Famous Kentuckians

Most of these people are not gay, lesbian, or bisexual. They are, however, either natives of Kentucky or lived here for some lengthy period of time. Jeff, the builder of the Gay Kentucky home page, is proud to be a transplant to Kentucky.

"G" marks people who are publicly known to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. If this wasn't a public document, I would certainly be highlighting a few more names on here *wink*.


Mohammed Ali, boxer (Louisville)
James Lane Allen, author (Lexington)
Daniel and Rebecca Boone, pioneers (Boonesborough)
Frank Browning, author, (Frenchburg), G
Henry Clay, politician (Lexington)
Laura Clay, early feminist (Lexington)
George Clooney, actor (Augusta)
Rosemary Clooney, actress/comedienne (Maysville)
Tom Cruise, actor (went to high school in Shively)
Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer
Johnny Depp, actor (born in Owensboro)
Jackie De Shannon, 60's pop singer/songwriter (near Hopkinsville)
Skeeter Davis, 60's pop singer/country singer (near Louisville)
Nikki Finney, poet (Lexington)
Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler magazine (Salyersville)
Tom T. Hall, country singer (Olive Hill)
bell hooks, feminist author
Fenton Johnson, author, (Nelson Co.) G
Naomi, Wynonna, and Ashley Judd, singers/actress
Barbara Kingsolver, author (Nicholas Co.)
Abraham Lincoln, president
Brian Littrell, singer (Back Street Boys)
Patty Loveless, country singer (Pikeville)
Loretta Lynn, country singer (Butcher Hollow)
Anita Madden, politician/philanthropist/feminist (Lexington)
Lee Majors, actor
John Michael Montgomery, country singer (Nicholasville)
Patricia Neal, Oscar-winning actress (Packard, Whitley Co.)
Joan Osborne, singer (Louisville)
Annie Potts, actress
Kevin Richardson, singer (Irvine) (Back Street Boys)
Gil Rogers, actor (Lexington), Hawk on Guiding Light, Doctors
Col. Sanders, restauranteur (Corbin)
Diane Sawyer, news anchorwoman (Dry Ridge)
Ricky Scaggs, country singer (Cattlesburg)
William Shatner, actor of Star Trek fame maintains a horse farm outside of (Lexington)
Danny Sullivan, race car driver (Louisville)
Richard Thomas, actor (John Boy on The Waltons) (Paintsville)
Lily Tomlin, actress/comedienne (Paducah), G
Garrett Wilson, an African-American man from Paris, Ky. invented the traffic light and the gas masks used in WW I
George C. Wolfe, African-American writer of the hit Broadway play Bring da Noise, Bring da Funk
Chuck Wooley, TV Host (Love Connections) (Ashland)
Dwight Yoakam, country singer (Pike-Floyd Hollow)