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
Henry Bidleman BascomEditor, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, university president
Dotsie BauschCyclist, national champion, Pan American Champion, and Olympic silver medalist
Dominic BlackAmerican freestyle and folkstyle wrestler[1]
Kent BlazySongwriter[2]
John BreckinridgeU.S. Attorney General and Senator[3]
John B. BreckinridgeU.S. Representative[4]
John C. BreckinridgeU.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator[5]
Sophonisba BreckinridgeFounder, School of Social Works Administration, University of Chicago
Belle BrezingBrothel madam[6]
William Wells BrownAbolitionist leader
Walker BuehlerMajor League Baseball pitcher
Laura Bell BundyActress[7]
LaVerne ButlerClergyman and college president[8]
Mrs. Leslie CarterStage and silent-film actress
Elizabeth Pickett ChevalierSilent-film director and screenwriter, author
Meredith ClarkAcademic[9][10]
Thomas D. ClarkHistorian and author[11]
Henry ClayU.S. Representative and Senator, Secretary of State[12]
Tyler ClippardMajor League Baseball pitcher
George ClooneyActor, producer, film director
Joyce ComptonActress
Kelly CraftUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations and United States Ambassador to Canada
Drew CurtisFounder of Fark[13]
Guy DavenportAuthor[14]
Jefferson DavisPolitician, President of the Confederate United States of America[15]
Dermontti DawsonNFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers[16]
Carl H. DoddMajor, Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the Korean War
Josiah DunhamSecretary of State of Vermont and founder of Lafayette Female Academy[17]
Charlotte DupuySlave who sued Henry Clay for freedom in 1829[18]
Peter DurrettChurch founder[19]
Farah FathActress
Henry FaulknerArtist[20]
London FerrillReligious leader[19][21]
Ralph FoodyActor
Steve GabbardNFL player[22]
Gatewood GalbraithAuthor, lawyer[23]
Marvin Gay, Sr.Pentecostal minister; father and murderer of R&B singer Marvin Gaye
Tyson GaySprinter[24]
Rayna GellertBluegrass fiddler
Troy GentryMusician, country-music duo Montgomery Gentry[25]
Arin GillilandNational Women's Soccer League player for the Chicago Red Stars
Trevor GottMajor League Baseball pitcher
Andy GreenBench coach of the Chicago Cubs
James Baker HallPoet, photographer, novelist, teacher
Joe B. HallHall of Fame basketball coach for University of Kentucky, 1972–1985[26]
Tom HammondNBC sportscaster
Han Kuo-HuangEthnomusicologist
Haydar HatemiPainter
Isaac Scott HathawayArtist, professor at the Tuskegee Institute, first African-American to design a US coin
Lewis HaydenAbolitionist leader
Thomas E. HaydenMayor of Flower Mound, Texas[27]
Bradlee L. HeckmannNeuroimmunologist
Richard HellPunk-rocker
Ben HoffmanActor and writer best known for his satirical country music persona, Wheeler Walker, Jr.[28]
Josh HopkinsActor
Shayna HubersCriminal convicted of killing her boyfriend Ryan Poston; compared with convicted killer Jodi Arias due to the similarity of their crimes
B. Wayne HughesFounder of Public Storage
Sarah HutchingsComposer
Kevin JarvisMajor League Baseball player[29]
Robert KirkmanComic-book writer and TV producer best known for The Walking Dead[30]
Laura Johnson Dandridge19th century White House chef, Lexington restaurateur[31]
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, suffered from dissociative identity disorder
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 MooreAtheist
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
Grace PerreiahArtist
John PetermanBusinessman
H. Foster PettitState representative, mayor of Lexington[32]
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
Rubi RoseRapper
Robbie Ross, Jr.Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
Adolph RuppHall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky, 1930–1972
Alfred Francis Russell10th President of Liberia
Colton RyanActor
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
Henry A. TandyBorn enslaved, entrepreneur and building contractor
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[33][34]
Biddy WoodJournalist and jazz promoter
Steve ZahnActor

See also

References
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