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Famous Kentuckians

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List of Famous Kentuckians

This list of Famous Kentuckians appeared on our website beginning in 1998, currently it is a bit out of date, some names have been added and some of the people listed here are now deceased. Nonetheless it was a great research project and well-done in an objective manner.

Our website author could not determine which of these people were recognized as Kentucky colonels at the time so we have begun a new list of those who were recognized based on information identified online. This list however is equally important because being a Kentucky colonel involves knowing about Kentucky as much as it does about being a colonel, moreover there are many famous people who are Kentucky colonels that are not Kentuckians.

18th century (born 1701–1800)

Dr. Thomas Walker * (1715–1794) Surveyor; led the first documented expedition through the Cumberland Gap, 1750.
Daniel Boone * (1734–1820) Hunted and explored Kentucky, 1767–74; cleared the Wilderness Road and founded Fort Boonesborough, 1775.
James Harrod * (1742–1793) Frontiersman; founder of Harrodsburg, first permanent settlement west of the Alleghenies, 1774.
John Fitch * (1743–1798) Conceived the idea of a steamboat in 1785; received first patent, 1791.
George Rogers Clark * (1752–1818) American Revolution frontier general and explorer; secured the Northwest Territory; founder of Louisville, 1778.
Simon Kenton * (1755–1836) Frontier explorer and soldier; scout for Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark.
William Clark * (1770–1838) U.S. Army lieutenant; co-led the Lewis and Clark Expedition; later Indian agent and territorial governor.
Ephraim McDowell * (1771–1830) Surgeon; founder of modern abdominal surgery; performed first successful ovariotomy, 1809.
Henry Clay * (1777–1852) U.S. senator; Speaker of the House; secretary of state; famed “Great Compromiser.”
Richard M. Johnson (1780–1850) U.S. vice president under Martin Van Buren, 1837–41.
Zachary Taylor * (1784–1850) Mexican War hero; 12th U.S. president, 1849–50.
John James Audubon * (1785–1851) Ornithologist and artist; began “Birds of America” work in Kentucky.
Matthew Harris Jouett (1787–1827) Portrait artist.
James Gillespie Birney (1792–1857) Abolition leader; Liberty Party presidential candidate in 1840 and 1844.
James Bowie (1796–1836) Texas Ranger who died at the Alamo; designed the Bowie knife.

19th century (born 1801–1900)

Gideon Shryock (1802–1880) Architect; introduced Greek Revival style to the West.
Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862) Confederate general; his death at Shiloh was a severe blow to Confederate hopes.
Edward Troye * (1808–1874) Equine artist; foremost American sports painter of the nineteenth century.
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) Only president of the Confederate States of America, 1861–65.
Kit Carson (1809–1868) Indian agent; trapper; scout.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Sixteenth U.S. president, 1861–65.
Joel Tanner Hart (1810–1877) Sculptor.
Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) Ambassador to Russia; abolitionist; Republican Party founder; “The Lion of White Hall.”
William Kelly * (1811–1888) Discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making, 1846.
Montgomery Blair (1813–1883) Chief defense counsel in Dred Scott; Lincoln’s postmaster general; pioneered money orders, stamps, rural delivery.
William Wells Brown (1814–1884) Physician, historian, and author; America’s first Black novelist (“Clotel,” 1853).
Mary Todd Lincoln (1818–1882) Wife of Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore O’Hara (1820–1867) Poet of “Bivouac of the Dead.”
John Cabell Breckinridge (1821–1875) U.S. vice president under James Buchanan, 1857–61.
Judge Roy Bean (1825–1903) Trader; bartender; infamous “hanging judge” of Langtry, Texas.
John Hunt Morgan * (1825–1864) Confederate general; “The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy.”
Samuel Woodson Price (1828–1891) Portrait artist.
Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832–1896) First U.S. solicitor general; treasury secretary; 2nd ABA president.
John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911) U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1877–1911.
Nancy Green (1834–1923) “Aunt Jemima,” one of advertising’s first living trademarks (1893 Chicago World’s Fair).
Adlai Stevenson (1835–1914) U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland, 1893–97.
Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835–1907) Painter known for powerful depictions of slavery’s horrors.
Henry Watterson * (1840–1921) Journalist; Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, 1918.
John Colgan (1840–1916) Candy maker; created Colgan’s Taffy Tolu chewing gum (1879), popularized at 1893 World’s Fair.
Frank Duveneck (1848–1919) Painter; sculptor; educator.
James Lane Allen (1849–1925) Novelist; “The Choir Invisible,” “A Kentucky Cardinal.”
Laura Clay (1849–1941) Women’s rights advocate; organized and led the Kentucky Equal Rights Association for 24 years.
Daniel Carter Beard * (1850–1941) “Father of Scouting”; founded Boy Pioneers (1905) and Boy Scouts of America (1910).
Mary Desha (1850–1911) Co-founded the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1916–39.
Helen M. Turner (1858–1958) Impressionistic landscape artist; portraitist.
Belle Brezing (1860–1940) Famed Lexington madam; thought prototype for Belle Watling in “Gone With the Wind.”
Nathan B. Stubblefield (1860–1928) Successfully demonstrated wireless voice transmission (radio), 1892.
John T. Thompson (1860–1940) Invented the “tommy gun,” the first submachine gun, 1920.
Joseph S. Cotter (1861–1949) Poet, short story writer, educator.
Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896) Record-setting jockey; first three-time Kentucky Derby winner.
Colonel Matt Winn (1861–1949) Churchill Downs executive who made the Kentucky Derby a national institution.
John “Casey” Jones (1864–1900) Railroad engineer immortalized in song.
Charles A. Young (1864–1922) Third Black graduate of West Point; highest-ranking Black soldier in WWI; first Black U.S. military attaché.
Paul Sawyier * (1865–1917) Landscape artist; scenes of Frankfort and the Kentucky River.
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1866–1948) Lawyer; social work pioneer; first woman admitted to the Kentucky bar; first woman PhD in political science.
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866–1945) Biologist; Nobel laureate in medicine for genetics, 1933.
Mary Elliott Flanery (1867–1933) First woman to serve in a Southern state legislature (1921).
Katherine Pettit (1868–1936) Rural settlement pioneer; co-founded Hindman and Pine Mountain settlement schools.
J.T. Cotton Noe (1869–1953) Kentucky’s first poet laureate, 1926–53.
Emma Guy Cromwell (1869–1952) First woman in Kentucky elected to statewide office (noted as 1886 in your text).
Enid Yandell (1870–1934) Sculptor; first female member of the National Sculpture Society.
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872–1920) Reformist; national leader in the women’s suffrage movement.
W.C. Handy (1873–1958) “Father of the Blues”; lived in Henderson, KY (1893–1903).
Cora Wilson Stewart (1875–1958) Educator whose adult schools became a global model.
D.W. Griffith (1875–1948) Innovative film director of “The Birth of a Nation.”
Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) Journalist, humorist; famed for Judge Priest stories.
Alben W. Barkley (1877–1956) U.S. vice president under Harry Truman, 1949–53.
Garrett A. Morgan (1877–1963) Inventor of gas mask (1912) and tri-color traffic signal (1923).
Edwin Franko Goldman (1878–1956) Conductor and composer; founded the Goldman Band.
Effie Waller Smith (1879–1960) Traditional poet; “Rhymes from the Cumberland.”
Charles Neville Buck (1879–1930) Novelist; “The Call of the Cumberlands.”
Duncan Hines (1880–1959) Food critic and guidebook publisher; “Adventures in Good Eating.”
Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965) Founded the Frontier Nursing Service; global model for rural nursing.
Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881–1941) Novelist; “The Time of Man,” “The Great Meadow.”
Alfred Leland Crabb (1884–1980) Novelist, educator.
Stanley Forman Reed (1884–1980) U.S. Supreme Court justice; cast pivotal vote in Brown v. Board (1954).
Ralph Waldo Rose (1885–1913) Three-time Olympic shot put gold medalist; first to throw over 50 feet.
Edward Franklin Fisk * (1886–1944) Portrait and landscape artist.
Arthur Krock (1886–1974) Newspaper reporter/editor; four-time Pulitzer; NYT Washington bureau chief (1932–65).
Fontaine Fox (1884–1964) Cartoonist; created the syndicated “The Toonerville Trolley.”
Floyd Collins (1887–1925) Cave explorer whose entrapment and death gripped the nation in the 1920s.
Haven Gillespie (1888–1975) Songwriter of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” and more than a thousand songs.
Frederick Moore Vinson (1890–1953) U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, 1946–53.
Colonel Harland Sanders * (1890–1980) Kentucky Fried Chicken founder.
John Jacob Niles (1892–1980) Folk singer and collector of folk music.
Margaret Ingels (1892–1971) First woman in the U.S. to earn a mechanical engineering degree.
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893–1961) Inventor of sound-on-film playback and mobile refrigeration, including military units.
John Lair (1894–1985) Country music promoter; created “Renfro Valley Barn Dance.”
Caroline Gordon (1895–1981) Novelist and critic; “Penhally,” “Aleck Maury.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) Actress; “Show Boat,” “Cimarron,” “I Remember Mama.”
Felix Holt (1898–1954) Novelist; “The Gabriel Horn.”
A.B. “Happy” Chandler (1898–1991) Baseball commissioner (helped integrate MLB), U.S. senator, and two-time KY governor.
Allen Tate (1899–1979) Critic, poet, novelist; Fugitive/Agrarian; “Ode to the Confederate Dead.”
Ellis Wilson (1899–1977) Painter of vibrant scenes of Black life.
John Thomas Scopes (1900–1970) Defendant in the “Monkey Trial” over teaching evolution.
Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988) Writer and painter; critic of industrialization and consumer culture.

20th century (born 1901–2000)

John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991) U.S. senator; ambassador to India/East Germany; Warren Commission member.
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. * (1901–1991) Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist; “The Big Sky,” “The Way West.”
Adolph Rupp * (1901–1977) University of Kentucky basketball coach; four NCAA championships, 27 SEC titles.
Thomas D. Clark * (1903–2005) Historian laureate of Kentucky; “A History of Kentucky,” “The Kentucky.”
Todd Duncan (1903–1998) Operatic baritone; originated Porgy in “Porgy and Bess”; desegregation trailblazer.
Robert Penn “Red” Warren (1905–1989) Poet, novelist, critic; first U.S. Poet Laureate; only three-time Pulitzer winner.
Arthur Lake (1905–1987) Actor best known as Dagwood in the “Blondie” films.
John Patrick (1905– ) Playwright and screenwriter; “The Hasty Heart”; Pulitzer for “Teahouse of the August Moon.”
Ted Poston (1906–1974) First Black journalist to spend a career at a mainstream daily (NY Post); “dean” during the civil rights era.
Cleanth Brooks (1906–1994) Literary critic and historian; co-founded the “Southern Review”; “The Well-Wrought Urn.”
Robert L. Surtees (1906–1985) Academy Award–winning cinematographer; “Ben-Hur,” “The Graduate,” “The Sting.”
James Still * (1906– ) Poet/novelist; KY Poet Laureate 1995–97; “River of Earth.”
George Barry Bingham, Sr. (1906–1988) Newspaper/broadcasting leader; Courier-Journal won seven Pulitzers under his leadership.
Jesse Stuart (1907–1984) Author and educator; KY Poet Laureate; “Man With a Bull-Tongue Plow.”
Lionel Hampton (1908– ) Jazz great; bandleader and composer; famed vibraphonist.
Tom Ewell (1909– ) Actor; “The Seven Year Itch,” “The Girl Can’t Help It.”
Harriette Simpson Arnow (1909–1986) Novelist; “The Dollmaker,” “Hunter’s Horn.”
Cornelia B. Wilbur (1909–1992) UK psychiatry professor; multiple-personality expert; doctor of “Sybil.”
Foster Brooks (1912– ) Comedian known for his “Lovable Lush” character.
Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones (1913–1998) Country singer/banjo player/comedian; “Eight More Miles to Louisville.”
Paul “Bear” Bryant * (1913–1983) UK’s winningest football coach (1946–53).
Woody Stephens (1913–1998) Hall of Fame trainer; five straight Belmont Stakes wins.
Daniel Taradash (1913– ) Oscar-winning screenwriter/director; “From Here to Eternity,” “Picnic.”
Thomas Merton * (1915–1968) Trappist monk, priest, author; “The Seven Storey Mountain.”
Victor Mature (1915–1999) Film star; “My Darling Clementine,” “Samson and Delilah.”
Elizabeth Hardwick (1916– ) Critic, editor, essayist, novelist; “Sleepless Nights,” “Seduction and Betrayal.”
Eddie Arcaro * (1916–1997) Only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners; record five Kentucky Derbies.
Merle Travis (1917–1983) Grammy-winning guitarist; originated “Travis picking”; helped design Fender guitar.
Man o’ War (1917–1947) “Big Red”; 20 wins in 21 starts; multiple world records; AP’s Horse of the Century.
Pee Wee Reese (1918–1999) Hall of Fame shortstop; eight All-Star selections; 1955 World Series champion.
Paul Marvin Rudolph (1918– ) Influential architect; Yale School of Art & Architecture (1964).
Joe Creason (1918–1974) Journalist; “Joe Creason’s Kentucky,” “Crossroads and Coffee Trees.”
William Lipscomb * (1919– ) Nobel Prize (1976) for chemical bonding research.
John Ed Pearce (1919– ) Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; “Divide and Dissent,” “The Ohio River.”
Helen Thomas (1920– ) Journalist; UPI White House correspondent (1961–2000); “Front Row at the White House.”
Ralph Eugene Meatyard * (1920–1972) Photographer of inventive, sometimes haunting staged images.
Joe Fulks (1921–1976) Hall of Fame basketball player; credited with introducing the jump shot.
Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921–1971) Civil rights leader; led National Urban League (1961–71); Medal of Freedom, 1969.
Jean Ritchie (1922– ) Folk singer/songwriter; champion of traditional ballads.
Manuel Dewey “Old Joe” Clark, Jr. (1922–1998) Country singer and comedian.
Harry Caudill (1922–1990) Political writer and conservationist; “Night Comes to the Cumberlands.”
Georgia Powers (1923– ) KY’s first Black female state senator; civil rights leader; 1968 DNC speaker.
Shirley Ardell Mason * (1923–98) Watercolorist known as “Sybil,” subject of famous multiple-personality case.
Henry L. Faulkner (1924–1981) Unconventional artist and poet.
William Conrad (1925–1994) Actor; “Jake and the Fatman,” “Nero Wolfe.”
Patricia Neal (1926– ) Oscar-winning actress; “Hud,” “The Subject Was Roses.”
Harry Dean Stanton (1926– ) Actor; “Paris, Texas,” “Cool Hand Luke.”
Moneta J. Sleet, Jr. (1926–1996) First Black American Pulitzer winner in photography (1969; Coretta Scott King funeral image).
Boots Randolph (1927– ) Tenor saxophonist; “Yakety Sax.”
Guy Davenport * (1927– ) Poet, critic, essayist, fiction writer; “Tatlin! Six Stories.”
Homer Ledford * (1927– ) Bluegrass musician and master instrument maker; famed for dulcimers.
Walter Tevis * (1928–1984) Novelist; “The Hustler,” “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”
Rosemary Clooney (1928– ) Singer of radio/film/TV; “Come-on-a-My House.”
Joe B. Hall (1928– ) UK basketball coach (1972–85); 8 SEC titles; 1978 NCAA championship.
Warren Oates (1928–1982) Actor; “The Wild Bunch,” “Badlands.”
Martha Bennett Stiles * (1933– ) Novelist/children’s author; “Lonesome Road,” “Island Magic.”
Ned Beatty (1937– ) Actor; “Deliverance,” “Network.”
Denny Crum * (1937– ) Louisville head basketball coach; NCAA titles in 1980 and 1986; Hall of Fame (1994).
Jim Wayne Miller * (1936–1996) Novelist; KY Poet Laureate (1986); “Dialogue With a Dead Man.”
Tom T. Hall (1936– ) Country singer/songwriter/author; Grammy and 46 BMI awards; “Harper Valley PTA.”
Mary Travers (1937– ) Member of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Martha Layne Collins (1936– ) First female Kentucky governor, 1983–87.
Lee Majors (1939– ) Actor; “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “The Fall Guy.”
Roger Davis (1939– ) TV actor; “Dark Shadows,” “Alias Smith and Jones.”
Ashley Judd * (1968– ) Actress; “Double Jeopardy,” “Kiss the Girls.”
Johnny Depp (1963– ) Actor; “Edward Scissorhands,” “21 Jump Street.”
Joan Osborne (1962– ) Singer; “Relish” (1996) with seven Grammy nominations.
John Howard Carpenter (1948– ) Filmmaker; “Halloween,” “The Thing”; Oscar (short film “Bronco Billy”).
Diane Sawyer (1945– ) Broadcast journalist and commentator.
Michael Dorris (1945–1997) Author and academic; “A Yellow Raft in Blue Water,” “The Broken Cord.”
Joe Ashby Porter (1942– ) Novelist; “Eelgrass,” “The Kentucky Stories.”
Barbara Kingsolver * (1955– ) Novelist/poet; “The Bean Trees,” “The Poisonwood Bible.”
Bell Hooks (1952– ) Literary activist; “Ain’t I a Woman,” “Killing Rage.”
Lynn S. Hightower * (1955– ) Novelist; “No Good Deed,” “Eyeshot.”
Fenton Johnson (1953– ) Novelist; “scissors, paper, rock.”
Paul Brett Johnson (1947– ) Children’s author/illustrator; “A Perfect Pork Stew.”
Jonathan Greene * (1943– ) Poet and publisher (Gnomen Press); “Small Change for the Long Haul.”
James W. Hall (1947– ) Suspense novelist; “Body Language.”
Gurney Norman (1937– ) Novelist; “Divine Right’s Trip,” “Kinfolks.”
Marsha Norman (1947– ) Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright; “’night, Mother.”
Chris Offutt (1958– ) Author; “Kentucky Straight,” “The Good Brother.”
Sue Grafton (1940– ) Mystery writer; author of the “alphabet” series (“O Is for Outlaw,” etc.).
Bobbie Ann Mason (1940– ) Novelist; “In Country,” “Feather Crowns.”
Wendell E. Berry (1934– ) Agrarian writer; poet/novelist/essayist; “The Unsettling of America.”
James Baker Hall (1935– ) Poet/novelist/photographer; “Music for a Broken Piano.”
Ed Hamilton (1947– ) Sculptor; works include DC’s “Spirit of Freedom” and New Haven’s “Amistad Memorial.”
Crystal Gayle (1951– ) Country/pop singer; three Grammys; four ACM Awards.
John Michael Montgomery (1965– ) Country singer; “I Swear,” “Be My Baby Tonight.”
Loretta Lynn (1935– ) Country icon; “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
Bill Monroe (1911–1996) “Father of Bluegrass”; “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”
Ricky Skaggs (1954– ) Multi-award musician blending bluegrass, country, and jazz.
Steve Wariner (1954– ) Country singer; “Life’s Highway,” “Some Fools Never Learn.”
Keith Whitley (1955–1989) Country singer; “Don’t Close Your Eyes.”
Dwight Yoakam (1956– ) Country singer; “Guitars, Cadillacs.”
Chuck Woolery (1951– ) TV host of “Love Connection” and “The Dating Game.”
Gus Van Sant (1952– ) Film director; “Drugstore Cowboy,” “Mala Noche.”
Jim Varney (1949–2000) Actor/comedian; Ernest P. Worrell films.
George Clooney (1961– ) Actor; “ER,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Batman & Robin.”
Backstreet Boys (Brian Littrell 1975–; Kevin Richardson 1972–) Two band members are Kentuckians.
Steven Curtis Chapman (1962– ) Gospel singer.
Marty Brown (1965– ) Country singer; “Wildest Dreams.”
The Everly Brothers (Don 1937–; Phil 1939–) Country/rockabilly duo.
Muhammad Ali (1942– ) Three-time undisputed heavyweight champion; among the sport’s greatest.
Frank Beard * (1939– ) Pro golfer; PGA top money winner (1969).
Bernie Bickerstaff (1944– ) NBA Coach of the Year (1987); GM/coach for Nuggets and Bullets.
Susan Bradley-Cox (1937– ) World-class amateur; five World Triathlon golds (1989, ’93, ’94, ’97, ’98).
Gay Brewer * (1932– ) Pro golfer; winner of 10+ PGA titles.
Don Brumfield (1938– ) Jockey with record wins at Churchill Downs (925) and Keeneland (716).
Jim Bunning (1931– ) Hall of Fame pitcher; U.S. senator; threw no-hitters in both leagues.
Archie Burchfield (1939– ) Hall of Fame croquet player; five national titles.
Steve Cauthen (1960– ) Hall of Fame jockey; youngest Triple Crown-winning rider (Affirmed, 1978).
Citation (1945–1970) First racehorse to earn $1 million; 1948 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year.
Dave Cowens (1948– ) NBA MVP (1973).
Louie Dampier * (1944– ) ABA all-time leading scorer with the Kentucky Colonels.
Ed Diddle (1895–1970) WKU basketball coach (1922–64); first to coach 1,000 games at one college.
Jimmy Ellis (1940– ) WBA heavyweight champion (1968).
Larry Gilbert (1942–1998) Pro golfer; multiple senior titles including 1997 Ford Senior Players.
Darrell Griffith (1958– ) Led Louisville to 1980 NCAA title; NBA Rookie of the Year.
Cliff Hagan (1931– ) Hall of Fame forward; UK All-American; later UK athletic director.
Clem Haskins (1943– ) WKU two-time All-American; first Black head men’s basketball coach at a predominantly white KY university.
Paul Hornung (1935– ) Heisman winner (1957); NFL scoring leader (1959–61); Pro Football HOF (1986).
Dan Issel * (1948– ) Hall of Fame scorer/rebounder; UK all-time leader; Denver Nuggets star.
Louis Brown “Sweet Lou” Johnson (1934– ) Dodgers 1965 World Series hero with game-winning HR in Game 7.
Roy Kidd (1931– ) EKU football coach (1963– ); two NCAA I-AA titles; among winningest Division I coaches.
Tamara McKinney (1962– ) Alpine skier; only American woman to win overall World Cup (1983).
Mary Meagher (1965– ) “Madame Butterfly”; seven world records; three 1984 Olympic golds.
Tori Murden (1963– ) First American woman to row solo across the Atlantic (completed 12-3-1999) and to ski to the South Pole.
Rick Pitino * (1952– ) UK men’s basketball coach (1989–97); 1996 NCAA champion.
Frank Ramsey (1931– ) Two-time All-American; Celtics sixth-man on seven NBA titles.
Howard Schnellenberger * (1934– ) All-America TE at UK; coached Miami (’83 Orange Bowl champs) and Louisville (’90 Fiesta, ’93 Liberty).
Secretariat * (1970–89) 1973 Triple Crown winner; Horse of the Year (1972, ’73); Derby and Belmont record times.
Phil Simms (1956– ) QB; Super Bowl XXI MVP with record 22-of-25 passing.
Valerie Still * (1961– ) UK basketball’s all-time leading scorer/rebounder (men or women); two-time ABL MVP.
Danny Sullivan (1950– ) Indy 500 winner; CART/PPG champion.
Wes Unseld (1946– ) NBA MVP and Finals MVP; named one of the 50 greatest players (1996).
David Walker * (1965– ) Champion bass fisherman; 1999 FLW Tour Angler of the Year.
Darrell Waltrip (1947– ) Three-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion; Daytona 500 winner (1989).

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