Famous Kentuckians. Judge Roy Bean (1825-1903) - Infamous "hanging judge" of Langtry, Texas. Daniel Boone* (1734-1820) - Hunted and explored Kentucky James Bowie (1796-1836) - Hero of the Alamo, designer of the Bowie knife. Kit Carson (1809-1868) - Indian agent, trapper, scout. George Rogers Clark* (1752-1818) - American Revolution frontier general and explorer,
secured the NW Territory for the U.S., founder of Louisville, 1778. Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) - The Lion of White Hall, Ambassador to Russia, abolitionist, a founder of the Republican Party. Henry Clay* (1777-1852) - The Great Compromiser, U.S. senator, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. secretary of state. Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) - Only President of the Confederate States of America Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) -16th U.S. President Zachary Taylor* (1784-1850) - 12th U.S. President Daniel Carter Beard* (1850-1941) - Founded Boy Scouts of America John "Casey" Jones (1864-1900) - Railroad engineer. Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) - Wife of Abraham Lincoln. McCoys of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, resolved in 1888. John Hunt Morgan* (1825-1864) - The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy, Confederate general. Colonel Harland Sanders* (1890-1980) - Kentucky Fried Chicken founder. Franklin R. Sousley, PFC (1925-1945) - Helped raise the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima; immortalized in the most famous war photograph in history. Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) - Invented first automatic, tri-color traffic signal John T. Thompson (1860-1940) - Inventor of the Tommygun machine gun. Duncan Hines - Restaurant-guide publisher Ned Beatty - Actor
Foster Brooks - Comedian
Laura Bell Bundy - Actress
George Clooney - Actor
Rosemary Clooney - Singer
William Conrad - Actor
J.D. Crowe - Singer
Billy Ray Cyrus - Singer
Jackie De Shannon - Singer
Johnny Depp - Actor
Irene Dunne - Actress
Don & Phil Everly - Singers
Heather R. French - Miss America 1999-2000
Rebecca Gayheart - Actress
Crystal Gayle - Singer
Lillian Gish - Actress
Tom T. Hall - Singer
Kentucky Headhunters - Musicians
Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones - Musician, comedian, songwriter
Ashley Judd - Actress
Naomi Judd - Singer
Wynonna Judd - Singer
Patty Loveless - Singer
Loretta Lynn - Singer
Lee Majors - Actor
Bill Monroe - Singer
Tom Cruise - Actor
John Michael Montgomery - Singer
Montgomery Gentry - Singers
Patricia Neal - Actress
Joan Osborne - Singer
Annie Potts - Actress
Boots Randolph - Musician
Kevin Richardson - Singer
Jeanie Ritchie - Singer
Sean Allen - Mortgage Broker
Ricky Skaggs - Singer
Mary Travers - Singer
Merle Travis - Singer
Steve Wariner - Singer
Keith Whitley - Singer
Dwight Yoakum - Singer
Muhammad Ali - Boxing
Don Brumfield - Jockey
Jim Bunning - Baseball & Senator
Steve Cauthen - Jockey
A.B. "Happy" Chandler - Baseball
Denny Crum* - Basketball (University of Louisville)
Darrell Griffith - Basketball (University of Louisville)
Paul Hornung - Football
Tamara McKinney - Skiing
Mary T. Meagher - Swimming (Olympian)
Rick Pitino* - Basketball ( University of Louisville & Kentucky)
Pee Wee Reese - Baseball
Adolph Rupp* - Basketball
Woody Stephens - Horse trainer
Danny Sullivan - Auto racing
Wes Unseld - Basketball
Darrell Waltrip - Auto racing
Michael Waltrip - Auto racing Sincerely,
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My parents are from KY, I did not know all those were from KY.
Sorry about your luck with Tom Cruise but shouldnt Hanna Montanas dad be in bold? : )
Cool list...It's cool. I want to see what is in our state. Abe Lincoln for sure. I'd like to see an extansive list form my state.
Larry .... Yes he should have. I was trying to put the more well known people in Bold....Thanks
I actually didn't know Billy Ray was from Kentucky until I started researching this to put a list together.
I have been to Abe's birth place. Funny, most people think that he was from Illinois.