Notable People from Kentucky

Julie Parrish

American actress (1940-2003)

Helen Humes

American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981)

John Stuart Williams

Confederate Army general

Rogers Morton

American politician (1914-1979)

Allen Lard

Amateur golfer (1866–1946)

John L. Helm

Governor of Kentucky (1802-1867)

Bert T. Combs

American federal judge; governor of Kentucky (1911–1991)

James Clark McReynolds

United States federal judge and Supreme Court Justice (1862-1946)

Julian Carroll

American politician (1931–2023)

Lazarus Powell

American politician (1812–1867)

Eugene Oberst

American football player and coach, track and field athlete and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator (1901-1991)

Pee Wee Reese

American baseball player and coach

Edwin P. Morrow

American politician (1877–1935)

Maurine Dallas Watkins

American journalist (1896–1969)

Shelby Moore Cullom

American politician (1829-1914)

Mike Silliman

basketball player (1944-2000)

Edward Faulkner

American actor

Mildred J. Hill

American composer (1859–1916)

Harvey Fuqua

American musician, record producer (1929–2010)

B. Gratz Brown

American politician, Missouri (1826-1885)

Richard Yates

13th Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator; father of Richard Yates (1815-1873)

William English

American computer engineer (1929–2020)

Champ Clark

American politician (1850–1921)

Joseph Duncan

American politician (1794-1844)

Greg Page

American boxer (1958-2009)

John Floyd

American politician and military officer (1783–1837)

Marshall Allen

American jazz saxophonist, flutist and oboist (born 1924)

Joe Nickell

American skeptical investigator

Orville Hickman Browning

American politician (1806-1881)

Preston Leslie

Governor of Kentucky (1819-1907)

Forest Able

American basketball player

James D. Black

Governor of Kentucky in 1919

Oscar Underwood

American politician (1862–1929)

Joseph Hunter

American rugby union player (1899–1984)

Joseph Winlock

American astronomer (1826–1875)

Davey Moore

American boxer (1933–1963)

Hunt Stromberg

American film producer (1894-1968)

Benjamin F. Jonas

United States Senator from Georgia (1834-1911)

Mary E. Britton

African-American physician

Joseph O. Shelby

Confederate States Army general (1830–1897)

William J. Fields

American politician (1874-1954)

Percy Beard

American track and field athlete, hurdler, track and field coach, Olympic silver medalist (1908-1990)

Bill Coleman

American musician (1904-1981)

Samuel B. Maxey

American politician (1825-1895)

Jimmy Raney

American musician (1927–1995)

Thomas James Churchill

13th governor of Arkansas

Charles A. Wickliffe

American politician from Kentucky (1788-1869)

Louie B. Nunn

Kentucky governor (1924-2004)

Joshua Baker

American politician (1799-1885)

Lilburn Boggs

American politician (1796-1860)