Biographical Records
Notable People from Kentucky
1,902 notable figures born in Kentucky, showing page 19 of 39, ranked by historical prominence.
Isaac Burns Murphy
1861 – 1896
jockey
Charles William Forman
1821 – 1894
preachermissionarywriter
Gerald Cassidy
1869 – 1934
lithographergenre paintermuralist
Caroline Gordon
1895 – 1981
short story writernovelistcritic
Frances Fowler
1864 – 1943
painter
Debbie Dean
1928 – 2001
songwritersinger
Calvin D. Johnson
1898 – 1985
politician
Edward M. Coffman
1929 – 2020
military historianuniversity teacher
William H. Wadsworth
1821 – 1893
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Joseph Lecompte
1797 – 1851
politician
Evelyn West
1921 – 2004
actor
Gus Weyhing
1866 – 1955
baseball player
Samuel Gordon Daily
1823 – 1866
politicianlawyer
George Elder
1921 – 2022
baseball player
Thomas Turner
1821 – 1900
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John Richard Barret
1825 – 1903
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Anna Simms Banks
1862 – 1923
suffragistpolitician
John Calhoon
1793 – 1852
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Nona L. Brooks
1861 – 1945
author
Gertrude Orr
1891 – 1971
screenwriter
Richard Reid Rogers
1867 – 1949
lawyer
John Montgomery Glover
1822 – 1891
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James Love
1795 – 1874
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George K. Denton
1864 – 1926
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Lucien Anderson
1824 – 1898
member of parliamentpoliticianlawyer
John Dillingham Dodson
1879 – 1955
psychologist
Richard French
1792 – 1854
politicianlawyer
Lyne Metcalfe
1822 – 1906
politician
Thomas Alexander Marshall
1794 – 1871
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John W. Langley
1868 – 1932
politicianlawyer
William Wright Southgate
1800 – 1849
politicianlawyer
William McKinney
1895 – 1969
jazz musicianbandleaderdrummer
Kenneth H. Tuggle
1904 – 1978
politicianlawyer
Bob Young
1923 – 2011
journalist
Bill Richmond
1921 – 2016
actorscreenwriter
Solomon King
1930 – 2005
singer
Charles W. Milliken
1827 – 1915
politicianlawyer
Michael Joseph Gill
1864 – 1918
politician
Charles Debrille Poston
1825 – 1902
politician
William Lewis
1868 – 1959
school superintendentpoliticianlawyer
Alfred Metcalf Jackson
1860 – 1924
politicianlawyerjudge
Clarence "Big House" Gaines
1923 – 2005
American football playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Emma Speed Sampson
1868 – 1947
journalist
King Swope
1893 – 1961
politicianlawyerjudge
Anne Hazen McFarland
1867 – 1930
neurologisteditorphysician
William L. May
1793 – 1849
politicianlawyer
Artishia Gilbert
1868 – 1904
physicianteacher
Hank Duncan
1894 – 1968
jazz musicianpianist
Odie Spears
1925 – 1985
basketball player
Gene Rhodes
1927 – 2018
basketball coachbasketball player