Covington, Kentucky

1. Haven Gillespie (1888)

American Composer And Lyricist

Lyricist known for Santa Claus is Coming To Town, You Go to My Head, and That Lucky Old Sun. He worked mainly on Tin Pan Alley.

2. Durward Kirby (1911)

Actor

With Alan Funt, he co-hosted the original Candid Camera show.

3. Jack Roush (1942)

American Businessman And Race Te

Co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing, a division of Nascar.

4. Adrian Belew (1949)

American Musician

American guitarist and singer who was the frontman of King Crimson, beginning in 1981.

5. Steve Cauthen (1960)

American Jockey

Former American horse jockey who won 2,794 races in his brilliant career and was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1977.

6. Jake Bergey (1974)

Lacrosse Player

Jake Bergey is a retired lacrosse player. Bergey played ten seasons for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League. Bergey is the son of former NFL star Bill Bergey...

7. Jared Lorenzen (1981)

American Football Player

Jared Raymond Lorenzen is a professional football quarterback for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Continental Indoor Football League. Lorezen has also been the Commissioner of the Ultimate Indoor...

8. Ron McAnally (1932)

American Horse Trainer

Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers by Thoroughbred Times Co....

9. Richard P. Ernst (1858)

American Politician

Richard Pretlow Ernst was a U. S. Senator from Kentucky who served from 1921 to 1927. He was a Republican. Ernst graduated from Centre College in 1878 and got his...

10. Fred Rayhle (1954)

American Football Player

Rayhle is a former professional American football player who played in one NFL season in 1977 for the Seattle Seahawks.

11. George Widener (1962)

American Autistic Savant

George Widener is a self-taught artist who employs his extraordinary mathematical/calculating capability to create art ranging from complex calendars and numerical palindromes to Rembrandt-like antiquarian landscapes to Asian scrolls.

12. Leo Foster (1951)

American Baseball Player

Leonard Norris Foster is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of five major league seasons between 1971 and 1977 playing mostly at shortstop second base...

13. Jon R. Moeller (1964)

American Businessman

Joe R. Moeller is an American businessman. He serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Procter & Gamble.

14. Katie Kratz Stine (1956)

American Politician

Katie Kratz Stine is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing Campbell and Pendleton Counties as State Senator from the 24th Senate District since 1999. She serves as the...

15. Michael Joseph Gill (1864)

American Politician

Michael Joseph Gill was a U. S.

16. Chonda Pierce (1960)

Actor

17. Ralph Landrum (1957)

Professional Golfer

Ralph Landrum is an American professional golfer. Landrum was born in Covington Kentucky. He played college golf at the University of Kentucky. He turned professional in 1979. Landrum played on...

18. Mitch English (1969)

American Television Personality

Mitch English is an American morning talk show host comedian actor and weatherman. English's goofy often spontaneous comedy is heavily influenced by comedian David Letterman. He is most known currently...

19. Gary Bauer (1946)

Politician

Gary Lee Bauer is an American politician.

20. Tom Thobe (1969)

Major League Baseball Pitcher

Thomas Neal Thobe is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Atlanta Braves.

21. Ron Ziegler (1939)

White House Press Secretary

Ronald Louis Ron Ziegler was White House Press Secretary and Assistant to the President during United States President Richard Nixon's administration.

22. Bob Charles (golfer) (1936)

Professional Golfer

Sir Robert James Charles ONZ KNZM CBE is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time being...

23. J. J. Thobe (1970)

American Baseball Player

John Joseph J. J. Thobe is a former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher Thobe played for the Montreal Expos in 1995.

24. Adam Koenig (1971)

American Politician

Adam Koenig is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 69 since January 2007.

25. John Wilkinson Taylor (politician) (1855)

British Politician

John Wilkinson Taylor was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street at the 1906 general election and held the seat until he resigned...

26. Bill Sweeney (infielder) (1886)

American Baseball Player

John Sweeney was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1914. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati Ohio.

27. Johnnie Heving (1896)

American Baseball Player

John Aloysius Heving was a professional baseball player. A catcher he played all or part of eight season in Major League Baseball between 1920 and 1932. Heving batted and threw...

28. Nate Jones (baseball) (1986)

American Baseball Pitcher

Nathan Andrew Nate Jones is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.

29. Bob Clark (catcher) (1863)

American Baseball Player

Robert H. Clark was a 19th-century Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1886 to 1893 for the Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Colonels. He appeared in the post-season...

30. Bill Niles (1867)

American Baseball Player

E. Niles was a Major League Baseball player. Niles played for Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1895 season. He played just eleven games in his career having eight hits in 37...

31. Howie Camnitz (1881)

American Baseball Player

Samuel Howard Camnitz was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League and for the Pittsburgh Rebels in the...

32. Neal Brady (1897)

American Baseball Player

Cornelius Joseph Neal Brady was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Brady played for the New York Yankees in 1915 and 1917 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1925. In 24 career...

33. Bob Arnzen (1947)

American Basketball Player

Robert Louis Bob Arnzen is a retired American basketball and baseball player. Born in Covington Kentucky Arnzen graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati Ohio in 1965. He then...

34. Jeoff Long (1941)

American Baseball Player

Jeoffrey Keith Long is a retired American professional baseball player. Although he began his career as a pitcher Long struggled on the mound during his first two minor league seasons...

35. Brandon Berger (1975)

American Baseball Player

Brandon Charles Berger is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Berger attended Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell Kentucky. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in high school...

36. Wally Taylor (1864)

American Baseball Player

Taylor was a professional baseball player and manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite an extensive 17 year career in the minor leagues many of them in...

37. Joel McKeon (1963)

American Baseball Player

Joel Jacob McKeon is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox for 30 games during the 1986 Chicago White...

38. Josh Lueke (1984)

American Baseball Player

Joshua William Lueke is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball.

39. Eddie Hohnhorst (1885)

American Baseball Player

Edward Hicks Hohnhorst was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for two seasons. He played in 18 games for the Cleveland Naps during the 1910 Cleveland Naps season...

40. Dick Niehaus (1892)

American Baseball Player

Richard J. Niehaus was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1913 to 1915 and the Cleveland Indians in...

41. Harry Berte (1872)

American Baseball Player

Harry Thomas Berte was a Major League Baseball player. Williams played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1903 season. In four games he had five hits in 15 at-bats...

42. Hank Gastright (1865)

American Baseball Player

Henry Carl Gastright was a 19th-century professional baseball pitcher. He first played Major League Baseball in the American Association for the Columbus Solons then moved to the National League. He...

43. Joe Heving (1900)

American Baseball Player

Joseph William Heving was a professional baseball player. Heving played as a pitcher for the New York Giants Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves. In...

44. Joe Sommer (1858)

American Baseball Player

Joseph John Sommer was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1880-1890. He played for the Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Red Stockings Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Spiders. Sommer and Jimmy Macullar unsuccessfully...

45. Graham Taylor (baseball) (1984)

American Baseball Player

Graham Michael Taylor is a retired American Major League Baseball who played for the Florida Marlins in 2009. He made his minor league debut in 2006 with the Jamestown Jammers....

46. Bob Naber (1929)

Professional Basketball Player

Robert E. Bob Naber was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Indianapolis Olympians during the 1952–53 season. He...

47. Dan Tieman (1940)

American Basketball Player

Daniel Theodore Tieman was an American basketball player coach and teacher. Hailing from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky Tieman played basketball and baseball at Villa Madonna College today known...

48. Paul Walther (1927)

American Basketball Player

Paul G. Walther is a retired American basketball player. A 6'2 guard/forward from the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Emmett Lowery; Walther played six seasons in the...

49. Jim Minshall (1947)

Baseball Player

James Edward Jim Minshall is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Minshall played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1974 and 1975.

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