Writers from Kentucky

American author and activist (1952–2021)

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011

American publisher

American country singer (1932–2022)

priest and author (1915–1968)

American singer-songwriter (1931-2004)

American singer and actress (1946–2022)

United States Army lieutenant general (1922–2017)

American schoolteacher (1900–1970)

American writer (1876-1944)

American literary critic and academic (1906–1994)

American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)

Confederate general (1826-1879)

American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster (1949-2020)

American historian (1929–2019)

American journalist, anchorman, and television host

American writer

American lawyer, social reformer, social scientist and civil rights activist (1866-1948)

American actress, singer and writer

Magazine publisher (1953–1987)

American politician (1760–1841)

American libertarian author and editor (1953-2024)

novelist, short story writer, food writer from the United States

American singer and songwriter (born 1991)

African-American physician

American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist

American writer and abolitionist (1815–1854)

American writer

(1859-1930) United States Army general

American writer (1925–2008)

former chief of disguise for the United States Central Intelligence Agency

American artist, writer, and youth leader (1850–1941)

American playwright

American educator, lecturer, and writer (1824-1904)

American actress

American writer

American social reformer and economist

American writer (1895–1984)

American author, editor, religious activist

Kentucky suffragist and civil rights

American author, poet, editor

United States Army general (1827–1879)

American journalist

artist and author (1900-1988)

American deafblind author

American journalist (1933–2025)

American publisher (1893-1987)

American screenwriter (1894–1932)