Kentucky
Kentucky is a southeastern state bounded by the Ohio River in the north and the Appalachian Mountains in the east, with Frankfort the state capital. The state's largest city, Louisville, is home to the Kentucky Derby, the renowned horse race held at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. The race is preceded by a 2-week festival and celebrated in the Kentucky Derby Museum year-round.
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Jesse Bishop
John Pendleton King
Former United States Senator
Richard E. Bush
Russell E. Dougherty
Military officer
Denny Doyle
Baseball player
Walter Evans
Judge
William T. Martin
American lawyer
John C. Bagby
U.S. representative
Jack Curtice
American football coach
Julian Goodman
American broadcaster
Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter
Margery Wilson
American actress
Edgar Diddle
American basketball coach
William Voris Gregory
Former United States Representative
Frances Jones Mills
American Politician
Dustan E. McCoy
Executive
James Semple
Former Illinois Attorney General
John W. Lewis
U.S. representative
David Givens
American football player
Edward H. Hobson
Merchant
Rod Henderson
Professional baseball player
William Herndon
Biographer
John Richard Barret
Former United States Representative
Ronnie Lawrence
Clint Thomas
Baseball player
George Treadway
American baseball player
Samuel Johnson Pugh
Former United States Representative
Miles Heizer
American actor
Ray Harper
American basketball coach
Mark Sumner
Jonathan E. Spilman
Lawyer
Brent Yonts
Former Kentucky State Representative
W. Dale Warren
Conductor
Charles W. Roark
Former Mayor of Greenville, Kentucky
Charles Gibbons
Politician
Robert Penn Warren
American poet
Bob Givens
American animator
Bertha Mae Lillenas
Hymnwriter
Josiah La Follette
George Helm Yeaman
Former United States Representative
William B. Read
Politician
Bob Atcher
American musician
John L. Helm
Former Governor of Kentucky
Jim DuPlessis
Politician
John Y. Brown
Former Governor of Kentucky
Alfonso Steele
Lisa Thornhill
American actress
