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People From Kentucky
The following list contains persons of note who were born, raised, or spent portions of their lives in the American Kentucky, state of Kentucky. Authors and journalists Explorers, pioneers, and military personnel Film, radio, and television personalities Government and political leaders *Randy Fine (born 1974), U.S. Representative and gambling industry executive Infamous persons Musicians Scientists and inventors Sports figures Visual artists Other notable persons , "Lexi Love" Alexis Barnes , Drag Performer on Rupaul's Drag Race Season 17. Based in Louville for her drag, and from Florence. , See also * List of Kentucky suffragists * List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era * List of people from Lexington, Kentucky * List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area References {{Lists of people by U.S. state Lists of people from Kentucky, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Kentucky
The flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a U.S. state, was adopted on March 26, 1918. It was designed by Jesse Cox Burgess, though flags similar to the current state flag have been in use as early as 1880. In June 1962, the flag was standardized. History File:Kentucky state delegation flag (1860).png, Flag used by Kentucky's delegates at the 1860 Republican National Convention In 1880, Joseph P. Nuckols, the Adjutant General appointed a Committee to design a flag for the State Guard. The flag was described as containing a blue background with the state seal in the center, an Eagle placed above the seal. In the eagle beak is a scroll inscribed with “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” Underneath the seal in gold the Regimental or Battalion number with the letters: “K. S. G." A flag referred to as a state flag was mentioned in 1883. The design was given to the Adjutant General's Department and was described as: "''It will bear the coat-of-arms of the state, the figures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvin S
Irvin is a male given name of Indo-European origin. In Old Gaelic, the meaning of the name is "freshwater" or "friend of the sea." It can also be used as a variant of Ervin, the Eastern European version of the German name Erwin, which means "friend of the army." In the Middle East, Arvin (آروین) is the Persian variant of the name, meaning "tested and experienced." Meanwhile, Arfin (عرفين) (earfayn) is the Arabic variant, meaning "trusty." In Arabic, the letter ''v'' is absent and is substituted with ''f.'' In the Balkans, particularly in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, the name is used as an alternative to Ervin, the more popular variant in the region, with Irvin being a modern variation of the name. Among the former Yugoslav countries, the name may have been derived from the word irvas, meaning ''reindeer'' in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian. It is used as a male given name in the region, but these countries also have a female equivalent: Irvina (for examp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Goebel
Adam Joseph Goebel III (born September 2, 1980) is an American author, whose work centers around the peculiarities of culture in Middle America. He was raised in Henderson, Kentucky, a small town on the Ohio River across from Evansville, Indiana. His parents, Adam Goebel of Louisville, and Nancy Bingemer Goebel of Henderson, were both social workers and met in Frankfort, Kentucky. His older sister CeCe is also a social worker. Goebel's books have been published in sixteen languages and have found their largest audience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Goebel currently lives in Kentucky. He is divorced and has a son, Adam Joseph Goebel IV ("Joe"). Goebel's third novel, ''Commonwealth'', was published on July 4, 2008. His fourth and fifth novels were published in German. Education and careers Goebel attended Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he received an English degree with an emphasis in professional writing. He has received a Master of Fine Arts in Creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magoffin County, Kentucky
Magoffin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, irs population was 11,637. Its county seat is Salyersville. The county was formed in 1860 from adjacent portions of Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. It was named for Beriah Magoffin, who was governor of Kentucky (1859–62). History The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Magoffin County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of Fincastle County, Virginia. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1780, the Virginia legislature set aside all land in Kentucky County for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into three counties, Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Fayette County was divided in 1785, with part becoming Bourbon County. In 1792, the southern part of Bourbon County was partitioned off to form Clark County The are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustler (magazine)
''Hustler'' is an American pornographic magazine published monthly by Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). Introduced in 1974, it was a step forward from the '' Hustler Newsletter'', originally conceived by founder Larry Flynt as cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from an uncertain start to a peak circulation of around 3 million in the early 1980s; it has since dropped to approximately 500,000. ''Hustler'' was among the first major American-based magazines to feature graphic photos of female genitalia and simulated sex acts, in contrast with relatively modest publications such as '' Playboy''. In the 1990s, ''Hustler'', like several of its competitors, began featuring depictions of sexual penetration and oral sex. Today, ''Hustler'' is still considered more explicit (and more self-consciously lowbrow) than such well-known competitors as ''Playboy'' and '' Penthouse''. ''Hustler'' frequently depicts hardcore themes, such as the use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (; November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as '' Hustler'', pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 attempted assassination by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, ''Arena'' magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list. Early life Flynt was born in Lakeville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, the first of three children of Larry Claxton Flynt Sr. (1919–2005), a sharecropper, and Edith (née Arnett; 1925–1982), a homemaker. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danville, Kentucky
Danville is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln County, Kentucky, Lincoln counties. In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2011, Money (magazine), ''Money'' magazine placed Danville as the fourth-best place to retire in the United States. Centre College in Danville was selected to host U.S. vice-presidential debates in 2000 and 2012. History Within Kentucky, Danville is called the "City of Firsts": * It housed the first Constitution Square Historic Site#Courthouse and jail, courthouse in Kentucky. * The first Kentucky constitution was written and signed here. * It was the first capital of Kentucky. * It had the first U.S. Constitution Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courier-Journal
The ''Courier Journal'', also known as the ''Louisville Courier Journal'' (and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), and called ''The Courier-Journal'' between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017, is a daily newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky and owned by Gannett, which bills it as "Part of the ''USA Today'' Network". It is the newspaper with the highest number of recorded circulation in Kentucky. According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the paper is the 48th-largest daily paper in the United States. History Origins ''The Courier-Journal'' was created from the merger of several newspapers introduced in Kentucky in the 19th century. A pioneer paper called ''The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature'' was founded in 1826 in Louisville when the city was an early settlement of less than 7,000 individuals. In 1830 a new newspaper, ''The Louisville Daily Journal'', began distribution in the city and, in 1832, the ''Journal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. Prizes in 2024 were awarded in these categories, with three finalists named for each: Each winner receives a certificate and $15,000 in cash, except in the Public Service category, where a gold medal is awarded. History Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer gave money in his will to Columbia University to launch a journalism school and establish the Pulitzer Prize. It allocated $250,000 to the prize and scholarships. He specified "four awards in journalism, four in letters and drama, one in education, and four traveling scholarships". Updated 2013 by Sig Gissler. After his death on October 29, 1911, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded June 4, 1917; they are now announced in May. The '' Chicago Trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fetterman (reporter)
John Fetterman (February 25, 1920 – June 21, 1975) was an American journalist, a reporter for ''The Courier-Journal'' of Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Pulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his 1968 story "s:Pfc. Gibson Comes Home, Pfc. Gibson Comes Home", about the death of a soldier in Vietnam and the return of his body. It focused on (James T. Gibson) the young man's family in Knott County, Kentucky and the wider community. Fetterman also contributed to a ''Courier-Journal'' series on Surface mining, strip mining that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967. Early life and education Born in Danville, Kentucky, Fetterman served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling at Murray State University under the G.I. Bill. After his graduation in 1949, he served on the staffs of the ''Murray Ledger and Times'' and the ''Nashville Tennessean''. After graduate school at the University of Kentucky, Fetterman joined the staff of the Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper. Journalism ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,394 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Elizabethtown metropolitan area, which is included in the Louisville/ Jefferson County–Elizabethtown– Madison, Kentucky-Indiana combined statistical area. The Elizabethtown metropolitan area had a population of 125,569 in 2020. History Established in 1793, Hardin County was named for Colonel John Hardin, an Indian fighter who worked with tribes in the local area. In a few years, professional men and tradesmen came to live in the area. In 1793, Colonel Andrew Hynes had (until then known as the "Severn's Valley Settlement") surveyed and laid off into lots and streets to establish Elizabethtown. Named in honor of his wife, Elizabethtown was legally established in 1797. Thomas Lincoln helped Samuel Haycraft build a millrace at Haycraft's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Downs (writer)
Greg Downs (born November 22, 1971) is an author and historian. He is best known for the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story collection ''Spit Baths'' (2006) and his histories of the United States Civil War. Early life and education Downs was born in San Francisco and raised in Elizabethtown and Hyden, Kentucky; Nashville; and Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii."Greg Downs." ''Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors'', Gale, 2016. ''Gale Literature Resource Center''. Accessed 31 Dec. 2020. He is the grandson of virologist and naturalist Wilbur G. Downs. He is a B.A. graduate of Yale University, where his advisor was Melvin Patrick Ely. He graduated from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, which awarded him a James Michener/Copernicus Society of America fellowship. Downs has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Career Fiction Downs' collection of short stories, ''Spit Baths'', was published in 2006 by University of Georgia Press. It won a Flannery O'Connor Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
