East End (Newport News, Virginia)

36°58′36″N 76°24′24″W

The East End is an area of the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, located in the older portion of the port city near the harbor of Hampton Roads.

Notable residents

• 
  Ella Fitzgerald, 1946
• 
  Pearl Bailey, c. 1960
• 
  Hazel O'Leary, 1993

• Aaron Brooks – American football player (born 1976)
• Earl Faison – American football player (1939–2016), attended Huntington High School^[1]
• Ella Fitzgerald – American jazz singer (1917–1996)^[2]
• Hazel R. O'Leary – American government official and university administrator^[3]
• Joe Durham – American baseball player and coach (1931–2016), attended Huntington High School^{[citation needed]}
• Marcus Vick – American football player (born 1984)
• Michael Vick – American football former player and coach (born 1980)
• Pearl Bailey – American actress and singer (1918–1990)

Historic sites

National Register of Historic Places

• 
  James A. Fields House
• 
  Smith's Pharmacy
• 
  Whittaker Memorial Hospital

• Collis P. Huntington High School – Former African-American high school during the racial segregation era
• J. Thomas Newsome House – Historic home, museum, and cultural center
• James A. Fields House – Historic house in Virginia, US
• Smith's Pharmacy – Historic commercial building
• Whittaker Memorial Hospital – Hospital in Newport News, Virginia, United States