Famous People

Hopkinsville-Christian County is the birthplace and hometown of many famous and notable people. Check them out below!

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I, 1835-1914

Artose Pinner, 1978-present

Bettiola Heloise Fortson, 1890-1917

bell hooks, 1952-2021

Bird Averitt, 1952-2020

Brice Long, 1971-present

Chris Whitney, 1971-present

Christine Johnson Smith, 1911-2010

Edgar Cayce, 1877-1945

Edmund W. Starling, 1875-1944

Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr., 1924-2003

Fannie Bronson Postell, 1863-1953

Gant Gaither, 1917-2004

Greg Buckner, 1976-present

Jennie Stuart

Jerry Claiborne, 1928-2000

Keith Tandy, 1989-present

Larry Jones, 1956-present

Lynn Starling, 1888-1955

Mac King, 1959-present

Moe Williams, 1974-present

Riccardo Martin, 1874-1952

Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989

Steve Gorman, 1965-present

Sue Henry Burbridge, 1835-1914

Teresa Medeiros, 1962-present

Theodore Poston, 1906-1974

Thomas R. Underwood, 1898-1956

Winston J. Davie, 1824-1887

Yvonne Gregory, 1919-2003