Notable People from Kentucky

Helen Humes

American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981)

Chet Brandenburg

film actor (1897-1974)

John Stuart Williams

Confederate Army general

John L. Helm

Governor of Kentucky (1802-1867)

Bryan Hines

Olympic wrestler

James Clark McReynolds

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

Bertha Palmer

American art collector (1849-1918)

Julie Parrish

American actress (1940-2003)

Lazarus Powell

American politician (1812–1867)

Allen Lard

Amateur golfer (1866–1946)

Mike Silliman

basketball player (1944-2000)

James G. Scrugham

American politician (1880-1945)

Rogers Morton

American politician (1914-1979)

Bert T. Combs

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

Mildred J. Hill

American composer (1859–1916)

Shelby Moore Cullom

American politician (1829-1914)

Julian Carroll

American politician (1931–2023)

Richard Yates

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

Maurine Dallas Watkins

American journalist (1896–1969)

B. Gratz Brown

American politician, Missouri (1826-1885)

Edward Faulkner

American actor

Eugene Oberst

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

Edwin P. Morrow

American politician (1877–1935)

Joseph Duncan

American politician (1794-1844)

John Floyd

American politician and military officer (1783–1837)

Champ Clark

American politician (1850–1921)

Harvey Fuqua

American musician, record producer (1929–2010)

Herschel Mayall

American actor (1863-1941)

Richard P. Bland

American politician (1835-1899)

Keith Whitley

American country singer (1954–1989)

Bird Averitt

American basketball player (1952–2020)

Preston Leslie

Governor of Kentucky (1819-1907)

Willa Brown

American pilot and aviation educator (1906-1992)

Joe Nickell

American skeptical investigator

Oscar Underwood

American politician (1862–1929)

James D. Black

Governor of Kentucky in 1919

Bill Coleman

American musician (1904-1981)

Forest Able

American basketball player

Orville Hickman Browning

American politician (1806-1881)

Mary E. Britton

African-American physician

Benjamin F. Jonas

United States Senator from Georgia (1834-1911)

Joseph Hunter

American rugby union player (1899–1984)

Hunt Stromberg

American film producer (1894-1968)

Joseph O. Shelby

Confederate States Army general (1830–1897)

Davey Moore

American boxer (1933–1963)

William J. Fields

American politician (1874-1954)

Charles A. Wickliffe

American politician from Kentucky (1788-1869)

Betty Arlen

American actress (1909-1966)

Joshua Baker

American politician (1799-1885)

Lilburn Boggs

American politician (1796-1860)