List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area
This is a list of people from the Louisville metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Included are notable people who were either born or raised there, or have maintained residency for a significant period.
| Name | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Ackerson | Louisville lawyer who formerly served in both houses of the Kentucky State Legislature | ||
| Terry Adams | Musician, founding member of NRBQ[1] | ||
| James S. Albus | Engineer and Senior NIST Fellow; developer of digital solar aspect sensor, Real-time Control System, Robocrane | ||
| Muhammad Ali | Multiple heavyweight boxing champion; iconic figure of 20th-century American sports; born Cassius Clay | ||
| Martha-Bryan Allen | Broadway actress; aunt of Elizabeth Montgomery | ||
| Derek L. Anderson | Former Kentucky Wildcat basketball player; played on the 1996 NCAA Championship team; former 12-year NBA basketball player drafted by Cleveland in 1997; won an NBA Championship with Miami in 2006 | ||
| Major Robert Anderson[2] | Union Army officer in the Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war | ||
| Chuck Armstrong | Former president of the Seattle Mariners | ||
| John James Audubon | Ornithologist, naturalist and painter; lived in Louisville for about two years | ||
| James Gilbert Baker | Astronomer and designer of optics systems; president of the Optical Society of America; helped found the Louisville Astronomical Society; born and raised in Louisville; attended the Louisville duPont Manual High School and the University of Louisville | ||
| Mickey Baker | Blues guitarist and singer; had million-seller hit in 1956 with "Love Is Strange" with wife Sylvia | ||
| Marty Bass | Television news reporter, weatherman, and presidential candidate; born and raised in Louisville | ||
| Matt Battaglia | Actor in and producer of more than 100 films; produced Brothers with Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman; co-founder of Derby Eve cancer benefit The Mint Jubilee | ||
| Ralph Beard | Born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, attended Louisville Male High School; former Kentucky Wildcat basketball player; played on the 1948 and 1949 NCAA Championship teams; won gold medal with Team USA Basketball in the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
| Ned Beatty | Character actor of film, TV and stage; appeared in a wide variety of roles in movies such as The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Deliverance, Superman (1978), Network and 1941 | ||
| Morris Burke Belknap | Businessman with Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company; Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky | ||
| W. B. Belknap (aka William Burke Belknap, the elder) | Founder of Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company | ||
| William Burke Belknap | Philanthropist, breeder of American saddlebred horses, owner of Land O' Goshen Farms | ||
| William Richardson Belknap | President of W. B. Belknap Company (Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company) | ||
| Moses Bensinger | President of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company and instigator of rules and regulations for modern bowling | ||
| James Best | Character actor, known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard | ||
| Barry Bingham, Jr. | Publisher of The Courier-Journal | ||
| Barry Bingham, Sr. | Publisher of The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times; led both papers to national prominence | ||
| Larry Birkhead | Entertainment photojournalist | ||
| Rob Bironas | Professional football player for Tennessee Titans of the NFL | ||
| Emily Lucas Blackall | Writer; philanthropist | ||
| Jon Bois | Writer | ||
| Phil Bond | Professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets | ||
| Squire Boone | Frontiersman and brother of Daniel Boone | ||
| Anthony Borcherding | Professional wrestler known by the stage name 2 Tuff Tony[3] | ||
| Marion L. Boswell | American Air Force lieutenant general who was assistant vice chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and also served as chairman and senior Air Force representative, United States Delegation to the Military Staff Committee, United Nations | ||
| Anne Braden | Civil rights activist | ||
| Carl Braden | Civil rights activist | ||
| Louis Brandeis | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; namesake of the University of Louisville School of Law | ||
| Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman | Louisville businessman; basketball star at the University of Louisville; had a long NBA career, mostly with the Milwaukee Bucks | ||
| Brian Brohm | Football player; former University of Louisville and Buffalo Bills quarterback | ||
| Jeff Brohm | Football player; former University of Louisville and NFL quarterback; current head coach at Purdue | ||
| Foster Brooks | Actor and comedian; known for his "Lovable Lush" character; long-time Las Vegas headliner; appeared on numerous TV programs from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s; cameo roles in The Villain and Cannonball Run II; perhaps best known for his frequent appearances on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, and on the Dean Martin Show | ||
| Odell Brown | Jazz organist | ||
| Pete Browning[4] | 19th century Major League Baseball player; first to use custom bats; uncle of Tod Browning | ||
| Tod Browning | Film actor and director; directed several films starring silent screen legend Lon Chaney Sr., among them The Unholy 3 (1925) and West of Zanzibar (1928); known for directing the horror classic Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, and the cult classic Freaks (1932) | ||
| John W. Bubbles | Half of the black comedic song and tap dance team "Buck & Bubbles" with his partner Ford Lee "Buck" Washington; appeared in films A Star Is Born (1937) and Cabin in the Sky (1943); originated the role of the character "Sportin' Life" in George Gershwin's musical Porgy and Bess; first black entertainer to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | ||
| Clark Burckle | Member of the 2012 United States Olympic Swim Team, where he placed 6th in the final of the 200 meter breastroke | ||
| Lance Burton | Stage magician | ||
| LaVerne Butler | Pastor of 9th & O Baptist Church in Louisville, 1969–1988; president of Mid-Continent University, 1988–1997[5] | ||
| Paul Byrd | Professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox | ||
| Jennifer Carpenter | Actress best known as Debra Morgan on Showtime's Dexter | ||
| Harry Carter | Silent film actor; appeared in numerous films including the 1921 serial The Hope Diamond Mystery | ||
| Kathy Cary | Chef | ||
| Jennie Casseday | Philanthropist | ||
| George Rogers Clark | Preeminent military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War | ||
| Joseph Clayton | Former Kentucky Derby celebrity turned recycling industry leader and innovator; best known for calling out woodpeckers in sawdust piles | ||
| Tracy Clayton | Writer and co-host of Buzzfeed's podcast Another Round | ||
| William Conrad | Actor and narrator in radio, film and television from the 1930s through the 1990s; provided the voice for Marshal Matt Dillon in the radio version of Gunsmoke; later starred on television as private detective Frank Cannon in the series Cannon and prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe in the series Jake and the Fatman | ||
| Jim Cornette | Professional wrestling manager and promoter | ||
| Joe Creason | Journalist for The Courier-Journal, known for his columns on the everyday lives of Kentuckians | ||
| Bernie Crimmins | University of Notre Dame football player; head football college football coach at Indiana University; assistant football coach at Notre Dame and Purdue University | ||
| Iman Crosson | Actor, Internet celebrity and Obama impersonator who became an example of professional promotion using the Internet | ||
| Tom Cruise | Actor (born in Syracuse, New York, lived in Louisville until his mid-teens); star of the films Risky Business, Top Gun, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, and the Mission: Impossible film series | ||
| Denny Crum | University of Louisville men's basketball head coach; member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach | ||
| Vadim Dale | Australian reality television personality (Outback Jack); officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department | ||
| Josh Dallas | Actor, best known for his roles as Prince Charming/David Nolan in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time and Fandral in the Marvel Comics film adaptation Thor | ||
| Roger Davis | Actor in Dark Shadows and Alias Smith and Jones; custom home designer and builder in Los Angeles | ||
| Laura Miller Derry | Attorney, first woman to defend a court-martial case brought by the United States Army | ||
| Frederick Detweiler | Sociologist, born in Louisville in 1881 | ||
| George Devol | Inventor of the first industrial robot | ||
| David Dick | WHAS (AM) radio and WHAS-TV newscaster in Louisville prior to joining CBS News as reporter and correspondent | ||
| Irene Dunne | Actress, starred in 1931 Academy Award Best Picture Cimarron | ||
| Reuben T. Durrett | Lawyer, jurist, writer, and historian; a founder of the Louisville Free Public Library | ||
| Jerry Eaves | Basketball player; former University of Louisville and NBA player; head coach for North Carolina A&T | ||
| Thomas Alva Edison | Inventor and businessman; before fame, lived in Butchertown during 1866–1867 around age 19; a house near where he lived is now a museum in his honor | ||
| Bob Edwards | Broadcaster for National Public Radio | ||
| Jimmy Ellis | Heavyweight boxing champion | ||
| Pervis Ellison | Basketball player; born in Savannah, Georgia; "Never Nervous Pervis" was the starting center for the University of Louisville for four years, including the 1986 national championship year; second freshman to be named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four; first overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings | ||
| Norris Embry | Expressionist painter | ||
| Andrew Farrell | Professional soccer player | ||
| Jazzmarr Ferguson | Professional basketball player who last played for Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A | ||
| Scott Fischer | Film producer | ||
| Abraham Flexner | Educator | ||
| Simon Flexner | Pioneer of scientific medicine | ||
| Pat Forde | Sportswriter; reporter and columnist for The Courier-Journal, ESPN.com, and Yahoo! Sports[6] | ||
| Dian Fossey | Nurse at Kosair Children's Hospital; ethologist interested in gorillas | ||
| Fontaine Fox | Nationally syndicated cartoonist; creator of The Toonerville Trolley (aka Toonerville Folks), one of the most popular strips of the World War I era | ||
| Richard Frymire | Kentucky State Representative (1962–1964), State Senator (1966–1968), Adjutant General (1971–1977) | ||
| Harvey Fuqua | Member of The Moonglows (1929–2010), songwriter, record producer, and record label executive | ||
| Gertrude Ganote | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, 1944–1945 | ||
| Eric Genuis | Pianist and composer | ||
| Mayme Gehrue | Vaudeville dancer, on Broadway and silent film, also lyricist | ||
| Billy Gilbert | Film actor during the 1930s and 1940s; appeared in supporting roles in Laurel & Hardy shorts The Music Box and County Hospital; model and voice for Sneezy in Disney's Snow White | ||
| Sam Gilliam | Abstract expressionist painter | ||
| William Girdler | Director and producer of 1970s B-grade films such as Abby, Asylum of Satan and Grizzly | ||
| C. W. Grafton | Author | ||
| Sue Grafton | Author; died in 2017 | ||
| Petey Greene | Television and radio talk show host; two-time Emmy Award-winner | ||
| Sid Griffin | Musician and founder of the bands The Long Ryders and Coal Porters, and author of books on Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons and bluegrass music | ||
| D. W. Griffith | Film director and innovator; credited with originating many camera techniques still commonly used in films today; directed The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance and Way Down East; lived several years in the Brown Hotel, until his death in 1948 | ||
| Darrell Griffith | Basketball player; won 1980 NCAA basketball championship and John R. Wooden Award, 1980 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, 1981 NBA Rookie of the Year Award; played 11 seasons with the Utah Jazz; nicknamed "Dr. Dunkenstein" for aerial exploits | ||
| David Grissom | Guitarist for Storyville, Joe Ely, The Allman Brothers Band, John Mellencamp | ||
| Walter Newman Haldeman | Founder, publisher Louisville Courier-Journal, founder Naples, FL major league baseball owner Louisville Grays | ||
| William Birch Haldeman | State adjutant general for the Kentucky Army National Guard and part owner of The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times | ||
| Anna J. Hamilton | Educator, journalist, writer, and editor | ||
| Ed Hamilton | Award-winning sculptor who is noted for his many famous public monuments | ||
| Lionel Hampton | Bandleader and jazz musician | [ [Jack Harllow] ] Rapper (Please add more to thos) | |
| Scott Harrington | Racing driver; Indianapolis 500 veteran and Indy Car Rookie of the Year | ||
| Heather French Henry | Miss America 2000 | ||
| John Hensley | TV and film actor, regular cast member on the cable TV program Nip/Tuck | ||
| Agnes Leonard Hill | journalist, author, poet, newspaper founder/publisher, evangelist, social reformer | ||
| Mildred and Patty Hill | Composers of the song "Happy Birthday to You" | ||
| Charles T. Hinde | Railroad executive, founder of the Hotel del Coronado and businessman | ||
| Doan Hoang | Movie director, movie producer, documentary Oh Saigon (2007) and short film Hard Times (2012); graduate of Seneca High School (1990) in Louisville | ||
| Audrey Hollander | Pornographic actress | ||
| Telma Hopkins | Singer and actress, member of the 1970s pop music trio Tony Orlando and Dawn | ||
| James Horan | Television and film actor | ||
| Paul Hornung | Football player with the National Football League's Green Bay Packers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Allan Houston | NBA player, New York Knicks; son of Wade Houston | ||
| Wade Houston | Louisville businessman; player and assistant coach at the University of Louisville; head men's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee; father of Allan Houston | ||
| Edwin Hubble | Astronomer, astrophysicist; basketball coach at New Albany High School; namesake of the Hubble Space Telescope; lived in the Highlands | ||
| Henry Hull | Stage and film actor, star of the 1935 film Werewolf of London | ||
| Alexander Pope Humphrey | Judge of chancery court | ||
| Edward Porter Humphrey | Presbyterian minister, gave dedicatory address for Cave Hill Cemetery | ||
| Edward William Cornelius Humphrey | Lawyer, Presbyterian leader, author, trustee of Centre College and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | ||
| Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey | Genealogist, artist, writer, philanthropist | ||
| Lewis Craig Humphrey | Editor of Louisville newspapers The Evening Post and The Herald-Post | ||
| Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey | Economist, historian of economic thought, author, Federal Reserve Bank editor, grandson of Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey. | ||
| Anna May Hutchison | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, 1944–1949 | ||
| Joe Jacoby | Football player for the Washington Redskins | ||
| Annie Laurie Wilson James | Journalist | ||
| Jim James | Born Jim Olliges; musician, lead singer of My Morning Jacket | ||
| Ken Jenkins | Stage and film actor; co-founder of Actors Theatre of Louisville; Scrubs, Gone in 60 Seconds, I Am Sam | ||
| Tom Kennedy | Game show host | ||
| Wesley Korir | Kenyan marathoner; winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon; member of the National Assembly of Kenya; ran track at, and graduated from, the University of Louisville; before his election to the National Assembly, he kept a home in Louisville | ||
| James Kottak | Drummer for metal band Scorpions; Yamaha drums endorser and clinician; drummer for Kingdom Come, Warrant and Wild Horses | ||
| Tim Krekel | Musician, recording artist, hit songwriter, member of Jimmy Buffett's band | ||
| Paul Laird | Musicologist, professor at University of Kansas | ||
| Increase A. Lapham | Surveyor, naturalist, helped found the U.S Weather Bureau | ||
| Jennifer Lawrence | Film actress, known for her Oscar-winning performance in Silver Linings Playbook and Oscar-nominated performances in Winter's Bone, American Hustle and Joy, as well as Mystique in the X-Men film series and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series | ||
| Maggie Lawson | TV actress known for her role as Juliet on the detective drama/comedy Psych | ||
| Stefan LeFors | Quarterback for University of Louisville, and in the NFL and CFL; head football coach for the high school team of the Christian Academy of Louisville | ||
| Tom London | Bit player and stunt performer in numerous films, primarily westerns; began film career in early silent era; transitioned to TV roles in the early 1950s; listed in Guinness World Records as Hollywood's most prolific actor, with over 600 film appearances | ||
| Sarah Logan | Professional wrestler | ||
| Patty Loveless | Country music singer-songwriter; moved to Louisville at the age of 12 | ||
| Desi Lydic | Film actress, known as a correspondent on The Daily Show | ||
| William Mapother | Film/television actor and entrepreneur, known for his performances in Lost and In the Bedroom | ||
| Herbert Marcus | Co-founder and CEO of Neiman Marcus | ||
| Nelly Nichol Marshall | Author | ||
| Joe E. Martin | Olympic boxing coach who trained World Heavyweight Champions Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Ellis, and several National Golden Gloves champions | ||
| Oksana Masters | Paralympic medalist in rowing and cross-country skiing; graduate of Atherton High School[7] | ||
| A'dia Mathies | WNBA player for Los Angeles Sparks | ||
| Victor Mature | Actor; My Darling Clementine, Kiss of Death, Samson and Delilah, The Robe | ||
| Jane Mayhall | Poet[8] | ||
| William E. McAnulty, Jr. | First African American to serve on the Kentucky Supreme Court | ||
| U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell | U.S. Senate Majority Leader | ||
| Brian McMahan | Rock musician known for work in Squirrel Bait, Slint, Palace Brothers, The For Carnation, and King Kong | ||
| Mary T. Meagher | Olympic gold medalist and multiple world record holder in swimming; sister of Anne Northup | ||
| Terry Meiners | Radio and television personality | ||
| Milton Metz | Radio and television personality | ||
| Alexandria Mills | Miss World 2010 | ||
| Barbara Milton | Theatre actress | ||
| Beverle Graves Myers | Author | ||
| Jack Narz | Game show host | ||
| First Sergeant James J. Nash | Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the Spanish–American War | ||
| Carrie Marcus Neiman | Co-founder and Chair of Neiman Marcus | ||
| Carl Nett | Kentucky State Representative (1970–1990) | ||
| Frank Neuhauser | Winner of the first National Spelling Bee, held in 1925[9] | ||
| Bobby Nichols | Professional golfer, known for winning the 1964 PGA Championship, one of the Majors in men's golf | ||
| Marsha Norman | Playwright who won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | ||
| Anne Northup | U.S. Representative from Louisville, 1997–2007; member of the Consumer Products Safety Commission; sister of Mary T. Meagher | ||
| Grady Nutt | Humorist and television personality (Hee Haw); lived in Louisville from 1960 until his death in 1982; graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | ||
| Will Oldham | Songwriter and musician | ||
| Joan Osborne | Singer-songwriter | ||
| Jimmy Osting | Major League Baseball player | ||
| Bo Otto | Football player for the NFL Louisville Brecks (1922–23) | ||
| ZZ Packer | Writer; born in Chicago; lived in Louisville in her teens and graduated from Seneca High School in 1990 | ||
| Scott Padgett | Former Kentucky Wildcat basketball player, played on the 1996 and 1998 NCAA Championship teams; former 7-year NBA basketball player drafted by Utah in 1998; now head men's basketball coach at Samford University | ||
| Greg Page | Heavyweight boxing champion | ||
| David Pajo | Indie musician known for work in Slint, Tortoise, and Zwan | ||
| Bubba Paris | Graduate of Louisville's DeSales High School; offensive tackle for the 1982 Super Bowl-winning San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr.[10] | Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981 until his death in 1988), born in Louisville in 1930 | ||
| Buddy Pepper | Songwriter, pianist, and actor, best known as co-writer of Les Paul and Mary Ford song "Vaya Con Dios," the most popular song of 1953 | ||
| Fred Pfeffer[4] | Major League Baseball player | ||
| Rick Pitino | Men's basketball coach at University of Louisville; former head coach at Providence College, the University of Kentucky and the Boston Celtics | ||
| Bill Plaschke | Los Angeles sports columnist, panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn | ||
| Marty Pollio | Stand-up comic and mime; has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; has performed his semi-autobiographical one-man show "Prisoners Of Cheese" at The Montreal Fringe Festival | ||
| George Dennison Prentice | Newspaper editor and journalist for the Louisville Journal | ||
| James Pumphrey | Actor, Host of Donut Media, Trinity Alumni | ||
| Artimus Pyle | Drummer for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||
| John Quast | NFL player for the Louisville Brecks | ||
| Steve Raible | NFL player for the Seattle Seahawks; co-anchor of local KIRO News in Seattle | ||
| Wes Ramsey | TV and film actor, daytime serial Guiding Light and independent film Latter Days | ||
| Jimmy Raney | Jazz guitarist | ||
| Jon Rauch | Professional baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks | ||
| Pee Wee Reese | Hall of Fame shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers; noted for his acceptance of Jackie Robinson when the latter broke baseball's color line | ||
| Marco Reguzzoni | Italian politician and entrepreneur, owner of Biocell Center, honorary citizen | ||
| Rob Riggle | Actor on The Daily Show, The Office, and Saturday Night Live | ||
| Scott Ritcher | Magazine publisher, graphic designer, musician and politician | ||
| Martha Rofheart née Jones | Model, actress and author; born in Louisville 1917, moved to New York City in late 1930s; actress Lynn Fontanne's protege; appeared on Broadway; published six historical novels in 1970s and 80s | ||
| Rajon Rondo | Former Kentucky Wildcat basketball player; current NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers; won an NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics in 2008; participated in several NBA All-Star games | ||
| Don Rosa | Illustrator of Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters | ||
| Rudy Rucker | Computer scientist and science fiction author | ||
| D'Angelo Russell | Current NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets | ||
| Colonel Harland Sanders | Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken; born, raised, and lived in Henryville, Indiana until adulthood | ||
| Diane Sawyer | Television journalist, anchor of ABC World News; former co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America | ||
| Dean Schamore | Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | ||
| Nicole Scherzinger | Actress, singer and dancer; known as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls | ||
| "Papa" John Schnatter | Founder of Papa John's Pizza; born and raised in Jeffersonville, Indiana until founding his pizza chain | ||
| Phil Simms | Quarterback for the NFL's New York Giants; television sportscaster | ||
| Donta Smith | Professional basketball player for the South Dragons of the National Basketball League Australia | ||
| Will Smith (catcher) | Professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball | ||
| James Speed | Lawyer, politician, and professor | ||
| James Breckenridge Speed | Businessman and philanthropist | ||
| Sergeant John C. Squires | Medal of Honor recipient for his service during World War II | ||
| Static Major | Record producer who gained fame posthumously for featuring in Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" | ||
| Rudell Stitch | Welterweight boxer | ||
| Danny Sullivan | Racing driver and winner of the 1985 Indianapolis 500 | ||
| Gary J. Sullivan | Electrical engineer who led the development of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and HEVC international standards for video coding; created the DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI video decoding feature of the Microsoft Windows operating system | ||
| Hunter S. Thompson | Journalist and author, long-time contributing writer for Rolling Stone magazine | ||
| Patty Prather Thum | Painter and art critic | ||
| Bryson Tiller | Singer-songwriter and rapper | ||
| Jack Harlow | songwriter and Rapper | ||
| Mary Travers | Folk singer with Peter, Paul and Mary | ||
| R. C. Tway | Local business, agricultural and political icon whose Plainview Farms evolved into the Plainview neighborhood of Jeffersontown | ||
| Dan Uggla | Former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball | ||
| Eugene Ulrich | Chief editor for interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls | ||
| Johnny Unitas | Quarterback at University of Louisville; went on to a Hall of Fame career, mainly with the Baltimore Colts | ||
| Wes Unseld | Basketball player and coach in the NBA; member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player | ||
| Gus Van Sant | Film director, photographer, musician, and author | ||
| Britt Walford | Drummer for Slint | ||
| Jeff Walz | Women's basketball coach at the University of Louisville | ||
| Jack Warden | Film and television actor; began his career in the early 1950s on TV shows such as Playhouse 90 and Studio One; later appeared in films such as Run Silent, Run Deep, Shampoo and All the President's Men | ||
| Henry Watterson | Founder of The Courier-Journal; namesake of the Henry Watterson Expressway | ||
| Brent Weedman | Mixed martial artist | ||
| Todd Wellemeyer | Major League Baseball player, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Hannah Welton | Drummer for Prince's backing band, 3rdeyegirl | ||
| Gus Weyhing | MLB pitcher for 11 teams | ||
| Jeffrey Wigand | 60 Minutes tobacco industry whistleblower | ||
| Evan Williams | Early Kentucky settler and distiller | ||
| Albert Wolff | French-born American Olympic fencer | ||
| Will Wolford | Pro Bowl NFL offensive lineman, played for Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, and Indianapolis Colts; head football coach at his alma mater of St. Xavier High School; radio color analyst for the Indianapolis Colts | ||
| Keke Wyatt | R&B singer, most prominent in the late 1990s and early 2000s | ||
| Enid Yandell | Sculptor | ||
| John Yarmuth | U.S. Representative from Louisville, 2007–present; founder of the alt-weekly Louisville Eccentric Observer | ||
| York | William Clark's manservant and participant in Lewis and Clark Expedition | ||
| Sean Young | Film and television actress; began career with supporting roles in films such as Blade Runner, Stripes and Dune | ||
| Mia Zapata | Murdered singer of the Seattle punk band The Gits | ||
| John Ziegler | Radio talk show host | ||
| Fuzzy Zoeller | Professional golfer; winner of two major championships (1979 Masters, 1984 U.S. Open); born, raised, and lives on the Indiana side of the metropolitan area in Floyd County | ||
| Jacek M. Zurada | Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Louisville J. B. Speed School of Engineering, specializing artificial neural networks | ||
See also
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The Minutes kept it local last week, but that doesn't mean there wasn't quality food to be had. When hungry in Louisville, try the peerless Jack Fry's (40), a famed local landmark that has nothing bad on the menu.
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