List of people from Lexington, Kentucky
Following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Lexington, Kentucky metropolitan area:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| David Akers | National Football League kicker[1] |
| James L. Alcorn | Lexington deputy sheriff, United States Senator from Mississippi[2] |
| Henry Bidleman Bascom | editor, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop, President of Transylvania University 1842-1849 |
| Kent Blazy | songwriter[3] |
| John Breckinridge | U.S. Senator[4] |
| John B. Breckinridge | U.S. Representative[5] |
| John C. Breckinridge | U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator[6] |
| Belle Brezing | brothel madam[7] |
| Laura Bell Bundy | actress[8] |
| LaVerne Butler | clergyman and college president[9] |
| Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier | silent film director, screenwriter, and best-selling author |
| Thomas D. Clark | historian and author[10] |
| Henry Clay | statesman, US Representative and Senator, Secretary of State[11] |
| George Clooney | actor, producer, film director |
| Joyce Compton | actress |
| Drew Curtis | businessman and founder of Fark[12] |
| Guy Davenport | author[13] |
| Jefferson Davis | politician, President of the Confederate United States of America[14] |
| Dermontti Dawson | NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers[15] |
| Major Carl H. Dodd | Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the Korean War |
| Charlotte Dupuy | slave who sued Henry Clay for freedom in 1829[16] |
| Peter Durrett | slave; with his wife formed First African Baptist Church of Lexington by 1790, the first black congregation west of Allegheny Mountains and third oldest black Baptist church in United States[17] |
| Farah Fath | soap opera actress, known for roles Mimi Lockhart on Days of Our Lives and Gig Morasco Balsom on One Life to Live |
| Henry Faulkner | artist[18] |
| London Ferrill | second preacher of First African Baptist Church, served city during 1833 cholera epidemic; by 1850 he had attracted 1,820 members to the church, the largest in Kentucky; his funeral procession in 1854 was the second largest, after Henry Clay's[17][19] |
| Ralph Foody | actor |
| Steve Gabbard | NFL player[20] |
| Gatewood Galbraith | author, lawyer, hemp advocate, and personal rights defender[21] |
| Marvin Gay, Sr. | Pentecostal minister; father and murderer of R&B singer Marvin Gaye |
| Tyson Gay | sprinter, 2007 World Champion at 100 and 200 meters[22] |
| Rayna Gellert | bluegrass fiddler |
| Troy Gentry | musician in the Country music duo Montgomery Gentry[23] |
| Vince Gill | musician |
| Trevor Gott | Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals |
| James Baker Hall | Poet, photographer, novelist, teacher |
| Joe B. Hall | Hall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky from 1972-1985.[24] |
| Tom Hammond | NBC sportscaster |
| Han Kuo-Huang | ethnomusicologist |
| Haydar Hatemi | painter |
| Thomas E. Hayden | mayor of Flower Mound, Texas; reared in and graduate of the Sayre School in Lexington[25] |
| Richard Hell | punk-rock godfather |
| Josh Hopkins | actor |
| B. Wayne Hughes | billionaire founder of Public Storage |
| Martin Huston | actor |
| Kevin Jarvis | Major League Baseball player[26] |
| Michael Kennedy | actor |
| Ashley Judd | actress |
| Naomi Judd | musician |
| Gregory Kaidanov | chess grandmaster |
| Austin Kearns | Major League Baseball player with Cleveland Indians |
| Paul Levy | writer |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | First Lady, wife of Abraham Lincoln |
| William Lipscomb | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Brian Littrell | musician for the Backstreet Boys |
| Shirley Ardell Mason | a.k.a. Sybil |
| Tucker Max | author |
| Les McCann | jazz musician and painter |
| Shug McGaughey | Thoroughbred trainer |
| Ralph Eugene Meatyard | photographer |
| Irene Moon | also known as Katja Chantre Seltmann, musician |
| Charles Chilton Moore | |
| Jessica Moore | journalist |
| John Hunt Morgan | Civil War General |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan | geneticist |
| Gurney Norman | author, University of Kentucky professor |
| Natalie Novosel | basketball player; 2012 first-round draft pick of WNBA's Washington Mystics |
| J. Peterman | businessman |
| H. Foster Pettit | state representative, 1965-1970; mayor of Lexington, 1972-1978, lawyer in Lexington[27] |
| Scarlett Pinson | Professional sleeper and bat enthusiast. |
| Rick Pitino | Hall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky from 1989-1997. |
| Ben Revere | Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals, played High School baseball in Lexington. |
| Sarah Rice | singer, musician, actress and artist |
| Kevin Richardson | musician |
| Charles P. Roland | historian |
| Robbie Ross, Jr. | Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox |
| Adolph Rupp | Hall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky from 1930-1972. |
| Alfred Francis Russell | 10th President of Liberia |
| Robert Schneider | musician |
| Michael Shannon | actor |
| Eric Shelton | NFL running back |
| Tubby Smith | basketball coach for the University of Kentucky from 1997-2007. |
| Harry Dean Stanton | actor |
| Chris Stapleton | country musician |
| Walter Tevis | author of The Hustler and The Color of Money |
| Tinashe | singer and actress |
| David Tolliver | musician, Halfway to Hazard |
| John Tuska | artist |
| Jim Varney | actor and comedian |
| Adalin Wichman | sculptor and artist, designer of the Eclipse Award Trophy[28][29] |
| Steve Zahn | actor |
See also
References
- ↑ "David Akers NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
- ↑ Blazy, Kent (2010). "Welcome to KentBlazy.com". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "BRECKINRIDGE, John - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "BRECKINRIDGE, John Bayne - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Thompson, E.I. (2007-09-27). "Belle Brezing". Kentucky, University of. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ TV.com (2010). "Laura Bell Bundy on TV.com". Inc., CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, Baptist Press, December 21, 2010
- ↑ Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Department for (2007-04-17). "Kentucky's Historian Laureate: Thomas D. Clark - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives". Kentucky, Commonwealth of. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "CLAY, Henry - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Curtis, Drew (2010). "Vator.tv - Drew Curtis". Inc., Vator. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Wellner, Anita A. (2009-03-19). "University of Delaware: GUY DAVENPORT LETTERS". Delaware Library, University of. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "DAVIS, Jefferson - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ "Dermontti Dawson NFL & AFL Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum (2010-02-24). "Aaron and Charlotte Dupuy". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- 1 2 H. E. Nutter, A Brief History of the First Baptist Church (Black) Lexington, Kentucky, 1940, accessed 22 Aug 2010
- ↑ Cross Gate Gallery (2009). "Henry Lawrence Faulkner". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ "Biography of London Ferrill, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colored Persons, Lexington, KY.": A.W. Elder, printer, 1854, 12 pgs, online edition, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina, accessed 6 May 2011
- ↑ "Steve Gabbard". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ↑ Galbraith, Gatewood (2010-04-05). "Gatewood for Governor - Dea Riley for Lt. Governor - Gatewood Galbraith". Citizens to Elect Gatewood for Governor. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ "The Official Website of Tyson Gay :: Biography". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ MTV Networks (2009). "CMT.com : Montgomery Gentry : Biography". Inc., MTVN Direct. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ "Joe B. Hall Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ "Thomas Edward Hayden". intelius.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Kevin Jarvis Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Karla Wood (November 22, 2014). "Former Lexington mayor H. Foster Pettit dies at 84". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Adalin Wichman, designer of the Eclipse Awards statuette, dies at 91". Daily Racing Form. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ↑ Copley, Rich (2013-03-12). "Lexington artist Adalin Wichman, known for her work and wit, dies at 91". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
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