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Judge Roy Bean (1825-1903) Infamous "hanging judge" of Langtry, Texas.
Daniel Boone* (1734-1820) Hunted and explored Kentucky, 1767-74; cleared the Wilderness Road and founded Fort Boonesborough, 1775.
James Bowie (1796-1836) Texas Ranger, died at the Alamo, designed Bowie knife.
George Rogers Clark* (1752-1818) American Revolution frontier general and explorer, secured the NW Territory for the U.S., founder of Louisville, 1778.
Floyd Collins (1887-1925) Explorer whose entrapment and death in a cave became one of the most widely reported stories of the decade.
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) U.S. Vice President under Harry Truman, 1949-53.
John Cabell Breckinridge (1872-1920) U.S. Vice President under James Buchanan, 1857-61.
Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39.
Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) The Lion of White Hall, Ambassador to Russia, abolitionist, a founder of the Republican Party.
Henry Clay* (1777-1852) The Great Compromiser, U.S. senator, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. secretary of state.
Martha Layne Collins ( 1936- ) First female Kentucky governor, 1983-87.
John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) U.S. senator, ambassador to India and East Germany, member of the Warren Commission.
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Only President of the Confederate States of America, 1861-65.
John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911.
Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850) U.S. Vice President under Martin Van Buren, 1837-41Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th U.S. President, 1861-65.
Adlai Stevenson (1835-1914) U.S. Vice President under Grover Cleveland, 1893-97.
Zachary Taylor* (1784-1850) 12th U.S. President, 1849-1850.
Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1946-53.

Ned Beatty - Actor
Foster Brooks - Comedian
John Carpenter - Croducer/director
Steven Curtis Chapman - Singer
George Clooney - Actor
Nick Clooney - Actor
Rosemary Clooney - Singer
John Conlee - Singer
William Conrad - Actor
J.D. Crowe - Singer
Billy Ray Cyrus - Singer
Jackie De Shannon - Singer
Johnny Depp - Actor
Irene Dunn - Actress
Don & Phil Everly - Singers
Rebecca Gayheart - Actress
Crystal Gayle - Singer
Haven Gillespie - Songwriter
Lillian Gish - Actress
D.W. Griffith - Movie producer
Tom T. Hall - Singer
Lionel Hampton - Musician
Larnell Harris - Singer
Kentucky Headhunters - Musicians
Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones - Musician, comedian, songwriter
Ashley Judd - Actress
Naomi Judd - Singer
Wyonna Judd - Singer
Lily May Ledford - Musician, songwriter
Brian Littrell - Singer
Patty Loveless - Singer
Loretta Lynn - Singer
Lee Majors - Actor
Bill Monroe - Singer
John Michael Montgomery - Singer
Patricia Neal - Actress
Joan Osborne - Singer
Annie Potts - Actress
Boots Randolph - Musician
Kevin Richardson - Singer
Jeanie Ritchie - Singer
Ricky Skaggs - Singer
Mary Travers - Singer
Merle Travis - Singer
Steve Wariner - Singer
Keith Whitley - Singer
Dwight Yoakum - Singer


Muhammad Ali - boxing
Don Brumfield - Jockey
Jim Bunning - Baseball
Steve Cauthen - Jockey
A.B. "Happy" Chandler - Baseball
Denny Crum* - Basketball
Darrell Griffith - Basketball
Paul Hornung - Football
Tamara McKinney - Skiing
Mary Meagher - Swimming
Isaac Burns Murphy - Jockey
Pee Wee Reese - Baseball
Adolph Rupp* - Basketball
Woody Stephens - Horse trainer
Danny Sullivan - Auto racing
Wes Unseld - Basketball
Darrell Waltrip - Auto racing
Michael Waltrip - Auto racing

James Lane Allen "The Choir Invisible," "A Kentucky Cardinal."
Harriett Simpson Arnow "The Dollmaker," "HUnter's Horn."
Wendell E. Berry Poet/novelist/environmentalist.
William Wells Brown America's first black novelist.
Harry Caudill Political writer "Night Comes to the Cumberlands", "The Mountain , the Miner and the Lord."
Edgar Cayce Psychic counselor/author.
Thomas D. Clark* Historian laureate of Kentucky.
Irvin S. Cobb Journalist/humorist/short story writer.
Joe Creason Journalist.
John Fox, Jr. "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come."
Janice Holt Giles* "The Kentuckian," "The Enduring Hills."
A.B. Guthrie, Jr.* Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
Duncan Hines Restaurant-guide publisher.
Annie Fellows Johnston* "The Little Colonel" series.
Barbara Kingsolver Novelist.
Bobbie Ann Mason Novelist.
Ed McClanahan Novelist.
Thomas Merton* Essayist on spiritual and social issues.
J.T. Cotton Noe Kentucky's first poet laureate, 1926.
Marsha Norman Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Theodore O'Hara "Bivouac of the Dead."
John Ed Pearce* Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
Alice Hegan Rice "Mrs. Wiggins of the Cabbage Patch."
Elizabeth Madox Roberts "The Time of Man," "The Great Meadow."
Diane Sawyer TV journalist/commentator.
Effie Waller Smith "Rhymes from the Cumberland."
James Still* "River of Earth," "The Wolfpen Poems."
Jesse Stuart Author/educator/poet laureate of Kentucky.
Allen Tate Critic/poet/novelist.
Hunter S. Thompson "Gonzo" Journalist and political commentator.
Helen Thomas Journalist, UPI White House Bureau Chief.
Robert Penn Warren Pulitzer Prize 1947, 1958, 1979.

John James Audubon* Ornithologist, artist. Began his work on "Birds of America" in Kentucky.
Frank Duveneck Painter, sculptor, educator.
Fontaine Fox Originated the nationally syndicated cartoon "The Toonerville Trolley".
Matthew Harris Jouette Portrait artist.
Paul Sawyier* Landscape artist known for scenes of Frankfort and the Kentucky River.
Gideon Shyrock Architect; introduced Greek Revival style to the "West".
Moneta J.Sleet, Jr. First black American to win Pulitzer Prize in photography, 1969.
Helen M. Turner Impressionistic landscape artist, portraitist.
Enid Yandell First female member of the National Sculpture Society.

Ephraim McDowell* (1771-1830) Performed first successful surgical removal of an ovarian tumor, 1809.
Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) Invented first automatic, tri-color traffic signal, 1923.
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) Nobel Prize winner in medicine for genetic research, 1933.
Matthew B. Sellers* (1869-1932) Among first to experiment with gliding and power flight.
Phillip A. Sharp (1944- ) Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of split genes and for advancing research on cancer and hereditary diseases, 1993.
Nathan B. Stubblefield (1860-1928) Successfully demonstrated wireless voice transmission (radio),1892.
John T. Thompson (1860-1940) Inventor of the Tommygun machine gun.

My favorite hotel in kentucky....
The Seelbach Hilton Hotel
The site for the 2005 Annual Meeting is The Seelbach Hilton, Louisville's premier, luxury hotel since its grand opening in 1905. As a landmark to a "golden era," the hotel appears on the National Register of Historic Places, and has attracted many famous figures - from eight U.S. presidents to Al Capone. We are also home to Kentucky's first and only Five Diamond restaurant, The Oakroom, featuring award-winning cuisine from Chef Jim Gerhardt.

At The Seelbach Hilton, you'll experience refined Southern hospitality and relax amidst turn-of-the-century artwork and antiques. The Seelbach's allure was a draw for F. Scott Fitzgerald. The famed author often visited The Seelbach to sip Kentucky bourbon and smoke expensive cigars. With a reputation for carousing, Fitzgerald was once banned from The Seelbach after he had one too many!

During his visits in the 1920s, Fitzgerald encountered gangster George Remus, who became the model for Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby." In fact, the hotel's charm inspired Fitzgerald, and he chose the Grand Ballroom at The Seelbach as the backdrop for Tom and Daisy Buchanan's wedding reception in his American masterpiece.In the 1920s, Prohibition contributed to the wealth of underworld kingpins who were drawn to the most glamorous spots for cards and leisure. The Seelbach, as the grandest hotel in Louisville and the center of Kentucky's bourbon and whiskey country, attracted some of the most famous gangsters. Notorious figures included Lucky Luciano, George “King of the Bootleggers” Remus, Dutch "Beer Baron of the Bronx” Schultz, and the most legendary gangster, Al Capone

Mr. Capone used to visit The Seelbach frequently for blackjack, poker and bootlegging. Today, you can dine in a small alcove in The Oakroom where Capone would play cards. The famous gangster even sent a large mirror from Chicago, still in the room today, so that he could watch his back! Capone's favorite room also has two hidden doors behind special panels, leading to secret passageways. If the police came on a raid, Capone could slip out the concealed passageways -- one way led down to Fourth Street -- another led to an alley out the back of the hotel. The room even had spring-loaded doors that would be quickly shut using a pedal by an outside guard, warning Capone of a raid. The basement, Bavarian-style Rathskeller was also one of Capone's favorite places to do business. During Prohibition, the Rathskeller bar was still open to its elite patrons.

The Seelbach Hilton is located at 500 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, KY 40202. The United States Equestrian Federation has secured a group rate of $104 single occupancy and $109 double occupancy, plus tax. Suites are available for $249 and up per night. The USEF rate is available for three days prior to and three days following the meeting dates, based on availability. Check-in is at 3:00 pm and check-out is 1:00 pm.