List of Sons and Daughters of the City of Lexington, Kentucky
This is a list of public figures that American US in the town of Lexington ( Kentucky ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th century
- Joseph H. Hawkins († 1823), politician
- Benjamin Howard (1760-1814), politician
- Thomas Buck Reed (1787–1829), politician
- Lilburn Boggs (1796-1860), politician
- Richard M. Young (1798–1861), lawyer and politician
- Mark Whitaker Izard (1799–1866), politician
19th century
- John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), politician
- John T. Stuart (1807-1885), politician
- Levi Boone (1808-1882), politician
- William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875), politician
- George W. Dunlap (1813–1880), politician
- John Blair Smith Todd (1814–1872), politician
- William Wells Brown (1814–1884), abolitionist and author
- Mary Lincoln (1818–1882), wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
- John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), general and statesman
- Francis Preston Blair junior (1821–1875), politician and major general in the Union Army in the Civil War
- Jehu Baker (1822-1903), politician
- James Morrison Hawes (1824–1889), Confederate General in the American Civil War
- Carter Harrison, Sr. (1825-1893), politician
- B. Gratz Brown (1826-1885), politician
- Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835-1907), painter
- Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919), poet
- Charles Chilton Moore (1837–1906), civil rights activist and editor
- Charles H. Parrish Sr. (1841–1931), African American civil rights activist, theologian, and President of Simmons University
- Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), politician
- James Lane Allen (1849-1925), writer
- Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921), evangelical theologian
- Lucien Young (1852-1912), Admiral
- George B. Duncan (1861–1950), Major General
- Mrs. Leslie Carter (1862–1937), actress
- William Withers (1864-1933), golfer
- Sophonisba Breckinridge (1866-1948), social scientist
- Allan Lard (1866-1946), golfer
- Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866–1945), zoologist and geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
- Robert W. Woolley (1871-1958), politician
- Preston Brown (1872-1948), General
- James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945), politician
- Spencer Bell (1887–1935), actor
20th century
1901-1950
- Edgar Hayes (1904–1979), jazz pianist
- Bill Johnson (1905–1955), musician
- Dan Burley (1907–1962), jazz pianist
- Joyce Compton (1907–1997), actress
- Edmund Asbury Gullion (1913-1998), diplomat
- Lloyd Smith (1914-1999), jazz musician
- Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007), literary critic and writer
- Frank Van Deren Coke (1921-2004), photographer
- William Ray (1925–2019), opera singer and actor
- Robert K. Massie (1929–2019), historian
- Edward Faulkner (* 1932), film and television actor
- John Y. Brown junior (1933), politician, governor of Kentucky
- Davey Moore (1933-1963), boxer
- Seabiscuit (1933–1947), racehorse
- Gil Rogers (born 1934), actor
- Les McCann (* 1935), jazz pianist, singer and composer
- JD Crowe (born 1937), bluegrass musician
- Joseph R. Pitts (born 1939), politician
- Scotty Baesler (* 1941), politician
- Jane Gentry Vance (1941–2014), poet and professor
- John Raymond Henry (* 1943), visual artist and university professor
- Jonathan A. Campbell (* 1947), herpetologist
- Gene Robinson (* 1947), Anglican Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA in New Hampshire
- Brett De Palma (born 1949), painter
- Richard Hell (* 1949), musician and writer
- Jim Varney (1949-2000), actor
- Beth Anderson (born 1950), composer
1951-2000
- Dave King (* 1953), jazz and rock bass guitarist
- Jeffrey M. Lacker (* 1955), economist and central banker
- Jack Givens (born 1956), basketball player
- Jack Womack (born 1956), author
- Frank Minnifield (born 1960), football player
- Mel Turpin (1960-2010), basketball player
- George Clooney (born 1961), actor, screenwriter, producer and director
- Kelly Craft (* 1962), diplomat
- Tamara McKinney (* 1962), ski racer
- Dermontti Dawson (born 1965), football player
- Melissa McBride (born 1965), actress
- Adolpho Washington (* 1967), boxer
- Josh Hopkins (born 1970), actor
- Kevin Richardson (* 1971), singer and member of the boy band Backstreet Boys
- Andy Barr (* 1973), politician
- David Akers (born 1974), football player
- Zach Brock (* 1974), jazz violinist
- Michael Shannon (born 1974), actor
- Brian Littrell (* 1975), singer and member of the boy band Backstreet Boys
- Tony Moore (* 1978), comic artist
- Chris Stapleton (* 1978), country singer
- Austin Kearns (born 1980), baseball player
- Laura Bell Bundy (born 1981), actress and singer
- Tyson Gay (* 1982), athlete
- Terren Harbut (born 1983), basketball player
- Farah Fath (* 1984), actress
- Tyler Clippard (born 1985), baseball player
- Collin Cowgill (born 1986), baseball player
- Angelina Valentine (* 1986), porn actress
- Elaine Breeden (* 1988), swimmer
- Camila Dávalos (* 1988), Colombian photo model
- Mariana Dávalos (* 1988), Colombian photo model
- Natalie Novosel (* 1989), basketball player
- Rex Burkhead (born 1990), American football player
- Shelvin Mack (born 1990), basketball player
- Trevor Gott (* 1992), baseball player
- Arin Wright (* 1992), soccer player
- Aaron Chancellor Miller (born 1993), actor
- Tinashe (* 1993), actress, singer and dancer
- Lindsay Flory (* 1996), volleyball player
Web links
Commons : Births in Lexington, Kentucky - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Morrison Hawes , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ Thomas Satterwhite Noble , de.findagrave.com
- ^ Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ James Lane Allen , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ Young, Lucien , history.navy.mil
- ^ MG George Brand Duncan , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ Mrs. Leslie Carter , imdb.com
- ↑ Mrs. Leslie Carter , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ William Withers in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Allan Lard in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Robert Wickliffe Woolley , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ Preston Brown , de.findagrave.com
- ↑ Spencer Bell , imdb.com
- ↑ Jack Givens , basketball-reference.com
- ↑ Melvin Turpin , basketball-reference.com
- ^ Austin Kearns , baseball-reference.com
- ^ Farah Fath , imdb.com
- ↑ Tyler Clippard , espn.com
- ^ Tyler Clippard , baseball-reference.com
- ^ Collin Cowgill # 7 , mlb.com
- ↑ Collin Cowgill , espn.com
- ↑ Elaine Breeden in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ Natalie Novosel , basketball-reference.com
- ↑ Trevor Gott , baseball-reference.com