Biographical Records
Notable People from Kentucky
1,902 notable figures born in Kentucky, showing page 27 of 39, ranked by historical prominence.
John C. Greene
1926 – 2016
dentist
George Taliaferro Ward
1810 – 1862
politician
Barney Bright
1927 – 1997
sculptor
Bob DeMoss
1927 – 2017
American football player
David M. Smith
1926 – 1950
military personnel
Charlie Parsley
1925 – 1997
basketball coachbasketball player
Eugene F. Rice, Jr.
1924 – 2008
university teacherhistorian
G.C. Spencer
1925 – 2007
racing driver
George Caldwell
1814 – 1866
politicianlawyer
William Edward West
1788 – 1857
painter
Skippy Whitaker
1930 – 1990
basketball player
Frank Covelli
1937 – 2022
javelin thrower
John J. Hardin
1810 – 1847
journalisteditorpolitician
Jesse Applegate
1811 – 1888
explorerpublicistpioneer
Alberta Odell Jones
1930 – 1965
lawyer
James E. Moore, Jr.
1931 – 1999
military officer
Charles James Brenham
1817 – 1876
politician
Isaac Funk
1797 – 1865
politician
Speed S. Fry
1817 – 1892
military officer
Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman
1813 – 1891
writer
Maria T. Daviess
1814 – 1896
historianpoetwriter
John Woodhouse Audubon
1812 – 1862
illustratorpainternaturalist
James William Moore
1818 – 1877
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomas Marshall
1817 – 1873
politicianlawyer
Lindsay Applegate
1808 – 1892
politician
Samuel J. Gholson
1808 – 1883
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Wilkins Short
1794 – 1863
scientific collectorbotanical collectorbotanist
Jerry Chesnut
1931 – 2018
songwritersingercomposer
Chuck Osborne
1939 – 1979
basketball player
James Doss
1939 – 2012
novelistphysicist
Michael Joseph Smith
1938 – 2022
jazz musiciancomposer
William McHenry
1771 – 1835
politician
Richard Menefee
1809 – 1841
politicianlawyer
Lee Rose
1936 – 2022
baseball playerbasketball coach
Patrick W. Tompkins
1804 – 1853
politicianlawyerjudge
Dottie Rambo
1934 – 2008
songwritermusician
Gene Dinwiddie
1936 – 2002
saxophonistmusician
Landaff Andrews
1803 – 1887
politicianlawyerjudge
Joseph H. Hawkins
1800 – 1823
politicianlawyer
James B. Foley
1807 – 1886
politician
Mathew Caldwell
1798 – 1842
military personnel
Patrick H. Pope
1806 – 1841
politicianlawyer
J. Max Bond, Jr.
1935 – 2009
architect
Joseph Drake
1806 – 1878
politicianlawyerjudge
Mike Dukes
1936 – 2008
American football player
Robert K. Casey
1931 – 2015
politicianphysician
John B. Grayson
1806 – 1861
military personnel
Viola Davis Brown
1936 – 2017
nurse
Jefferson Hunt
1803 – 1879
politician
Ted Greene
1932 – 1982
American football player