfer and commentator | 89 |
| 129 | Henry G. Davis, politician | 84 |
| 130 | Charlie Barnett, actor and comedian | 84 |
| 131 | Bimbo Coles, professional basketball player | 77 |
| 132 | Breece D'J Pancake, author | 76 |
| 133 | Chris Massey, professional football player | 76 |
| 134 | Ken Hechler, politician | 73 |
| 135 | Francis Harrison Pierpont, politician and "Father of West Virginia" | 72 |
| 136 | Ellsworth Milton Statler, hotel businessman | 72 |
| 137 | Harry F. Sinclair, industrialist | 71 |
| 138 | Jesse Burkett, professional baseball player | 69 |
| 139 | Dustin Nippert, professional baseball player | 69 |
| 140 | Renee Montgomery, professional women's basketball player | 68 |
| 141 | Hot Rod Hundley, professional basketball player and broadcaster | 68 |
| 142 | Larry Coyer, professional football coach | 67 |
| 143 | Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician | 67 |
| 144 | Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day | 66 |
| 145 | Matthew M. Neely, politician | 65 |
| 146 | Samuel Ball, actor | 65 |
| 147 | Stephen Benton Elkins, politician | 64 |
| 148 | James J. Andrews, espionage agent | 63 |
| 149 | Garnet Mimms, soul singer | 63 |
| 150 | Clair Bee, college basketball coach | 62 |
| 151 | Earl E. Anderson, United States Marine Corps general | 61 |
| 152 | Charles Washington, statesman | 60 |
| 153 | Seth McClung, professional baseball player | 59 |
| 154 | Kevin Pittsnogle, college basketball player | 58 |
| 155 | Larry Combs, clarinetist | 58 |
| 156 | Lewis Wetzel, frontiersman | 57 |
| 157 | Frank Gatski, professional football player | 52 |
| 158 | Michael Ammar, magician | 50 |
| 159 | Walter E. "Jack" Rollins, songwriter | 49 |
| 160 | Davis Grubb, novelist | 49 |
| 161 | Joshua Harto, actor | 49 |
| 162 | John J. Beckley, frontiersman and Librarian of Congress | 48 |
| 163 | Roger Price, author, cartoonist, and humorist | 45 |
| 164 | J. R. House, professional baseball and football player | 43 |
| 165 | Nathan Goff, Jr., politician | 43 |
| 166 | David Hunter Strother (aka Porte Crayon), artist | 43 |
| 167 | Morgan Morgan, frontiersman | 42 |
| 168 | John S. Knight, newspaper publisher and editor | 41 |
| 169 | Arthur I. Boreman, politician | 41 |
| 170 | Leon "Chu" Berry, jazz saxophonist | 40 |
| 171 | James Rumsey, inventor and mechanical engineer | 39 |
| 172 | John Swan, politician | 38 |
| 173 | Mahlon Loomis, inventor of the wireless telegraph | 36 |
| 174 | Bill Walker , professional basketball player | 35 |
| 175 | William C. Marland, politician | 34 |
| 176 | Jedediah Purdy, author and professor | 34 |
| 177 | Brad Divens, former vocalist/bassist for Wrathchild America, former guitarist for Kix | 34 |
| 178 | Patrick Gass, frontiersman | 33 |
| 179 | William Wallace Barron, politician | 32 |
| 180 | Tamar Slay, professional basketball player | 32 |
| 181 | Woodrow Wilson Barr, United States Marine | 31 |
| 182 | Eugene Aserinsky, discovered REM sleep | 31 |
| 183 | John Peale Bishop, poet and man of letters | 29 |
| 184 | Mary Lee Settle, author | 27 |
| 185 | Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Stonewall Jackson | 26 |
| 186 | Denise Giardina, author | 26 |
| 187 | John J. Jacob, politician | 25 |
| 188 | Rachel Proctor, country singer and songwriter | 25 |
| 189 | Ed Haley, blind professional fiddler | 24 |
| 190 | Eddie Cameron, college basketball coach | 24 |
| 191 | Howard Mason Gore, politician | 23 |
| 192 | Larry Barnett (b. 1945), professional baseball umpire, born in Nitro | 23 |
| 193 | Hulett C. Smith, politician | 23 |
| 194 | Gene Freese, professional baseball player | 22 |
| 195 | John J. Cornwell, politician | 21 |
| 196 | John James Abert, explorer and soldier | 20 |
| 197 | Jonah Edward Kelley, US Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient | 20 |
| 198 | Edwin Gray Lee, Confederate general | 20 |
| 199 | Henry D. Hatfield, politician | 19 |
| 200 | Che Elias, author and poet | 18 |
| 201 | Allen Appel, novelist | 17 |
| 202 | Rich Braham, professional football coach | 17 |
| 203 | John Yarnall, U.S. Navy officer | 17 |
| 204 | Ephraim Bee, frontiersman and politician | 15 |
| 205 | William A. MacCorkle, politician | 14 |
| 206 | William E. Stevenson, politician | 14 |
| 207 | Clarence Wayland Watson, businessman | 14 |
| 208 | Teddy Weatherford, jazz pianist | 13 |
| 209 | Patty Weaver, actress | 13 |
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