CITY

Official Website:
http://www.lexingtonky.gov/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.commercelexington.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitlex.com/

Founding Date:
1775 (founded)

County:
Fayette County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Lexington Herald
The Lexington Leader
The Lexington Herald-Leader

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Bluegrass Community and Technical College	2005
University of Kentucky	1865
Transylvania University	1780

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Lexmark	1991

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Judith Blegen	Singer	27-Apr-1941		Operatic soprano
John C. Breckinridge	Politician	21-Jan-1821	17-May-1875	James Buchanan's Vice President
Sophonisba Breckinridge	Activist	1-Apr-1866	30-Jul-1948	Suffragette and abolitionist
B. Gratz Brown	Politician	28-May-1826	13-Dec-1885	Governor and Senator from Missouri
John Y. Brown, Jr.	Politician	28-Dec-1933		Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83
Brian Cashman	Baseball	3-Jul-1967		General Manager, NY Yankees
Robert N. Clay	Business	17-Sep-1946		Three Chimneys Farm
George Clooney	Actor	6-May-1961		E.R.
Joyce Compton	Actor	27-Jan-1907	13-Oct-1997	Blonde character actress
Deno Curris	Educator	1940		President, AASCU
Drew Curtis	Publisher	7-Feb-1973		Fark
Troy Gentry	Country Musician	5-Apr-1967		Montgomery Gentry
Joe Hagin	Government	6-Jan-1956		White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 2001-08
Elizabeth Hardwick	Critic	27-Jul-1916	2-Dec-2007	Seduction and Betrayal
Richard Hell	Musician	2-Oct-1949		Blank Generation
Josh Hopkins	Actor	12-Sep-1970		Grayson Ellis on Cougar Town
Marvin Krislov	Educator	c. 1960		President, Oberlin College
Jeffrey M. Lacker	Economist	27-Sep-1955		President and CEO, Richmond Fed
Mary Todd Lincoln	First Lady	13-Dec-1818	16-Jul-1882	Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Brian Littrell	Singer	20-Feb-1975		The Backstreet Boys
Stanley Matthews	Judge	21-Jul-1824	22-Mar-1889	US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-89
Melissa McBride	Actor	23-May-1965		Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead
Thomas H. Morgan	Scientist	25-Sep-1866	4-Dec-1945	Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity
Thomas Niles	Diplomat	22-Sep-1939		US Ambassador to Greece, 1993-97
Will Oldham	Singer/Songwriter	1970		Enigmatic folk singer, actor
Joseph R. Pitts	Politician	10-Oct-1939		Congressman, Pennsylvania 16th
Kevin Richardson	Musician	3-Oct-1971		The Backstreet Boys
Gene Robinson	Religion	29-May-1947		Openly gay Episcopalian bishop
James G. Scrugham	Politician	19-Jan-1880	23-Jun-1945	Governor of Nevada, 1923-27
Michael Shannon	Actor	7-Aug-1974		Van Alden on Boardwalk Empire
Jim Varney	Actor	15-Jun-1949	10-Feb-2000	Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell
Jack Womack	Novelist	8-Jan-1956		Random Acts of Senseless Violence

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lance Banning	Historian	24-Jan-1942	31-Jan-2006	Sacred Fire of Liberty
Ned Breathitt	Politician	26-Nov-1924	11-Oct-2003	Governor of Kentucky, 1963-67
John C. Breckinridge	Politician	21-Jan-1821	17-May-1875	James Buchanan's Vice President
Gay Brewer	Golf	19-Mar-1932	31-Aug-2007	Winner, 1967 Masters Tournament
Jerome P. Cavanagh	Politician	16-Jun-1928	27-Nov-1979	Mayor of Detroit, 1962-70
Guy Davenport	Author	23-Nov-1927	4-Jan-2005	Thasos and Ohio
Frank Graves Dickey	Educator	1-Dec-1917	7-Aug-2009	President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63
Mary W. M. Hargreaves	Historian	1-Mar-1914	29-Aug-2008	Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains
Carl D. Perkins	Politician	15-Oct-1912	3-Aug-1984	Congressman from Kentucky, 1949-84
Adolph Rupp	Basketball	2-Sep-1901	10-Dec-1977	Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72
Wallace Wilkinson	Politician	12-Dec-1941	5-Jul-2002	Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91

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