Biographical Records
Notable People from Kentucky
1,902 notable figures born in Kentucky, showing page 18 of 39, ranked by historical prominence.
Richard Taylor Jacob
1825 – 1903
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Randolph McCoy
1825 – 1914
military personnel
Lemuel Moss
1829 – 1904
university teacheracademic administratortheologian
Esther Walker
1894 – 1943
stage actorsingeractor
Caroline Gordon
1895 – 1981
short story writernovelistcritic
Edward M. Coffman
1929 – 2020
military historianuniversity teacher
Lewis L. Walker
1873 – 1944
politicianlawyerjudge
Jouett Shouse
1879 – 1968
politicianlawyer
John Franklin Swift
1829 – 1891
diplomatpolitician
Evelyn West
1921 – 2004
actor
Jehu Baker
1822 – 1903
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
J. Swagar Sherley
1871 – 1941
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J. Campbell Cantrill
1870 – 1923
politician
Everette B. Howard
1873 – 1950
politician
Debbie Dean
1928 – 2001
songwritersinger
George Elder
1921 – 2022
baseball player
David Hayes Kincheloe
1877 – 1950
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Charles Kramer
1879 – 1943
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Arthur B. Rouse
1874 – 1956
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Calvin D. Johnson
1898 – 1985
politician
Aaron Harding
1805 – 1875
politicianlawyer
Bill Richmond
1921 – 2016
actorscreenwriter
Adele Brandeis
1885 – 1975
art historianhistorianartist
Bob Naber
1929 – 1998
basketball player
Elijah Phister
1822 – 1887
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Russell E. Dougherty
1920 – 2007
military officer
Bob Young
1923 – 2011
journalist
Elijah Hise Norton
1821 – 1914
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Madison Cawein
1865 – 1914
poetwriter
Gertrude Orr
1891 – 1971
screenwriter
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.
1861 – 1949
poetwriter
William McKinney
1895 – 1969
jazz musicianbandleaderdrummer
James Gamble Rogers
1867 – 1947
architect
Edward Y. Rice
1820 – 1883
politicianlawyerjudge
Isaac Burns Murphy
1861 – 1896
jockey
Charles William Forman
1821 – 1894
preachermissionarywriter
Clarence "Big House" Gaines
1923 – 2005
American football playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Gerald Cassidy
1869 – 1934
lithographergenre paintermuralist
Frances Fowler
1864 – 1943
painter
King Swope
1893 – 1961
politicianlawyerjudge
Hank Duncan
1894 – 1968
jazz musicianpianist
William H. Wadsworth
1821 – 1893
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Joseph Lecompte
1797 – 1851
politician
Gus Weyhing
1866 – 1955
baseball player
Samuel Gordon Daily
1823 – 1866
politicianlawyer
Cullen Tate
1896 – 1947
directorfilm directoractor
John Hoskins (officer)
1898 – 1964
military personnel
Thomas Turner
1821 – 1900
politicianlawyer
Margaret Wood Bancroft
1893 – 1986
film actoractornaturalist
John Richard Barret
1825 – 1903
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