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词条 List of people from Lexington, Kentucky
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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, university president
Kent Blazy Songwriter[3]
John Breckinridge U.S. Attorney General and Senator[4]
John B. Breckinridge U.S. Representative[5]
John C. Breckinridge U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator[6]
Sophonisba P. BreckinridgeFounder, School of Social Works Administration, University of Chicago
Belle Brezing Brothel madam[7]
William Wells Brown Abolitionist leader
Laura Bell Bundy Actress[8]
LaVerne Butler Clergyman and college president[9]
Mrs. Leslie Carter Stage and silent-film actress
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier Silent-film director and screenwriter, author
Thomas D. Clark Historian and author[10]
Henry Clay U.S. Representative and Senator, Secretary of State[11]
Tyler Clippard Major League Baseball pitcher
George Clooney Actor, producer, film director
Joyce Compton Actress
Drew Curtis 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
Josiah Dunham Secretary of State of Vermont and founder of Lafayette Female Academy.[16]
Charlotte Dupuy Slave who sued Henry Clay for freedom in 1829[17]
Peter Durrett Church founder[18]
Farah Fath Actress
Henry Faulkner Artist[19]
London Ferrill Religious leader[18][20]
Ralph Foody Actor
Steve Gabbard NFL player[21]
Gatewood Galbraith Author, lawyer[22]
Marvin Gay, Sr. Pentecostal minister; father and murderer of R&B singer Marvin Gaye
Tyson Gay Sprinter[23]
Rayna Gellert Bluegrass fiddler
Troy Gentry Musician, country-music duo Montgomery Gentry[24]
Vince Gill Musician
Arin Gilliland National Women's Soccer League player for the Chicago Red Stars
Trevor Gott Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals
Andy Green Manager of the San Diego Padres
James Baker Hall Poet, photographer, novelist, teacher
Joe B. Hall Hall of Fame basketball coach for University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985[25]
Tom Hammond NBC sportscaster
Han Kuo-Huang Ethnomusicologist
Haydar Hatemi Painter
Thomas E. Hayden Mayor of Flower Mound, Texas[26]
Lewis Hayden Abolitionist leader
Richard Hell Punk-rocker
Josh Hopkins Actor
B. Wayne Hughes Founder of Public Storage
Martin Huston Actor
Kevin Jarvis Major League Baseball player[27]
Robert Kirkman Comic-book writer and TV producer best known for The Walking Dead[28]
Ashley Judd Actress
Naomi Judd Musician
Gregory Kaidanov Chess grandmaster
Austin Kearns Major League Baseball player with Cleveland Indians
Paul Levy Writer
Mary Todd Lincoln First Lady, wife of Abraham Lincoln
William Lipscomb Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Brian Littrell Musician, Backstreet Boys
Shirley Ardell Mason a.k.a. Sybil
Tucker Max Author
Les McCann Jazz musician and painter
Anne Hazen McFarland physician and medical journal editor
Shug McGaughey Thoroughbred trainer
Ralph Eugene Meatyard Photographer
Irene Moon Also known as Katja Chantre Seltmann, musician
Charles Chilton Moore
Davey Moore Boxer, featherweight champion
Jessica Moore Journalist
John Hunt Morgan Civil War General
Thomas Hunt Morgan Geneticist
Gurney Norman Author, professor
Natalie Novosel Basketball player, WNBA's Washington Mystics
J. Peterman Businessman
H. Foster Pettit State representative, mayor of Lexington[29]
Rick Pitino Hall of Fame basketball coach
Ben Revere Major League Baseball player, 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 to 1972.
Alfred Francis Russell 10th President of Liberia
Robert Schneider Musician
Michael Shannon Actor
Eric Shelton NFL running back
Tubby Smith Basketball coach, University of Kentucky
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 Eclipse Award Trophy[30][31]
Steve Zahn actor

See also

  • List of University of Kentucky alumni
  • List of people from Kentucky
  • List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/akersdav01.htm |title=David Akers NFL & AFL Football Statistics | publisher = Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-04-05 | year=2010}}
2. ^{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kentblazy.com/biography.html |title=Welcome to KentBlazy.com |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=Blazy, Kent |year=2010}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000787 |title=BRECKINRIDGE, John - Biographical Information |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000788 |title=BRECKINRIDGE, John Bayne - Biographical Information |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000789 |title=BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell - Biographical Information |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/libpage.php?lweb_id=341&llib_id=13 |title=Belle Brezing |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Kentucky, University of |last=Thompson|first= E.I.|date=2007-09-27}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/laura-bell-bundy/person/54242/summary.html |title=Laura Bell Bundy on TV.com |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=TV.com (CBS Interactive) |year=2010}}
9. ^Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, Baptist Press, December 21, 2010
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYHistorianLaureate.htm |title=Kentucky's Historian Laureate: Thomas D. Clark - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Kentucky, Commonwealth of |author=Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Department for |date=2007-04-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409002437/http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYHistorianLaureate.htm |archivedate=2010-04-09 |df= }}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000482 |title=CLAY, Henry - Biographical Information |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://vator.tv/person/drew-curtis |title=Vator.tv - Drew Curtis |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Inc., Vator |author=Curtis, Drew |year=2010}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/davnport.htm |title=University of Delaware: GUY DAVENPORT LETTERS |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Delaware Library, University of |author=Wellner, Anita A.|date=2009-03-19}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000113 |title=DAVIS, Jefferson - Biographical Information |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DawsDe00.htm |title=Dermontti Dawson NFL & AFL Statistics | publisher = Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-04-05 |year=2010}}
16. ^{{cite book |last=Moseley |first=Edward Strong |date=1878 |title=A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TR05AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA49 |location=Newburyport, MA |publisher=Newburyport Herald |page=47}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hathawaymuseum.org/dupuy.html |title=Aaron and Charlotte Dupuy |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum |date=2010-02-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409025607/http://www.hathawaymuseum.org/dupuy.html |archivedate=2010-04-09 |df= }}
18. ^H. E. Nutter, A Brief History of the First Baptist Church (Black) Lexington, Kentucky, 1940, accessed 22 August 2010
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.crossgategallery.com/artist/henrylawrencefaulkner.html |title=Henry Lawrence Faulkner |accessdate=2010-04-05 |author=Cross Gate Gallery |year=2009}}
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. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GabbSt20.htm | title=Steve Gabbard | publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-11-05}}
22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gatewood.com/site/?Gatewood_Galbraith |title=Gatewood for Governor - Dea Riley for Lt. Governor - Gatewood Galbraith |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Citizens to Elect Gatewood for Governor |author=Galbraith, Gatewood|date=2010-04-05}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tysongay.net/bio.php |title=The Official Website of Tyson Gay :: Biography |accessdate=2010-04-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413231430/http://www.tysongay.net/bio.php |archivedate=2010-04-13 |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomery_gentry/bio.jhtml |title=CMT.com : Montgomery Gentry : Biography |accessdate=2010-04-05 |publisher=Inc., MTVN Direct |author=MTV Networks |year=2009}}
25. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/h/halljo03.html |title=Joe B. Hall Coaching Record | publisher= College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-04-05 |year=2010}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Thomas&qmi=E&qn=Hayden&qcs=Flower+Mound%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Thomas Edward Hayden|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 3, 2014}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jarvike01|title=Kevin Jarvis Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac |accessdate= November 15, 2012}}
28. ^{{cite news| work= Lexington Herald-Leader| location = Kentucky| url= http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/tv/article44385522.html| date=October 26, 2012| title=Kentuckian who created 'Walking Dead' comes home for a chat|accessdate=January 25, 2016| archivedate=April 23, 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423023234/http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/tv/article44385522.html |deadurl=no}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/22/3553604_former-lexington-mayor-h-foster.html?rh=1|title=Former Lexington mayor H. Foster Pettit dies at 84|author=Karla Wood|date=November 22, 2014|publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader|accessdate=July 8, 2015}}
30. ^{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Adalin Wichman, designer of the Eclipse Awards statuette, dies at 91 |url=http://www.drf.com/news/adalin-wichman-designer-eclipse-awards-statuette-dies-91 |work=Daily Racing Form |publisher= |date=2013-03-12 |accessdate=2013-04-05}}
31. ^{{cite news|first=Rich|last=Copley|title=Lexington artist Adalin Wichman, known for her work and wit, dies at 91 |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/12/2553870/lexington-artist-adalin-wichman.html |work=Lexington Herald Leader |publisher= |date=2013-03-12 |accessdate=2013-04-05}}
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