List of people from Danville, Kentucky
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Noted people who were born, raised or lived for a significant period of time in the city of Danville, Kentucky
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Danville, Kentucky
Danville is a city in and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,218 at the 2010 census.Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Boyle and Lincoln counties....
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| Michael F. Adams Michael F. Adams Michael F. Adams is the president of the University of Georgia in the U.S. state of Georgia.Adams began his career in education as faculty at Ohio State University 1973-1975. He later served as vice president for university affairs at Pepperdine University 1982-1988... |
b. 1948 | President of the University of Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... |
| Sophia Alcorn Sophia Alcorn Sophia Kindrick Alcorn an educator at was best known for inventing the Tadoma method of communication with people who are deaf and blind... |
1883-1967 | Educator. Invented the Tadoma Tadoma Tadoma is a method of communication used by deafblind individuals, in which the deafblind person places their thumb on the speaker's lips and their fingers along the jawline. The middle three fingers often fall along the speaker's cheeks with the little finger picking up the vibrations of the... method of communication with people who are deaf and blind |
| William Anderson William Clayton Anderson William Clayton Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky.-Early years:William C. Anderson was a son of Simeon H. Anderson and nephew of Albert G. Talbott. He was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, where he attended private schools. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in... |
1826-1861 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky |
| Joshua Fry Bell Joshua Fry Bell Joshua Fry Bell was a Kentucky political figure.Bell was born in Danville, Kentucky, where he attended public schools and then Centre College, where he graduated in 1828... |
1811-1870 | U.S. Representative, Kentucky Secretary of State. Bell County, Kentucky Bell County, Kentucky Bell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed August 1, 1867, from parts of Knox and Harlan Counties and augmented from Knox County in 1872. As of 2010 the population was 69,060. Its county seat is Pineville... is named in his honor. |
| James G. Birney James G. Birney James Gillespie Birney was an abolitionist, politician and jurist born in Danville, Kentucky. From 1816 to 1818, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives... |
1792-1857 | Abolitionist, politician and jurist |
| James M. Birney James M. Birney James M. Birney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Birney was born in Danville, Kentucky, the eldest son of Agatha and James Gillespie Birney, who was a presidential candidate for the Liberty Party in the 1840 and 1844 elections. James M. Birney spent his early years in... |
1817-1888 | Publisher and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
| William Birney William Birney William Birney was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army.... |
1819-1907 | Professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... , attorney and author |
| Jeremiah Boyle Jeremiah Boyle Jeremiah Tilford Boyle was a successful lawyer and noted abolitionist. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
1818-1871 | Lawyer, abolitionist, and brigadier general during the American Civil War |
| John Boyle John Boyle (congressman) John Boyle was a United States federal judge and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.... |
1774-1834 | U.S. federal judge and U.S. Representative. Boyle County, Kentucky Boyle County, Kentucky Boyle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Danville. In 2000, its population was 28,432. It was formed in 1842 and named for John Boyle , a U.S... was named after him |
| John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S... |
1821-1875 | U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Vice President of the United States Vice President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term... , U.S. presidential candidate, Confederate States Secretary of War Confederate States Secretary of War The Confederate States Secretary of War was a member of the Confederate States President's Cabinet during the Civil War. The Secretary of War led the Confederate States Department of War. The position ended in May 1865 when the Confederacy crumbled during John C. Breckinridge's tenure of the... |
| Robert Breckinridge Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Robert Jefferson Breckinridge was a politician and Presbyterian minister. He was a member of the Breckinridge family of Kentucky, the son of Senator John Breckinridge.... |
1800-1871 | Kentucky politician and Presbyterian minister |
| Neal Brown Neal Brown Neal Brown is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator & QB coach at Texas Tech.-Background:... |
b. 1980 | American college football coach and former player |
| Samuel D. Burchard Samuel D. Burchard (clergyman) Rev Samuel Dickerson Burchard was a nineteenth century clergyman from New York.Born in Steuben, New York, Burchard moved to Kentucky with his parents in 1830, attended Centre College and graduated in 1837. He was licensed to preach in 1838. He was pastor of several Presbyterian churches in New... |
1812-1891 | Clergyman |
| Michael Burns Michael Burns (historian) Michael Burns is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College. He is also a former television and film actor, particularly known for his role as the teenager "Barnaby West" on the NBC and ABC television series Wagon Train from 1960-1965.-Background:Burns was born in Mineola,... |
b. 1947 | Historian and actor |
| Jewel Carmen Jewel Carmen -Early life and career:Born Florence Lavina Quick in Danville, Kentucky, Carmen made her film debut in the 1912 film The Will of Destiny. She went on to appear in Daphne and the Pirate , opposite Lillian Gish and D. W... |
1897-1984 | American silent film actress |
| James Clemens, Jr. James Clemens, Jr. James Clemens, Jr. was an American businessman, and banker.-Early life:... |
1791-1878 | American businessman and banker |
| George B. Crittenden George B. Crittenden George Bibb Crittenden was a career United States Army officer who served in the Black Hawk War, the Army of the Republic of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and was a general in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.-Early life:Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, his... |
1812-1880 | Career Army officer who served in the Black Hawk War Black Hawk War The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S.... , the Army of the Republic of Texas Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent nation in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the state claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S... , the Mexican-American War, and the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. |
| Joseph Daveiss | 1774-1811 | American lawyer and soldier |
| Todd Duncan Todd Duncan Robert Todd Duncan was an American baritone opera singer and actor.-Biography:Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A... |
1903-1998 | American baritone opera singer and actor |
| Milton J. Durham Milton J. Durham Milton Jameson Durham was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of President Grover Cleveland... |
1824-1911 | Representative from Kentucky. |
| John Fetterman John Fetterman (reporter) John Fetterman was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal. He was awarded the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his story “PFC Gibson Comes Home.” About the death of a soldier in Vietnam, it focused on the young man's family in Knott... |
1920-1975 | Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter |
| John Baptiste Ford John Baptiste Ford Captain John Baptiste Ford was an American industrialist and founder of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, now known as PPG Industries, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.... |
1811-1903 | American industrialist and founder of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company |
| Harry Frankel Singin' Sam Singin’ Sam aka Harry Frankel was a minstrel performer, vaudevillian and popular personality during the early days of radio... |
1888-1948 | Minstrel performer and vaudevillian "Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man" |
| Speed S. Fry Speed S. Fry Speed Smith Fry was a lawyer, judge, and a United States Army officer during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1817-1892 | Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Army officer during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War |
| William Arthur Ganfield William Arthur Ganfield William Arthur Ganfield was a figure in American higher education and served as president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1915 to 1921 and later president of Carroll College William Arthur Ganfield (b. September 3, 1873 in Dubuque County, Iowa, d. October 18, 1940 in Wisconsin) was a... |
1873-1940 | Educator |
| Hart Goodloe Hart Goodloe Hart Goodloe was a surgeon in the First World War who served at Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Hart Goodloe was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1875... |
1875-1954 | Surgeon in the First World War |
| Ashley Gorley Ashley Gorley Ashley Gorley is an American songwriter and producer. Gorley graduated from Belmont University in 1999, and in 2001 signed with Combustion Music... |
b. 1969 | American songwriter and producer |
| Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and the third Governor of Kentucky... |
1750-1818 | U.S. Representative and Governor of Kentucky. |
| Aaron Harding Aaron Harding Aaron Harding was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, where he attended rural schools. He became familiar with the classics, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, having commenced his practice in Greensburg, Kentucky... |
1805-1875 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky. |
| John Marshall Harlan John Marshall Harlan John Marshall Harlan was a Kentucky lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court. He is most notable as the lone dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases , and Plessy v... |
1833-1911 | U.S. Supreme Court Justice. "The Great Dissenter" |
| Larnelle Harris Larnelle Harris Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts.-Early life:A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris... |
b. 1947 | Gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist. |
| Harvey Helm Harvey Helm Harvey Helm was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Central University of Kentucky in 1887... |
1865-1919 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky. |
| Robby Henson Robby Henson -Biography:Robby Henson began his directing career at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Henson is now a skilled film and documentary maker. He writes and directs all his films, which are known for being character-driven. His work has attracted such acclaimed actors Billy Bob... |
American film director and screenwriter. | |
| William R. Higgins William R. Higgins William Richard "Rich" Higgins was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was held hostage, tortured and eventually murdered by his captors.-Biography:William Higgins was born in Danville, Kentucky on... |
1945-1990 | U.S. Marine Corps colonel captured in 1988 while on a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was held hostage, tortured and murdered by his captors. |
| Edward W. Hoch Edward W. Hoch Edward Wallis Hoch was the 17th Governor of Kansas.Hoch was born in Danville, Kentucky. He moved to Kansas in 1871, and bought the Marion County Record newspaper in 1874.... |
1849-1925 | Governor of Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south... |
| Dennis Johnson | b. 1979 | American football player |
| Elizabeth Topham Kennan | b. 1938 | American academic, president of Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others... |
| James Kerr James Kerr (Texas) James Kerr was a politician in Missouri and Texas who was active in the establishment of the Republic of Texas.-Early life and family:... |
1790-1850 | Politician in Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It... and Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... who was active in establishing the Republic of Texas Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent nation in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the state claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S... |
| John Kincaid John Kincaid John Kincaid was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Danville, Kentucky where he attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Stanford, Kentucky.... |
1791-1873 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky |
| J. Proctor Knott J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career there... |
1830-1911 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky |
| Travis Leffew Travis Leffew Travis Leffew is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2006... |
b. 1983 | American football player |
| Robert P. Letcher Robert P. Letcher Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the... |
1788-1861 | U.S. Representative, diplomat, and Governor of Kentucky. |
| Pierce Lively Pierce Lively Pierce Lively is a United States federal judge.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Lively received an A.B. from Centre College in 1943 and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948,... |
b. 1921 | U.S. federal judge |
| Sara W. Mahan Sara W. Mahan Sara W. Mahan was a progressive era social reformer, and early Democratic Party female politician from Kentucky in the United States. Mahan was one of the founders of the Democratic Women's Club of Kentucky... |
1870-1966 | Progressive era social reformer, and early Democratic Party member |
| Maurice Manning Maurice Manning (poet) Maurice Manning is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award, chosen by W.S. Merwin.... |
b. 1966 | American poet |
| Jim Marshall Jim Marshall (American football) James "Jim" Lawrence Marshall played college football at the Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns... |
b. 1937 | American football player |
| Claude Matthews Claude Matthews Claude Matthews was the 23rd Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1893 to 1897. A farmer, he was nominated to prevent the loss of voters to the Populist Party. The Panic of 1893 occurred just before he took office, leading to severe economic problems during his term... |
1845-1898 | Governor of Indiana Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is... |
| Charles McDowell, Jr. Charles McDowell, Jr. (journalist) Charles "Charley" McDowell, Jr. was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review. McDowell appeared in an interview in Ken Burns' documentary The Congress; provided the character voice for Sam R... |
1926-2010 | Political writer and television panelist |
| Ephraim McDowell Ephraim McDowell Ephraim McDowell was an American physician. He was the first to successfully remove an ovarian tumor.-Biography:... |
1771-1830 | American physician, first to successfully remove an ovarian tumor. |
| Samuel McDowell Samuel McDowell Samuel McDowell was a soldier and early political leader in Kentucky. He was the father of Dr. Ephraim McDowell.McDowell participated in three major wars... |
1735-1817 | Soldier and early political leader in Kentucky |
| Keith McGuffey Trey D. Keith McGuffey, born in Danville, Kentucky, known by his stage name Trey D., is a songwriter and composer who became known mostly by his euro-rap style songs in the mid-1990s.... |
Songwriter and composer known by his stage name Trey D. | |
| John Gaines Miller John Gaines Miller John Gaines Miller was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Danville, Kentucky, Miller attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College in Danville.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834.... |
1812-1856 | U.S. Representative from Missouri |
| Eddie Montgomery Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,... |
American country music artist | |
| John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "... |
b. 1965 | American country music artist |
| Lottie Moon Lottie Moon Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon was a Southern Baptist missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board who spent nearly forty years living and working in China... |
1840-1912 | Missionary to China |
| John Norvell John Norvell John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools.... |
1789-1850 | Newspaper editor and U.S. Senator from Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... |
| Theodore O'Hara Theodore O'Hara Theodore O'Hara was a poet and an officer for the United States Army in the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate colonel in the American Civil War... |
1820-1867 | Poet and soldier. |
| William Owsley William Owsley William Owsley was an associate justice on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was Kentucky Secretary of State under Governor James Turner Morehead.Owsley studied law under John Boyle... |
1782-1862 | Associate justice on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and Governor of Kentucky |
| Stephen Rolfe Powell Stephen Rolfe Powell Stephen Rolfe Powell was born in 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Ceramics at Centre College, Powell went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Louisiana State University. It was while at LSU, between 1980 and 1983, that Powell had his first... |
b. 1951 | Glass Artist |
| Scott Pruitt Scott Pruitt Scott Pruitt is a United States lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He is the current Oklahoma Attorney General.Pruitt was a State Senator, representing Tulsa and Wagoner counties from 1998 until 2006... |
b. 1968 | Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person... |
| Alfred Ryors Alfred Ryors Alfred Ryors served as the second president of Indiana University and the fifth president of Ohio University.-Education:Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Alfred Ryors (1812 – 1858) served as the second president of Indiana University and the fifth president of Ohio... |
1812-1858 | President of Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000... , Ohio University Ohio University Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus... , and professor at Centre College |
| Hugh L. Scott Hugh L. Scott Hugh Lenox Scott was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910, and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I.-Biography:Born September 22, 1853 in... |
1853-1934 | Superintendent of West Point, Chief of Staff of the U.S, Army in World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
| Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby was the first and fifth Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812... |
1750-1826 | First and fifth Governor of Kentucky |
| Thomas A. Spragens Thomas A. Spragens Thomas A. Spragens was a figure in American higher education and served as president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1957 to 1981.... |
1917-2006 | American educator, president of Centre College |
| King Swope King Swope King Swope was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in 1914 and from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1916... |
1893-1961 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky |
| John G. Talbot John G. Talbot John Gunnell Talbot was an officer in the United States Navy.Born at Danville, Kentucky, Talbot was appointed a midshipman in 1862 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 12 June 1866. Commissioned ensign on 12 March 1868, Talbot attained the rank of master on 26 March 1869 and of... |
1844-1870 | U.S. Navy officer |
| Albert G. Talbott Albert G. Talbott Albert Gallatin Talbott was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the uncle of William Clayton Anderson. He was born near Paris, Kentucky and he moved with his parents to Clark County, Kentucky in 1813 and to Jessamine County, Kentucky in 1818... |
1808-1887 | U.S. Representative from Kentucky |
| Jacob Tamme Jacob Tamme Jacob Tamme is an American football tight end for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky Wildcats.-High school:... |
b. 1985 | American football player |
| Josh Teater Josh Teater Josh Teater is a professional golfer from the United States currently playing on the PGA Tour.Teater was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Morehead State University, where he had one collegiate title... |
b. 1979 | Professional golfer |
| Charles Stewart Todd | 1791-1871 | U.S. Army officer and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
| Thomas Todd Thomas Todd Thomas Todd was an American attorney and U.S. Supreme Court justice. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he studied law and later participated in the founding of Kentucky, where he served as a clerk, judge, and justice. He was married twice and had a total of eight children. Todd joined the U.S... |
1765-1826 | U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
| DeWitt Weaver DeWitt Weaver (golfer) DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.... |
b. 1939 | Professional golfer |
| Reed N. Weisiger Reed N. Weisiger Reed Nelson Weisiger was a Texas State Senator from District 26. Reed Weisiger was often mentioned for Governor of Texas but he declined to run.... |
1838-1908 | Texas State Senator, Confederate cavalry officer |
| Fess Williams Fess Williams Stanley Williams was an American jazz musician.-Early life:... |
1894-1975 | American jazz musician |
| Phil Woolpert Phil Woolpert Phil Woolpert was an American college basketball coach. He is best known for coaching the University of San Francisco Dons to two straight national championships in 1955 and 1956.... |
1915-1987 | American college basketball coach |
| Craig Yeast Craig Yeast Craig Nelson Yeast was a Canadian Football League wide receiver and kick returner for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Previously, he played in the National Football League from 1999 through 2001... |
b. 1976 | American and Canadian football player |