List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area explained
This is a list of people from the Louisville metropolitan area which consists of the Kentucky county of Jefferson and the Indiana counties of Clark and Floyd in the United States. Included are notable people who were either born or raised there, or have maintained residency for a significant period.
Educators
Health care
Religion
- LaVerne Butler, pastor of 9th & O Baptist Church in Louisville, 1969–1988; president of Mid-Continent University, 1988–1997[1]
- 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
- Adolph S. Moses, rabbi of Adath Israel Temple, 1881–1902
- Eugene Ulrich, theologist and chief editor for interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Other
- William Burke Belknap, philanthropist, breeder of American saddlebred horses, owner of Land O' Goshen Farms
- Squire Boone, frontiersman and brother of Daniel Boone
- Kathy Cary, chef and a seven-time James Beard Award nominee
- Jennie Casseday, philanthropist
- Laura Miller Derry, attorney, first woman to defend a court-martial case brought by the United States Army
- Bob Edwards, broadcaster for National Public Radio
- Lillian Haydon Childress Hall, first professionally trained African American librarian in Indiana
- Increase A. Lapham, surveyor, naturalist, helped found the U.S. Weather Bureau
- Frank Neuhauser, winner of the first National Spelling Bee, held in 1925[2]
- Jeffrey Wigand, 60 Minutes tobacco industry whistleblower
- York, William Clark's manservant and participant in Lewis and Clark Expedition
- John Ziegler, radio talk show host
See also
Notes and References
- Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, Baptist Press, December 21, 2010
- News: Brown. Emma. 2011-03-21. Frank Neuhauser, winner of first national spelling bee, dies at 97. The Washington Post. 2011-04-03.