List of Famous People From Kentucky

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Below is a list of famous people that were born in Kentucky.

Famous Authors and journalists From Kentucky

James Lane Allen
Wendell Berry
Stephanie Bond
Harry M. Caudill
Clive Cussler
Greg Downs
John Fetterman
Larry Flynt
Joey Goebel
Bobbie Ann Mason
Ed McClanahan
Gurney Norman
Marsha Norman
Andrew J. Offutt
Chris Offutt
David Pitts
Richard RoBards
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Allen Tate
Helen Thomas
Hunter S. Thompson
Robert Penn Warren

Famous Actors, Actresses, and Radio Personalities From Kentucky

Ned Beatty
James Best
Rodger Bingham
Foster Brooks
W. Earl Brown
Tod Browning
Leo Burmester
Jennifer Carpenter
John Carpenter
George Clooney
Rosemary Clooney
William Conrad
Tom Cruise
Kassie DePaiva
Johnny Depp
Bob Edwards
Farah Fath
Don Galloway
Rebecca Gayheart
D. W. Griffith
Florence Henderson
Josh Hopkins
Elizabeth Ann Hulette aka “Miss Elizabeth”
Ashley Judd
Robert Karnes
Jennifer Lawrence
Matt Long
Joe Maggard
Lee Majors
Terrence Mann
William Mapother
Victor Mature
Charles Napier
Patricia Neal
Grady Nutt
Warren Oates
Annie Potts
Lawrence Pressman
Wes Ramsey
Jeffrey Reddick
Rob Riggle
Kelly Rutherford
Jeri Ryan
Mitchell Ryan
Diane Sawyer
William Shatner
J. Smith-Cameron
Harry Dean Stanton
Chrishell Stause
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Gus Van Sant
Jim Varney
Jack Warden
Chuck Woolery
Sean Young
Steve Zahn

Famous Government and political leaders From Kentucky

Ray H. Altman
Alben W. Barkley
Louis Brandeis
John C. Breckinridge
John Y. Brown, Jr.
A.B. “Happy” Chandler
Henry Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Ricky Lee Cox
Jefferson Davis
Lloyd Fuller Harding
John Marshall Harlan
Richard Mentor Johnson
Mae Street Kidd
Juanita M. Kreps
Abraham Lincoln
Mitch McConnell
Samuel Freeman Miller
Russ Mobley
Doug Moseley
Carrie Nation
Herman Rattliff
Stanley Forman Reed
Wiley Blount Rutledge
Tony Snow
James Speed
Adlai E. Stevenson I
Zachary Taylor
Sam B. Thomas
James E. Whitlock
Fred M. Vinson
Whitney Young

Famous Musicians From Kentucky

John J. Becker
Adrian Belew
Steven Curtis Chapman
John Conlee
Billy Ray Cyrus
Skeeter Davis
Don Everly
Crystal Gayle
Troy Lee Gentry
Tom T. Hall
Larnelle Harris
Lionel Hampton
Telma Hopkins
Naomi Judd
Wynonna Judd
James Kottak
Nick Lachey
Brian Littrell
Patty Loveless
Loretta Lynn
Dwain Messer
Bill Monroe
Eddie Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery
Will Oldham
Joan Osborne
Artimus Pyle
Dottie Rambo
Kevin Richardson
Jean Ritchie
Ricky Skaggs
Kevin Skinner
Rick Steier
Mark Stuart
Merle Travis
Keith Whitley
Dwight Yoakam
Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist (40s-60s era)
Jim James (Olliges), leader, My Morning Jacket
Harvey Fuqua, The Moonglows, legendary R&B/Soul Producer
Tom T. Hall, songwriter (12 #1 hits)
Sam Bush, Newgrass Revival
Pee Wee King (Julius Frank Kuczynski), Golden West Cowboys (30s-50s)
Co-wrote “The Tennessee Waltz”

Famous Scientists and inventors From Kentucky

Rex Geveden
Robert H. Grubbs
William Lipscomb
Garrett A. Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Phillip A. Sharp
George Snyder
Nathan Stubblefield
John T. Thompson
George Whitesides
Terrence W. Wilcutt

Famous Athletes From Kentucky

David Akers
Shaun Alexander
Muhammad Ali
Dave Anderson
Derek Anderson
Josh Anderson
Butch Beard
Rob Bironas
Jay Buhner
Jim Bunning
Chris Burke
Paul Byrd
Dwane Casey
Steve Cauthen
Rex Chapman
Jerry Claiborne
Cris Collinsworth
Earle Combs
Tim Couch
Dave Cowens
Denny Crum
Dermontti Dawson
E. A. Diddle
Scott Downs
Steve Finley
Woodie Fryman
Joe Fulks
Tyson Gay
Sean Green
Nicky Hayden
JB Holmes
Paul Hornung
Allan Houston
Gregory Kaidanov
Austin Kearns
Shawn Kelley
Roy Kidd
Jeremy Mayfield
Trever Miller
C. J. Mosley
John Pelphrey
Kenny Perry
Frank Ramsey
Jon Rauch
Pee Wee Reese
Rajon Rondo
Jack Roush
John Shelby
Jeff Sheppard
Phil Simms
Danny Sullivan
Jacob Tamme
Dan Uggla
Wes Unseld
Darrell Waltrip
Michael Waltrip
Brandon Webb

Famous Visual artists From Kentucky

John James Audubon
Lance Burton
Frank Duveneck
Fontaine Fox
Mac King
Alma Wallace Lesch
Loren Long
David W. Mack
Kate Matthews
Don Rosa
Gideon Shryock
Moneta Sleet Jr.
Bruce Tinsley
Edgar Tolson

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