Famous Kentuckians

Adolf Rupp is one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp coached the University of Kentucky men's basketball team from 1930 to 1972.

Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer who achieved prominence in the short story, poetry, and novels. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings.

Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Carter

Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination.

Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War.

John Luther "Casey" Jones  was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, He was called Casey because he was from Cayce, Kentucky.

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky. She was a popular American singer and actress.

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln

Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958.

Henry Clay, Sr. was a nineteenth-century American statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He was known as "The Great Compromiser" and "The Great Pacificator" for his ability to bring others to agreement.

Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War.

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.  is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14, 1935) is an American Country music singer-songwriter and was one of the leading country female vocalists during the 1960s and 1970s and overall is revered as a country icon.

Carrie Nation

Carrie Nation (November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911) was a member of the temperance movement—the battles against alcohol in pre-Prohibition America—particularly noted for promoting her viewpoint through vandalism. On many occasions, Nation would enter an alcohol-serving establishment, and attack the bar with a hatchet.

John Cabell Breckinridge  was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last Confederate Secretary of War.

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an African American inventor who originated a respiratory protective hood (similar to the modern gas masks), invented a hair-straightening preparation, and patented a type of traffic signal. He is renowned for a heroic rescue in which he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system filled with fumes. He is credited as the first African-American to own an automobile.

Ephraim McDowell  was an American physician. He settled at Danville, Kentucky in 1795, and attained prominence as a surgeon.

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

James Beauchamp Clark best known as Champ Clark (March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1912. Clark was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

James Beauchamp Clark

John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America.

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. (July 14, 1898 – June 15, 1991) was twice governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator, the 2nd Commissioner of Major League Baseball, and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. His jovial attitude earned him the nickname "Happy," which stuck for the remainder of his life.^[

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was an American settler, pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Harland David Sanders

Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).

John Hunt Morgan