Biographical Records
Notable People from Kentucky
1,902 notable figures born in Kentucky, showing page 18 of 39, ranked by historical prominence.
Evelyn Nicol
1930 - 2020
immunologistmicrobiologist
Esther Walker
1894 - 1943
stage actorsingeractor
James Breathitt, Jr.
1890 - 1934
politicianlawyer
Ellis Wilson
1899 - 1977
visual artistpainter
Elizabeth A. R. Brown
1932 - 2024
medievalistuniversity teacherhistorian
Richard Taylor Jacob
1825 - 1903
politicianlawyer
Barry McCormick
1874 - 1956
baseball playerassociation football player
Randolph McCoy
1825 - 1914
military personnel
Lemuel Moss
1829 - 1904
university teacheracademic administratortheologian
Lewis L. Walker
1873 - 1944
politicianlawyerjudge
Evelyn West
1921 - 2004
actor
Jouett Shouse
1879 - 1968
politicianlawyer
J. Swagar Sherley
1871 - 1941
politicianlawyer
J. Campbell Cantrill
1870 - 1923
politician
John Franklin Swift
1829 - 1891
diplomatpolitician
Jehu Baker
1822 - 1903
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Everette B. Howard
1873 - 1950
politician
Bill Richmond
1921 - 2016
actorscreenwriter
David Hayes Kincheloe
1877 - 1950
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Kramer
1879 - 1943
politicianlawyer
Aaron Harding
1805 - 1875
politicianlawyer
Debbie Dean
1928 - 2001
songwritersinger
Arthur B. Rouse
1874 - 1956
politicianlawyer
Caroline Gordon
1895 - 1981
short story writernovelistcritic
Edward M. Coffman
1929 - 2020
military historianuniversity teacher
Adele Brandeis
1885 - 1975
art historianhistorianartist
Calvin D. Johnson
1898 - 1985
politician
George Elder
1921 - 2022
baseball player
Elijah Phister
1822 - 1887
politicianlawyerjudge
Bob Naber
1929 - 1998
basketball player
Madison Cawein
1865 - 1914
poetwriter
Gertrude Orr
1891 - 1971
screenwriter
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.
1861 - 1949
poetwriter
William McKinney
1895 - 1969
jazz musicianbandleaderdrummer
Elijah Hise Norton
1821 - 1914
politicianlawyerjudge
Russell E. Dougherty
1920 - 2007
military officer
James Gamble Rogers
1867 - 1947
architect
Isaac Burns Murphy
1861 - 1896
jockey
John Speed Smith
1792 - 1854
politicianlawyer
Edward Y. Rice
1820 - 1883
politicianlawyerjudge
Gerald Cassidy
1869 - 1934
lithographergenre paintermuralist
Charles William Forman
1821 - 1894
preachermissionarywriter
Hi Bell
1897 - 1949
baseball player
Clarence "Big House" Gaines
1923 - 2005
American football playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Frances Fowler
1864 - 1943
painter
John Calhoon
1793 - 1852
politicianlawyerjudge
Hank Duncan
1894 - 1968
jazz musicianpianist
Gus Weyhing
1866 - 1955
baseball player
Karl Miles Le Compte
1887 - 1972
publisherentrepreneurpolitician
William H. Wadsworth
1821 - 1893
diplomatpoliticianlawyer