- York
York (c. 1770– March 1831) was the only one of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to serve without choice in the matter: he was William Clark's slave, having been inherited from Clark's father. He was about the same age as Clark and had been his companion from childhood, as was common in the South at the time. The journals present him as a large, strong man, who carried a gun and shared the duties and risks of the expedition in full.
- Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. (born February 20, 1942), is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky. A Republican, he was chosen by his peers as the Minority Leader in November 2006, making him the top-ranking Republican in the 110th Congress, which convened in January 2007.
- Pat White
Patrick White, born February 25, 1986 in Daphne, Alabama, is a redshirted junior NCAA football player for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He is currently the starting quarterback for the team. White's younger brother, Coley White, currently has an offer as a recruit to West Virginia as well.
- Gus van Sant
Gus Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American Academy Award nominated film director, photographer, musician, and author. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest. Openly gay, he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other marginalized subcultures without being particularly concerned about providing positive role models.
- Riley Skinner
Riley Skinner (born October 21, 1986) is the current starting quarterback for the Wake Forest football team, coached by Jim Grobe. He played high school football for The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. Skinner stepped in for the injured Wake Forest QB Ben Mauk after Mauk injured his arm in the first game of the 2006 season against Syracuse.
- Anne Northup
Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22 1948) is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. She narrowly lost reelection to Democratic politician John Yarmuth in the 2006 election.
- John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth is the U.S. Representative for. He is a former independent newspaper publisher. A Louisville native who graduated from Atherton High School in 1965, he graduated from Yale University, majoring in American Studies. After working for U.S. Senator Marlow Cook from 1971 to 1975, he returned to Louisville to begin his publishing career when he founded the "Louisville Today" magazine (1976–1982).
- Geoff Davis
Geoffrey "Geoff" Davis (born October 26 1958) is an American politician from the state of Kentucky, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from with 54% of the vote on November 2 2004. The district includes 24 counties in the northeastern part of the state, stretching from the fringes of the Louisville area to the West Virginia border. Most of its vote, however, is cast in the Cincinnati suburbs.
- Paul Byrd
Paul Gregory Byrd (born December 3, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Cleveland Indians. Byrd graduated from St. Xavier and attended Louisiana State University where he pitched as part of the Tigers baseball team that won the 1991 College World Series. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1991 amateur draft by the Cleveland Indians.
- Gene Snyder
Marion Eugene Snyder (January 26 1928 - February 16 2007) was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in Kentucky. Snyder was born in Louisville and attended public schools there, having graduated from duPont Manual High School. He studied at the University of Louisville and graduated from the Jefferson School of Law. He began a career as a lawyer in Louisville in 1950.
- John L. Smith
John L. Smith (b. November 15, 1948) was an American football coach, most recently the head coach at Michigan State. He was previously the head coach at Louisville, Utah State, and Idaho. Smith was born in Idaho Falls and raised in nearby Iona. He lettered in football, basketball, and track at Bonneville High School, graduating in 1967. He played college football at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, as both a linebacker and quarterback.
- Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American golfer who was at his peak in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Azinger was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He attended Florida State University and turned professional in 1981. He finished one shot behind the winner Nick Faldo in the 1987 Open Championship. He won eleven tournaments on the PGA Tour in seven seasons from 1987 to 1993, climaxing in his one major title, the 1993 PGA Championship.
- Gatewood Galbraith
Gatewood Galbraith (born January 23, 1947) is an American lawyer and author from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky as an outspoken proponent of education as well as privacy rights and other civil liberties.
- Irv Maze
Irv Maze is currently serving his third term as Jefferson County Attorney in Kentucky. He graduated from Indiana University in 1972 and University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 1975. He and his wife Peggy have 5 children. Prior to being elected Jefferson County Attorney, Maze was elected to multiple terms to the Jefferson County Fiscal Court before Louisville and Jefferson County were merged in 2002. In winning his first term as Jefferson County Attorney, …
- Diane Sawyer
Lila Diane Sawyer is a television journalist for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," along with Robin Roberts. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by "Ladies Home Journal".
- Johnny Dawkins
Johnny Dawkins (born September 28 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is a former star college basketball player at Duke University and point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers and is currently the associate head coach at Duke. He played basketball at Mackin High in Washington, D.C. before enrolling at Duke University. At Duke, he became the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points. This record stood until February 19, 2006 when J.J. Redick surpassed it.
- Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958 in South Gate, California, United States) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA. After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action.
- Henry Ward
Henry Ward was a Democrat who held posts in Democratic state administrations in Kentucky and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1967. Ward lost the general election to Louie B. Nunn. Nunn won 454,123 votes (51.2%) to Ward's 425,674 (48.0%). Ward had previously been active with the Chamber of Commerce in Louisville and was instrumental in having Interstate 65 routed through Louisville's downtown.
- Reece Gaines
Clifton Reece Gaines (born January 7 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a professional basketball player for Armani Jeans Milano in the Italian Serie A. Gaines, a 6'6", 205 lb (1.98 m, 93 kg) point guard played high school basketball at Madison West in his hometown. He then played four years at University of Louisville, earning AP All-America 3rd team honors his senior season while leading the Cardinals to a 25-7 win-loss record.
- Heather French
Heather Renee French (born 1974 in Augusta, Kentucky) won the title of Miss America in 2000, continuing a tradition of dominance by Southern contestants in the Miss America pageant. She is a 1992 graduate of Mason County High School. After becoming Miss America, French became an advocate for homeless veterans. She founded the Heather French Foundation for Veterans and remains its executive director. She won the Purple Heart Recognition Award for her efforts in 2002.
- Martha Layne Collins
Martha Layne Collins (born December 7, 1936 in Bagdad, Kentucky) was Governor of the U.S. State of Kentucky from 1983 through 1987; she is a member of the Democratic Party. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Collins began her professional career as a school teacher in the public schools of Louisville and Woodford County. Collins worked in various Democratic campaigns. Her first elected office was that of Clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, …
- Jim Caldwell
Jim Caldwell is (as of 2006) the quarterback coach for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. He also served as the head football coach of Wake Forest from 1993 to 2000. He had a career collegiate record of 26-63. He has served as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois University, Northwestern, Colorado, Louisville, and Penn State.
- Scott Padgett
Scott Anthony Padgett is an American professional basketball player formerly with NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He is currently playing for CB Granada in the Spanish ACB.
- Justin McCarthy
Justin A. McCarthy is a history professor at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Best known for denying the Armenian Genocide, he has written books about the Balkans, Balkan history, the Middle East, and Middle Eastern history.
- Kevin Willard
Kevin Willard (born April 6, 1975 in Huntington, New York) is the head men's basketball coach at Iona College. He took over for the fired Jeff Ruland on April 10, 2007. Willard came to Iona after spending ten years as an assistant under Rick Pitino. He started his coaching career in the NBA ranks, working on the bench with the Boston Celtics. After Pitino resigned from the Celtics in 2001, Willard followed him to Louisville, …
- Jeff Brohm
Jeffrey Scott Brohm (born on April 24, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an Assistant Head Coach and the Passing Game Coordinator for the Louisville Cardinals football team, after he served as the Quarterbacks Coach from 2003 to 2006. He is the older brother of current Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm. Brohm played college football at the University of Louisville. He won the Kentucky "Mr. Football" Award in 1988. Brohm played professionally for the San Diego Chargers, …
- David Henderson
David (Dave) McKinley Henderson (born July 21, 1964 in Drewry, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player and a present day basketball coach. At 6'5", 195 lbs, he is most notable because of his college career at Duke, were he was team co- captain in the 1986 team that reached the NCAA Final Four, and lost at the final game to Louisville. Henderson later played in Europe, notably in Israel, …
- John Harper
John R. Harper (died June 15, 2001) was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Bullitt County and was the 1987 Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky. Harper stepped in to run after the first choice of party leaders, Lexington attorney Larry Forgy, surprisingly dropped out of the race because of fundraising problems. Harper lost to Democrat Wallace G. Wilkinson in a record landslide.
- Robert McCune
Robert McCune (born March 9, 1979 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American football linebacker who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fifth round (154th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Louisville.
- Squire Boone
Squire Boone Jr. was an American pioneer and brother of Daniel Boone. In 1780, he founded the first settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky. The tenth of twelve children, Squire Boone was born to Squire Boone Sr. and his wife Sarah Boone in Berks County, Pennsylvania at the Daniel Boone Homestead. Although overshadowed by his famous brother, Squire Boone was well-known in his day. In 1759, his family returned from the Yadkin River valley in North Carolina to Pennsylvania, …
- William Wells
William Wells (c. 1770 - 15 August 1812), also known as Apekonit ("Carrottop"), was the son-in-law of Chief Little Turtle of the Miamis. Wells was born at Jacob's Creek, Pennsylvania, the youngest son of Captain Samuel Wells. The family moved to Kentucky when William was a small child, and his mother died shortly thereafter. The elder Wells was killed in an Indian raid near Louisville, and the young orphan was sent to live with a family friend.
- Episcopal Diocese Of Kentucky
The Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the western half of the state of Kentucky. The diocese, which originally comprised all of Kentucky, consecrated its first bishop, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, in 1832. He served until 1884, also serving as ninth presiding bishop beginning in 1868. The seat of the bishop is Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville.
- Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith (born June 8, 1957 in Louisville, Kentucky) is Conservatory Director for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She attended Louisville Collegiate and went to Yale as both an undergraduate and for her graduate degree in theater. At Yale, she was friends with Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter. She became the director of the theater program at Princeton University before assuming her current position.
- Thomas C. Kelly
"His Excellency" "The Most Reverend" Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P., has served as the Archbishop of Louisville since February 1982. Pope John Paul II appointed him to this position in December 1981. Born in 1931 in Rochester, New York, Archbishop Kelly entered the Dominican Order in 1951 after two years of study at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island.
- Samaki Walker
Samaki Ijuma Walker (born February 25 1976 in Columbus, Ohio) is a professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played in the Las Vegas Summerleague as a member of the Toronto Raptors during the 2006-07 preseason. The 6' 9" power forward was selected ninth overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1996 NBA Draft out of Louisville. On draft night, he was noticed for wearing an all-white suit with matching fedora (see photo).
- Travis Leffew
Travis Leffew (born January 27, 1983 in Danville, Kentucky) is an American football offensive guard who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Although he was a standout college player at Louisville, earning 2nd-team All-American honors as a senior, concerns about his size left him undrafted. He spent the 2006 season on the practice squads of the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and the Green Bay Packers.
- Josh Heupel
The greatness of Josh Heupel the quarterback will never be forgotten. His play during the Sooners National Championship run of 2000 was phenomenal and his ability to direct the Sooner offense gave the program a two-year jumpstart on the move from the running game to the passing offense. It seemed to be a forgone conclusion that Heupel would some day be a coach, but first he dreamed of playing in the NFL.
- Kiki Vandeweghe
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe III (born August 1, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Germany), is a former National Basketball Association player and the former General Manager of the Denver Nuggets. Vandeweghe is the son of former NBA player Ernie Vandeweghe and Colleen Kay Hutchins, the winner of the 1952 Miss America pageant. Vandeweghe is also the nephew of another NBA player, four-time All-Star Mel Hutchins.
- Jimmy Ellis
James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis (born February 24, 1940) was a boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the WBA Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970. As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym. He turned professional, as a middleweight, in 1961. Early in his career, he was trained and managed by Bud Bruner. With Bruner, he compiled a record of 15-5 (5 KOs), and was ranked #10 in the world as a middleweight.
- Foster Brooks
Foster Brooks (11 May 1912, Louisville, Kentucky – 20 December, 2001, Encino, California) was an American actor and comedian who was most famous for his ongoing portrayal of a drunken man in Las Vegas nightclub performances and television programs. Brooks' career started in radio, most notably with station WHAS (AM) in his hometown of Louisville. Brooks was a staff announcer, but his deep baritone voice was well-suited for singing as well.