List of people from Lexington, Kentucky

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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
Chad Aull Politician [1]
Henry Bidleman Bascom Editor, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, university president
Dotsie Bausch Cyclist, national champion, Pan American Champion, and Olympic silver medalist
Dominic Black Freestyle and folkstyle wrestler [2]
Kent Blazy Songwriter [3]
Joseph Bosworth Lawyer, politician, and businessman
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 Breckinridge Founder, School of Social Works Administration, University of Chicago
Belle Brezing Brothel madam [7]
William Wells Brown Abolitionist leader
Walker Buehler Major League Baseball pitcher
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
Meredith Clark Academic [10] [11]
Thomas D. Clark Historian and author [12]
Henry Clay U.S. Representative and Senator, Secretary of State [13]
Tyler Clippard Major League Baseball pitcher
George Clooney Actor, producer, film director
Joyce Compton Actress
Kelly Craft United States Ambassador to the United Nations and United States Ambassador to Canada
Drew Curtis Founder of Fark [14]
Guy Davenport Author [15]
Jefferson Davis Politician, President of the Confederate United States of America [16]
Dermontti Dawson NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers [17]
Carl H. Dodd Major, Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the Korean War
Josiah Dunham Secretary of State of Vermont and founder of Lafayette Female Academy [18]
Charlotte Dupuy Slave who sued Henry Clay for freedom in 1829 [19]
Peter Durrett Church founder [20]
Farah Fath Actress
Henry Faulkner Artist [21]
London Ferrill Religious leader [20] [22]
Ralph Foody Actor
Steve Gabbard NFL player [23]
Gatewood Galbraith Author, lawyer [24]
Marvin Gay Sr. Pentecostal minister; father and murderer of R&B singer Marvin Gaye
Tyson Gay Sprinter [25]
Rayna Gellert Bluegrass fiddler
Troy Gentry Musician, country-music duo Montgomery Gentry [26]
Arin Gilliland National Women's Soccer League player for the Chicago Red Stars
Trevor Gott Major League Baseball pitcher
Andy Green Bench coach of the Chicago Cubs
James Baker Hall Poet, photographer, novelist, teacher
Joe B. Hall Hall of Fame basketball coach for University of Kentucky, 1972–1985 [27]
Tom Hammond NBC sportscaster
Han Kuo-Huang Ethnomusicologist
Haydar Hatemi Painter
Isaac Scott Hathaway Artist, professor at the Tuskegee Institute, first African-American to design a US coin
Lewis Hayden Abolitionist leader
Thomas E. HaydenMayor of Flower Mound, Texas [28]
Bradlee L. Heckmann Neuroimmunologist
Richard Hell Punk-rocker
Ben Hoffman Actor and writer best known for his satirical country music persona, Wheeler Walker Jr. [29]
Josh Hopkins Actor
Shayna Hubers Criminal convicted of killing her boyfriend Ryan Poston; compared with convicted killer Jodi Arias due to the similarity of their crimes
B. Wayne Hughes Founder of Public Storage
Sarah Hutchings Composer
Kevin Jarvis Major League Baseball player [30]
Robert Kirkman Comic-book writer and TV producer best known for The Walking Dead [31]
Laura Johnson Dandridge 19th century White House chef, Lexington restaurateur [32]
Ashley Judd Actress
Naomi Judd Musician
Gregory Kaidanov Chess grandmaster
Austin Kearns Major League Baseball player
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, suffered from dissociative identity disorder
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 Atheist
Davey Moore Boxer, featherweight champion
Jessica Moore Journalist
John Morgan Attorney, founder of personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan
John Hunt Morgan C.S. Army general
Thomas Hunt Morgan Geneticist
Gurney Norman Author, professor
Natalie Novosel Basketball player, WNBA's Washington Mystics
Grace Perreiah Artist
John Peterman Businessman
H. Foster PettitState representative, mayor of Lexington [33]
Ben Revere Major League Baseball player, Washington Nationals; played high school baseball in Lexington
Sarah Rice Singer, musician, actress and artist
Kevin Richardson Musician, Backstreet Boys
Charles P. Roland Historian
Rubi Rose Rapper
Robbie Ross Jr. Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
Adolph Rupp Hall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Kentucky, 1930–1972
Alfred Francis Russell 10th President of Liberia
Colton Ryan Actor
Vincent Sanford Basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Robert Schneider Musician
Michael Shannon Actor
Joseph O. Shelby C.S. Army general
Eric Shelton NFL running back
Tubby Smith Basketball coach, University of Kentucky
Harry Dean Stanton Actor
Chris Stapleton Country musician
Henry A. Tandy Born enslaved, entrepreneur and building contractor
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 [34] [35]
Biddy Wood Journalist and jazz promoter
Steve Zahn Actor

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