39.3170° N, 83.8022° W

MOUNT VERNON

Most Famous People Born in Mount Vernon, United States

Notable people
582
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1939
Most distinctive
Horse Trainer 65.1×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Mount Vernon during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Mount Vernon Is Known For

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Politician is Mount Vernon's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (72).

Mount Vernon over-indexes on horse trainer65.1× the global rate.

Mount Vernon under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician72
  2. Basket46
  3. Actor45
  4. Football42
  5. Baseball41
  6. Lawyer22
  7. Music16
  8. Artist13
  1. Horse Trainer1065.1×
  2. Basket466.3×
  3. Baseball416.2×
  4. Officer123.1×
  5. Artist132.2×
  6. Lawyer222.2×
  7. Music161.9×
  1. Writer90.5×
  2. Football420.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Mount Vernon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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582 notable people

0301 WRITER

Clay Lancaster

1917 - 2000

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0302 ACTOR

Gabrielle Carmouche

Born 1978

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0303 ACTOR

Roz Kelly

Born 1943

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0304 MUSIC

Ethan Freeman

Born 1959

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0305 EDITOR

Desha Breckinridge

1867 - 1935

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0306 AUTHOR

Robb Forman Dew

1946 - 2020

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0307 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Owen Lovejoy (anthropologist)

Born 1943

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0308 FOOTBALL

Ethelbert Dudley Warfield

1861 - 1936

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0309 POLITICIAN

B. T. Collins

1940 - 1993

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0310 BASEBALL

Garvin Alston

Born 1971

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0311 ENGINEER

Bill English (computer engineer)

1929 - 2020

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0312 PHILOSOPHER

Dan Wikler

Born 1946

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0313 BASEBALL

Lou Johnson

1934 - 2020

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0314 ACADEMIC

Margaret Keyes

1918 - 2015

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0315 OFFICER

Preston Brown (general)

1872 - 1948

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0316 SONGWRITER

Wheeler Walker Jr.

Born 1974

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0317 ADVISOR

Robert Karem

Born 1977

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0318 FOOTBALL

Ollie Cline

1925 - 2001

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0319 TEACHER

A. Stephen Morse

Born 1939

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0320 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bruce Roberts (photographer)

Born 1930

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0321 FOOTBALL

Cornell Burbage

Born 1965

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0322 OFFICER

Marion M. Magruder

1911 - 1997

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0323 JUDGE

Janet DiFiore

Born 1955

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0324 SPORT

Tom Hammond

Born 1944

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0325 POLITICIAN

John J. Gosper

1841 - 1913

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0326 ACTIVIST

Frances Mary Albrier

1898 - 1987

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0327 FATHER

George Nicholas Sanders

1812 - 1873

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0328 BASKET

Greg Jenkins

Born 1982

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0329 MUSIC

John Baltzell

1860 - 1940

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0330 JOURNALIST

Pamela Brown (journalist)

Born 1983

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0331 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Charles R. Keyes

1871 - 1951

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0332 POLITICIAN

George Latimer (New York politician)

Born 1953

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0333 BASEBALL

Harry Wolverton

1873 - 1937

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0334 PLAYWRIGHT

Mary Frances Gunner

Born 1894

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0335 ACTOR

Stephen Douglass

1921 - 2011

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0336 POLITICIAN

George W. Snow

1842 - 1927

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0337 MARTIAL ART

Junie Browning

Born 1985

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0338 ARMY

Albert Watson II

1909 - 1993

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0339 POLITICIAN

Henry M. Beardsley

1858 - 1938

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0340 ACTOR

Brooklyn Shuck

Born 2005

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0341 BASEBALL

Kevin Richardson (baseball)

Born 1980

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0342 BASEBALL

Dwight Bernard

Born 1952

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0343 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chester Higgins Jr.

Born 1946

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0344 RESEARCH

Brian Aker

Born 1972

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0345 CARTOONIST

Carl E. Schultze

1866 - 1939

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0346 SONGWRITER

John Tibbs

Born 1990

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0347 LAWYER

LaFayette Emmett

1822 - 1905

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0348 SINGER

Stoll Vaughan

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0349 LAWYER

David G. Trager

1937 - 2011

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0350 BASKET

Chris Lowe (basketball)

Born 1987

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0351 POLITICIAN

Mary Barr Clay

1839 - 1924

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0352 POLITICIAN

Joe Shell

1918 - 2008

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0353 MILITAR

Charles D. Barger

1892 - 1936

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0354 LIBRETTIST

Carroll Fleming

1865 - 1930

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0355 PIANIST

Stephen Portman

Born 1935

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0356 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Clark Janell Davis

Born 1997

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0357 PRIEST

Thomas Zinkula

Born 1957

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0358 POET

Alex Dickow

Born 1979

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0359 ARTIST

Ed Subitzky

Born 1943

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0360 RAPPER

Eddie F

Born 1968

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0361 ARMY

Sanders D. Bruce

1825 - 1902

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0362 MUSIC

Dave King (Bassist)

Born 1953

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0363 DAY ADVENTIST

George A. Irwin

1844 - 1913

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0364 FOOTBALL

Frank LeMaster

Born 1952

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0365 POLITICIAN

Eugene Branstool

Born 1936

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0366 MILITAR

James Morrison Hawes

1824 - 1889

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0367 BASEBALL

Derek Bryant (baseball)

Born 1951

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0368 BASEBALL

Scott Arnold (baseball)

Born 1962

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0369 OFFICER

George B. Duncan

1861 - 1950

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0370 MUSIC

Bill Johnson (banjoist)

1905 - 1955

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0371 FOOTBALL

Chase Minnifield

Born 1989

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0372 FOOTBALL

Rob Kelly (American football)

Born 1974

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0373 POLITICIAN

Trent Van Haaften

Born 1964

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0374 POLITICIAN

Winnie Brinks

Born 1968

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0375 WRESTLER

Billy Travis

1961 - 2002

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0376 HISTORIAN

Eugene F. Rice Jr.

1924 - 2008

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0377 LAWYER

William C. Goodloe

1919 - 1997

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0378 SOLDIER

Henry Blanchard Freeman

1837 - 1915

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0379 BASEBALL

Ollie Beard

1862 - 1887

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0380 BUSINESS

Bob Babbage

Born 1951

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0381 POLITICIAN

Cary Pigman

Born 1958

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0382 ACTOR

Bill Wise

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0383 PHYSICIST

Gerald Harris Rosen

Born 1933

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0384 FILM

George Templeton

1906 - 1980

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0385 PHYSICIAN

Mary E. Britton

1855 - 1925

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0386 PLAYER

Gwendolyn Rucker

Born 1990

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0387 BUSINESS

Kenny Troutt

Born 1948

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0388 MINISTER

Marshall W. Taylor (minister)

1846 - 1887

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0389 LAWYER

Lisa Godbey Wood

Born 1963

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0390 SOCIALITE

Elizabeth Todd Edwards

1813 - 1888

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0391 ARTIST

Isaac Scott Hathaway

1872 - 1967

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0392 POLITICIAN

Sheryl M. Delozier

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0393 POLITICIAN

Don Eldridge

1919 - 2007

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0394 LAWYER

H. Foster Pettit

1930 - 2014

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0395 HORSE TRAINER

John T. Ward Jr.

Born 1945

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0396 FOOTBALL

George Corbett (American football)

1908 - 1990

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0397 TALENT AGENT

Ed Limato

1936 - 2010

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0398 HORSE TRAINER

Thomas Clay McDowell

1866 - 1935

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0399 FOOTBALL

Steve Gabbard

Born 1966

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0400 HORSE TRAINER

Claude R. McGaughey III

Born 1951

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0401 SONGWRITER

Harry Pease

1886 - 1945

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0402 BASKET

Dave Strong

1916 - 1993

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0403 SOLDIER

David M. Smith

1926 - 1950

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0404 CHOREOGRAPHER

Jonathan Stuart Cerullo

Born 1960

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0405 BASEBALL

Andy Karl (baseball)

1914 - 1989

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0406 UNCLE

Granville P. Swift

1821 - 1875

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0407 TEACHER

Paul Goldstein (law professor)

Born 1943

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0408 BASKET

Bennie Purcell

1929 - 2016

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0409 COACH

Noel Mazzone

Born 1957

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0410 COMPOSER

Zach Brock

Born 1974

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0411 MUSIC

Warren Tartaglia

1944 - 1965

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0412 MAGIC

Michael Griffin (escape artist)

Born 1961

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0413 FOOTBALL

Jim Stillwagon

1949 - 2018

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0414 BASEBALL

Joe Ardner

1858 - 1935

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0415 POLITICIAN

Donna Mayfield

Born 1955

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0416 SINGER

Marshall Hall (singer)

Born 1970

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0417 FOOTBALL

Bobby Maples

1942 - 1991

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0418 MILITAR

William Frederick Harris

1918 - 1950

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0419 ENTREPRENEUR

Nate Morris

Born 1980

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0420 DIPLOMAT

Edmund Asbury Gullion

1913 - 1998

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0421 BASKET

Red Blair

1900 - 1947

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0422 MUSIC

Freddy Mullins

Born 1979

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0423 WRITER

Jane Gentry Vance

1941 - 2014

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0424 ASTROPHYSICIST

Richard C. Lamb

1933 - 2018

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0425 LAWYER

Scott Elgin Reed

1921 - 1994

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0426 FOOTBALL

Sean Kelley

Born 1988

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0427 ACTOR

Lizzie Evans

Born 1864

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0428 PAINTER

William Edward West

1788 - 1857

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0429 BASEBALL

Tony Mack

Born 1961

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0430 POET

Rebecca Gayle Howell

Born 1975

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0431 ARTIST

Susan E. King

Born 1947

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0432 POLITICIAN

Ruth Ann Palumbo

Born 1949

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0433 FOOTBALL

Matt Kroul

Born 1986

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0434 WRESTLER

Dominic Black

Born 1969

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0435 LAWYER

Francis W. H. Adams

1904 - 1990

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0436 FOOTBALL

Robert M. Coleman (American football)

1878 - 1941

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0437 ACTOR

Bradley Bolke

1925 - 2019

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0438 CEO

David Komansky

Born 1939

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0439 ACTOR

Gil Rogers

Born 1934

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0440 POLITICIAN

Barry Silver

Born 1956

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0441 FOOTBALL

Brian Bonner (linebacker)

Born 1965

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0442 POLITICIAN

Charles Mynn Thruston

1798 - 1873

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0443 BASEBALL

Charlie Eden

1855 - 1920

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0444 COACH

Brad Franchione

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0445 REFEREE

Terry Vaughn

Born 1973

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0446 TEACHER

Kaya Henderson

Born 1970

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0447 PAINTER

Louise Brann

1906 - 1982

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0448 EDITOR

Anthony Banning Norton

1821 - 1893

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0449 CREATOR

Carrie G. Stevens

1882 - 1970

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0450 HOCKEY

Shawn Wheeler

Born 1966

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0451 WRITER

Kate Lee Ferguson

Died 1928

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0452 MUSIC

Ross Hammond

Born 1977

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0453 MISSING

Tracy Strong

1887 - 1968

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0454 BASEBALL

Matt Turner (baseball)

1967 - 2019

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0455 HORSE TRAINER

Kiaran McLaughlin

Born 1960

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0456 BOTANIST

Annie May Hurd Karrer

1893 - 1984

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0457 GOLF

Mary Beth Zimmerman

Born 1960

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0458 BASEBALL

Benny Dees

Born 1936

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0459 SOLDIER

Charles Candy

1832 - 1910

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0460 RAPPER

Mahogany Jones

Born 1978

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0461 OFFICER

Archie R. Clemins

1943 - 2020

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0462 BUSINESS

George T. Beck

1856 - 1943

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0463 POLITICIAN

Morton M. McCarver

1807 - 1875

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0464 DRIVER

Willard Cantrell

1914 - 1986

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0465 ARMY

Edward "Porky" Cragg

1919 - 1943

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0466 LAWYER

Laurance B. VanMeter

Born 1958

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0467 PAINTER

Brett De Palma

Born 1949

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0468 PLAYER

Phil Williamson

Born 1965

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0469 BASEBALL

George Payne (baseball)

1889 - 1959

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0470 BREWER

Ben Self

Born 1977

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0471 BASKET

Lew Hill (basketball)

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0472 FOOTBALL

Vince Stevenson

1884 - 1942

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0473 BASEBALL

Doc Rodes

1894 - 1946

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0474 MINISTER

Charles H. Parrish

1859 - 1931

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0475 MILITAR

John Brown Kerr

1847 - 1926

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0476 FOOTBALL

Eric Shelton (American football)

Born 1983

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0477 FOOTBALL

Jim LeClair (quarterback)

Born 1944

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0478 MISSING

Ira Needles

1893 - 1986

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0479 THEOLOGIAN

Charles H. Parrish Sr.

1841 - 1931

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0480 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Maria Maldonado (Miss Kentucky)

Born 1982

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0481 CIVIL RIGHTS

Edna Griffin

1909 - 2000

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0482 POLITICIAN

Lois Combs Weinberg

Born 1943

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0483 NURSE

Viola Davis Brown

1936 - 2017

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0484 DAUGHTER

Mary Desha

1854 - 1911

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0485 BASEBALL

Hogan Yancey

1881 - 1960

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0486 BUSINESS

Tom Hayden (Texas politician)

Born 1967

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0487 POET

Edgar Bogardus

1927 - 1958

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0488 EXECUTIVE

Earl F. Martin

Born 1961

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0489 HORSE TRAINER

John M. Veitch

Born 1945

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0490 HORSE TRAINER

W. Elliott Walden

Born 1963

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0491 POLITICIAN

Theodore Johnson

1904 - 1992

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0492 POLITICIAN

Neil Chatterjee

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0493 POLITICIAN

Mario Merola (lawyer)

1922 - 1987

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0494 BASKET

Ryan Ridder

Born 1984

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0495 RELIGIOUS

H. Dale Jackson

1930 - 2003

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0496 POLITICIAN

Margaret Ruhl

Born 1956

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0497 POLITICIAN

James Cameron Watson

1890 - 1986

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0498 BASEBALL

Brady Sallee

-

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0499 OFFICER

Jonathan Baker Moore

1825 - 1889

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0500 OFFICER

Ernest T. Cragg

1922 - 2006

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0501 MILITAR

Francis C. Green

1835 - 1905

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0502 FOOTBALL

James Simrall

1909 - 1982

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0503 LAWYER

Harold Kenneth Wood

1906 - 1972

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0504 KILLED

Rosebud Denovo

1970 - 1992

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0505 JUDGE

Richard C. Stoll

1876 - 1949

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0506 EDITOR

Charles Dwelley

1908 - 1993

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0507 BASEBALL

Joe Cowley (baseball)

Born 1958

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0508 GOLF

William Withers

1864 - 1933

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0509 FOOTBALL

Joe Fogg

1882 - 1946

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0510 ARTIST

Ken Kerslake

1930 - 2007

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0511 OFFICER

Hugh McKee

1844 - 1871

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0512 SENATE

Andrew B. Willison

Born 1966

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0513 POLITICIAN

Alessandra Biaggi

Born 1986

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0514 FOOTBALL

Cedeno Patrick

Born 1983

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0515 OFFICER

Wickliffe Cooper

1831 - 1867

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0516 FOOTBALL

John Shannon (American football)

Born 1965

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0517 GOLF

Myra Blackwelder

Born 1955

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0518 PHYSICIST

Alan Schoen

Born 1924

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0519 JAZZ

Robert Shy

1939 - 2018

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0520 FOOTBALL

Doug Shively

Born 1937

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0521 POLITICIAN

Newton R. Casey

Born 1826

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0522 POLITICIAN

Thom Collier

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0523 HORSE TRAINER

Edward D. Brown

1850 - 1906

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0524 LAWYER

Joseph B. Crockett

1808 - 1884

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0525 HORSE TRAINER

Byron McClelland

1855 - 1897

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0526 FOOTBALL

Chase Clements

1901 - 1971

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0527 BASKET

Richie Garner

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0528 PHYSICIAN

Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley

1818 - 1862

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0529 BASKET

Carey Spicer

1909 - 1996

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0530 CHOREOGRAPHER

Charles Holston Williams

1886 - 1978

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0531 CIVIL RIGHTS

Joyce Hamilton Berry

Born 1937

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0532 FOOTBALL

Josh Faga

Born 1990

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0533 BASKET

William Donovan III

-

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0534 GAME

Michael Hicks (game designer)

Born 1993

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0535 JUDGE

John M. Sternhagen

1888 - 1954

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0536 ACTOR

Tom McIntosh (comedian)

1840 - 1904

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0537 ILLUSTRATOR

Debbie Hughes

Born 1958

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0538 ARMY

William Packwood

1832 - 1917

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0539 HISTORIAN

Stephen Trafton

Born 1946

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0540 ENTREPRENEUR

Sanjay Parekh

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0541 FEMINIST

Elizabeth Fouse

1875 - 1952

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0542 DRIVER

Jason Wolfe (racing driver)

Born 1994

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0543 BASEBALL

Theodore Conover

1868 - 1910

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0544 POLITICIAN

Thomas Hiram Preston

1855 - 1925

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0545 TRAINER

Alfonso Moretti

Born 1973

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0546 MILITAR

Roy Thurman

1924 - 2004

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0547 LAWYER

Arthur R. Kudart

Born 1930

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0548 PHYSICIAN

Joseph Cyrus Bradfield

1889 - 1936

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0549 BASKET

Jabarie Hinds

Born 1992

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0550 POLITICIAN

Nicholas Kafoglis

1930 - 2019

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0551 POLITICIAN

John G. Baxter

1826 - 1885

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0552 OPERA

William Ray

1925 - 2019

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0553 FARMER

Hal Price Headley

1888 - 1962

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0554 LINEBACKER

Dick Palmer (American football)

Born 1947

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0555 FOOTBALL

Keith Williams (cornerback)

Born 1983

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0556 PHYSICIAN

Anne Hazen McFarland

Born 1867

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0557 POLITICIAN

Robert Flournoy Hosford

1842 - 1924

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0558 LAWYER

William Elwood Steckler

1913 - 1995

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0559 RADIO

Orestes H. Caldwell

1888 - 1967

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0560 FOOTBALL

Quintin Borders

Born 1988

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0561 HORSE TRAINER

Winbert F. Mulholland

1883 - 1968

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0562 BASEBALL

Butch Glass

1898 - 1972

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0563 HORSE TRAINER

Walter C. Rollins

1857 - 1908

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0564 BASKET

Terren Harbut

Born 1983

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0565 TEACHER

Rochelle C. Dreyfuss

Born 1940

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0566 BASEBALL

Gene Visich

1926 - 2012

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0567 BASEBALL

Lincoln Henzman

Born 1995

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0568 ARTIST

Joe Petro III

Born 1956

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0569 POLITICIAN

Tom Buford

Born 1949

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0570 PRODUCER

Howard A. Knight Jr.

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0571 ACTOR

Hope Riley

Born 1979

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0572 BISHOP

Robert S. Denig

1946 - 1995

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0573 BISHOP

Robert W. Estill

1927 - 2019

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0574 OFFICER

Alfred J. Whittle Jr.

1924 - 1993

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0575 POLITICIAN

Mike Moloney (politician)

Born 1941

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0576 FOOTBALL

John Crandall (American football)

1931 - 2008

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0577 MUSIC

Lloyd Smith

1914 - 1999

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0578 BASEBALL

Ollie Smith (baseball)

1865 - 1954

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0579 SUPERINTENDENT

Ephraim S. Claybourn

1851 - 1909

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0580 REFORMER

Anna Byford Leonard

Born 1843

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0581 FOOTBALL

George Ashworth

1912 - 1994

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0582 JUDGE

David A. Tapp

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