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Famous Louisvillians

 

 

 

 

Famous Louisvillians 

Sue Grafton

Author

Tori Murden-McClure

Solo rower across the Atlantic Ocean

Alice Hagan

Wrote Mrs. Wiggs in the Cabbage Patch

Bob Edwards

Broadcast Journalist

Colonel Harland Sanders

Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken

D. W. Griffith

Film Producer

Darrell Griffith

Athlete

Denny Crum

Basketball Coach

Diane Sawyer

ABC News Anchor

Ed Hamilton

Sculptor

Foster Brooks

Comedian

George Rogers Clark

Founder of Louisville, 1778

Georgia Powers

Ky/1st Female African American Senator

Harriette Simpson Arnow

Author

Helen Hume

Jazz Singer

Hunter Thompson

Inventor of "Gonzo" Journalism

Irene Dunn

Actress

Isaac Burns Murphy

Record-Setting Jockey

Jimmy Ellis

WBA Heavyweight Champion, 1968

Joe Creason

Journalist

John Colgan

Invented Chewing Gum

John Ed Pearce

Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist

Johnny Depp

Actor

Jon Jory

Theatre Producer

Lionel Hampton

Jazz musician

Louis Brandeis

First Jewish Supreme Court Justice

Marsha Norman

Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright

Mary T. Meagher

Olympic Swimmer - Gold Medal Winner

Muhammad Ali

Three-time Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Ned Beatty

Actor

Noah Adams

Broadcast Journalist

Patty & Mildred Hill

Wrote "Happy Birthday"

Paul Hornung

Athlete, Heisman Trophy Winner, 1956

Pee Wee Reese

Hall of Fame Baseball Player

Phil Simms

Super Bowl Winning Quarterback

Roger Davis

Actor

Sean Young

Actress

Thomas A. Edison

Inventor

Thomas D. Clark

Historian Laureate of Kentucky

Thomas Merton

Essayist on Spiritual & Social Issues

Thomas Satterwhite Noble

Artist

Tom Cruise

Actor

Victor Mature

Actor

W. C. Handy

"Father of the Blues"

Whitney M. Young, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States