Famous Kentuckians
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Kentucky or spent some important time in Kentucky.
Muhammad Ali, boxer
Alben Barkley, U.S. vice president
Wendell Berry, poet
Ned Beatty, actor
Daniel Boone, pioneer and explorer
Louis Brandeis, U.S. supreme court justice
John Cabell Breckinridge, U.S. vice president
Foster Brooks, comedian
Don Brumfield, jockey
Jim Bunning, baseball player
John Carpenter, producer and director
Steve Cauthen, jockey
Happy Chandler, baseball player
Steven Curtis Chapman, singer
Cassius Marcellus Clay, ambassador, abolitionist, and a founder of the Republican Party
Henry Clay, U.S. senator, U.S. speaker of the house, U.S. secretary of state
George Clooney, actor
Nick Clooney, actor
Rosemary Clooney, singer
Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky governor
John Conlee, singer
William Conrad, actor
John Sherman Cooper, U.S. senator, ambassador, and member of the Warren Commission
J. D. Crowe, country singer
Denny Crum, basketball player
Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer and actor
Jefferson Davis, Confederate president
Jackie De Shannon, pop singer
Johnny Depp, actor
Irene Dunn, actress
Rudy Ellis, boxer
Don & Phil Everly, rock singers
Rebecca Gayheart, actress
Crystal Gayle, country singer
Haven Gillespie, songwriter
Lillian Gish, actress
Christopher Gist, explorer
D. W. Griffith, movie producer
Darrell Griffith, basketball player
Tom T. Hall, country singer
Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
John Marshall Harlan, U.S. supreme court justice
Larnell Harris, singer
Mildred and Patty Hill, songwriters,
Happy Birthday to You
Paul Hornung, football player
Richard M. Johnson, U.S. vice president
Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones, country musician, comedian, and songwriter
Ashley Judd, actress
Naomi Judd, country singer
Wyonna Judd, country singer
Kentucky Headhunters, musicians
Lily May Ledford, musician and songwriter
Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
Brian Littrell, singer
Patty Loveless, country singer
Loretta Lynn, country singer
Lee Majors, actor
Victor Mature, actor
Tamara McKinney, skier
Mary Meagher, swimmer
Bill Monroe, bluegrass singer and songwriter
John Michael Montgomery, country singer
Isaac Burns Murphy, jockey
Patricia Neal, actress
Joan Osborne, singer
Greg Page, boxer
Annie Potts, actress
Boots Randolph, musician
Pee Wee Reese, baseball player
Kevin Richardson, country singer
Jeanie Ritchie, singer
Adolph Rupp, basketball coach
Colonel Harland Sanders, founder,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Isaac Shelby, Kentucky governor
Ricky Skaggs, country singer
Woody Stephens, horse trainer
Adlai Stevenson, U.S. vice president
Danny Sullivan, auto racer
Zachary Taylor, U.S. president
Mary Travers, country singer
Merle Travis, country singer
Wes Unseld, basketball player
Frederick Moore Vinson, U.S. supreme court chief justice
Thomas Walker, explorer
Darrell Waltrip, auto racer
Michael Waltrip, auto racer
Steve Wariner, country singer
Keith Whitley, country singer
Dwight Yoakum, country singer
For more famous Kentuckians, check out this web site: http://www.kentuckytourism.com/ facts_famous.aspx.
