List of people from Lexington, Kentucky

The following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Lexington, Kentucky, metropolitan area:

NameDescription
David AkersNational Football League kicker[1]
James L. AlcornLexington deputy sheriff, United States Senator from Mississippi[2]
Dotsie BauschCyclist, national champion, Pan American Champion and Olympic silver medalist
Henry Bidleman BascomEditor, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, university president
Asa BlanchardSilversmith, clockmaker
Kent BlazySongwriter[3]
John BreckinridgeU.S. Attorney General and Senator[4]
John B. BreckinridgeU.S. Representative[5]
John C. BreckinridgeU.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator[6]
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge Founder, School of Social Works Administration, University of Chicago
Belle BrezingBrothel madam[7]
William Wells BrownAbolitionist leader
Walker BuehlerMajor League Baseball pitcher
Laura Bell BundyActress[8]
LaVerne ButlerClergyman and college president[9]
Mrs. Leslie CarterStage and silent-film actress
Elizabeth Pickett ChevalierSilent-film director and screenwriter, author
Thomas D. ClarkHistorian and author[10]
Henry ClayU.S. Representative and Senator, Secretary of State[11]
Tyler ClippardMajor League Baseball pitcher
George ClooneyActor, producer, film director
Joyce ComptonActress
Drew CurtisFounder of Fark[12]
Guy DavenportAuthor[13]
Jefferson DavisPolitician, President of the Confederate United States of America[14]
Dermontti DawsonNFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers[15]
Major Carl H. DoddMedal of Honor recipient for his service during the Korean War
Josiah DunhamSecretary of State of Vermont and founder of Lafayette Female Academy.[16]
Charlotte DupuySlave who sued Henry Clay for freedom in 1829[17]
Peter DurrettChurch founder[18]
Farah FathActress
Henry FaulknerArtist[19]
London FerrillReligious leader[18][20]
Ralph FoodyActor
Steve GabbardNFL player[21]
Gatewood GalbraithAuthor, lawyer[22]
Marvin Gay, Sr.Pentecostal minister; father and murderer of R&B singer Marvin Gaye
Tyson GaySprinter[23]
Rayna GellertBluegrass fiddler
Troy GentryMusician, country-music duo Montgomery Gentry[24]
Arin GillilandNational Women's Soccer League player for the Chicago Red Stars
Trevor GottMajor League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals
Andy GreenManager of the San Diego Padres
James Baker HallPoet, photographer, novelist, teacher
Joe B. HallHall of Fame basketball coach for University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985[25]
Tom HammondNBC sportscaster
Han Kuo-HuangEthnomusicologist
Haydar HatemiPainter
Isaac Scott HathawayArtist, Professor at the Tuskegee Institute, First African-American to design a US Coin
Thomas E. HaydenMayor of Flower Mound, Texas[26]
Lewis HaydenAbolitionist leader
Bradlee Heckmann Neuroimmunologist
Richard HellPunk-rocker
Josh HopkinsActor
B. Wayne HughesFounder of Public Storage
Sarah HutchingsContemporary American Composer
Kevin JarvisMajor League Baseball player[27]
Robert KirkmanComic-book writer and TV producer best known for The Walking Dead[28]
Ashley JuddActress
Naomi JuddMusician
Gregory KaidanovChess grandmaster
Austin KearnsMajor League Baseball player
Paul LevyWriter
Mary Todd LincolnFirst Lady, wife of Abraham Lincoln
William LipscombNobel Prize in Chemistry
Brian LittrellMusician, Backstreet Boys
Shirley Ardell Masona.k.a. Sybil
Tucker MaxAuthor
Les McCannJazz musician and painter
Anne Hazen McFarlandphysician and medical journal editor
Shug McGaugheyThoroughbred trainer
Ralph Eugene MeatyardPhotographer
Irene MoonAlso known as Katja Chantre Seltmann, musician
Charles Chilton Moore
Davey MooreBoxer, featherweight champion
Jessica MooreJournalist
John Hunt MorganC.S. Army general
Thomas Hunt MorganGeneticist
Gurney NormanAuthor, professor
Natalie NovoselBasketball player, WNBA's Washington Mystics
J. PetermanBusinessman
H. Foster PettitState representative, mayor of Lexington[29]
Ben RevereMajor League Baseball player, Washington Nationals; played high school baseball in Lexington
Sarah RiceSinger, musician, actress and artist
Kevin RichardsonMusician, Backstreet Boys
Charles P. RolandHistorian
Robbie Ross, Jr.Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
Adolph RuppHall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky from 1930 to 1972.
Alfred Francis Russell10th President of Liberia
Robert SchneiderMusician
Michael ShannonActor
Joseph O. ShelbyC.S. Army general
Eric SheltonNFL running back
Tubby SmithBasketball coach, University of Kentucky
Harry Dean StantonActor
Chris StapletonCountry musician
Walter TevisAuthor of The Hustler and The Color of Money
TinasheSinger and actress
David TolliverMusician, Halfway to Hazard
John TuskaArtist
Jim VarneyActor and comedian
Adalin WichmanSculptor and artist, designer of Eclipse Award Trophy[30][31]
Steve ZahnActor
Shayna HubersCriminal convicted of killing her boyfriend Ryan Poston. She is also compared with convicted killer Jodi Arias due to her similarity of her crimes.

See also

References

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  2. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
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  9. Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, Baptist Press, December 21, 2010
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  12. Curtis, Drew (2010). "Vator.tv - Drew Curtis". Inc., Vator. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  13. Wellner, Anita A. (2009-03-19). "University of Delaware: GUY DAVENPORT LETTERS". Delaware Library, University of. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  14. the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "DAVIS, Jefferson - Biographical Information". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  15. "Dermontti Dawson NFL & AFL Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  16. Moseley, Edward Strong (1878). A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family. Newburyport, MA: Newburyport Herald. p. 47.
  17. Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum (2010-02-24). "Aaron and Charlotte Dupuy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  18. H. E. Nutter, A Brief History of the First Baptist Church (Black) Lexington, Kentucky, 1940, accessed 22 August 2010
  19. Cross Gate Gallery (2009). "Henry Lawrence Faulkner". Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  20. "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
  21. "Steve Gabbard". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  22. Galbraith, Gatewood (2010-04-05). "Gatewood for Governor - Dea Riley for Lt. Governor - Gatewood Galbraith". Citizens to Elect Gatewood for Governor. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
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  26. "Thomas Edward Hayden". intelius.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  27. "Kevin Jarvis Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  28. "Kentuckian who created 'Walking Dead' comes home for a chat". Lexington Herald-Leader. Kentucky. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  29. Karla Wood (November 22, 2014). "Former Lexington mayor H. Foster Pettit dies at 84". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  30. "Adalin Wichman, designer of the Eclipse Awards statuette, dies at 91". Daily Racing Form. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  31. 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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