This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Ashland, Kentucky.
List
Athletics Steve Francis, Hall of Fame Dirt Track Driver Chris Jennings, running back for NFL's Cleveland Browns Charlie Reliford, Major League Baseball umpire Jay Rhodemyre, former NFL center Don Robinson, former Major League Baseball pitcher Robert Smedley, professional wrestler for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as Bobby Blaze Brandon Webb, pitcher for Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks, 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner
Arts and entertainment Noah Adams, broadcast journalist and author Allison Anders, filmmaker and director Billy Ray Cyrus, country music singer, born and raised in Flatwoods, Kentucky, just outside Ashland Trace Cyrus, musician Mark Fosson, musician/songwriter Leigh French, actress Jillian Hall, WWE Diva Mabel Hite, vaudeville and musical comedy performer Naomi Judd, country music singer, The Judds Wynonna Judd, country music singer, The Judds Steve Kazee, Broadway and film actor Sonny Landham, actor and former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Michele Mahone, entertainment reporter, NINE Network, Australia Venus Ramey, first red-haired Miss America in 1944 Julie Reeves, country music singer Jean Bell Thomas, proprietress of American Folk Song Festival in Ashland area 1930 - 1972 Alberta Vaughn, actress Keith Whitley, country music singer Chuck Woolery, game show host
Education, politics, and service Claria Horn Boom, U.S. federal judge William Wirt Culbertson, former politician Paul Fannin, politician, 11th Governor of Arizona John Means, former mayor of Ashland and businessman William Worth Patterson, former mayor of Ashland and businessman
Other Charles Manson, leader of the Manson Family, killer
See also
List of mayors of Ashland, Kentucky
References