Biographical Records
Notable People from Kentucky
1,902 notable figures born in Kentucky, showing page 38 of 39, ranked by historical prominence.
Charles A. Hufnagel
1916 – 1989
university teachersurgeon
Art Herman
1871 – 1955
baseball player
Clarence Lushbaugh
1916 – 2000
radiologistpathologist
Sanders D. Bruce
1825 – 1902
writer
Augusta Fox Bronner
1881 – 1966
psychologistwriter
Mayme Logsdon
1881 – 1967
mathematician
Lucien Young
1852 – 1912
military officer
Ollie Powers
1886 – 1928
jazz musicianmusiciansinger
Theodore Gross
1880 – 1951
gymnast
Lizzie Lape
1853
businessperson
Eva C. Doughty
1852
journalistwriter
Sallie Bingham
1937 – 2025
playwrightwriter
Shelby Hearon
1931 – 2016
novelist
Sherrod Williams
1804 – 1876
politicianlawyer
Sonny Osborne
1937 – 2021
blues musicianbanjoistsongwriter
Mack Allison
1887 – 1964
baseball player
Fred Davis
1918 – 1995
American football player
Henry English Read
1824 – 1868
politician
Samuel Isett Woodbridge
1856 – 1913
journalisttranslatormissionary
Jim Long
1862 – 1932
baseball player
Bill Kraus
1947 – 1986
politician
William Lee Popham
1885 – 1953
novelist
Dykes Potter
1910 – 2002
baseball player
Bill Sorrell
1940 – 2008
baseball player
John Christian Bullitt
1824 – 1902
lawyer
William Hunter
1883 – 1966
sprinter
Arthur B. Hancock, Jr.
1910 – 1972
military personnel
Joseph W. Morris
1879 – 1937
politician
Reuben T. Durrett
1824 – 1913
politicianlawyer
Jon Gustin
1932 – 1994
golfer
Bruce Haynes
1942 – 2011
musicologistoboistflautist
Christine Johnson
1911 – 2010
music educatoropera singermusical theatre actor
Clifton Rhodes Bratcher
1917 – 1977
lawyerjudge
William Heick
1916 – 2012
directorfilm directorcinematographer
Bruce Johnson
1950 – 2022
journalist
Coy Bacon
1942 – 2008
American football player
Bert Johnson
1912 – 1993
American football player
Shelley Hull
1884 – 1919
film actorstage actor
Orlie Weaver
1886 – 1970
baseball player
Noah Mullins
1918 – 1998
American football player
Helen LaFrance
1919 – 2020
artist
Dale Roberts
1940 – 2010
baseball player
Mabel Hite
1883 – 1912
stage actoractor
Emma Jean Hawes
1912 – 1987
bridge player
Danny Morris
1946 – 2023
baseball player
Clyde Johnson
1917 – 1997
American football player
William Frederick Harris
1918 – 1950
military personnel
Charles Sebree
1914 – 1985
painterplaywright
William Gant
1919 – 1995
judge
Albert Seay
1916 – 1984
musicologist