Ernie Fletcher
born 1952 American politician
John Stuart Williams
1818–1898 Confederate Army general
Garrett Davis
1801–1872 American politician
NG Nancy Green
1834–1923 American model, cook, and activist
Omar Prewitt
born 1994 American basketball player
Albert Galliton Harrison
1800–1839 American politician
Lawrence Chenault
1877–1943 American actor
James L. White
1947–2015 American screenwriter
Samuel McKee
1833–1898 American politician
William T. Wallace
1828–1909 American politician
John Jameson
1802–1857 American farmer, lawyer, and politician from Missouri
Robert E. Payne
born 1941 United States federal judge
James Shelton Hathaway
1859–1930 American educator
Larry Davis
born 1956 American basketball player-coach
Robert Knox Thomas
1925–1991 American anthropologist from Kentucky
Henry Chiles Riggs
1826–1909 American rancher and politician
Joe Travis
born 1815 Enslaved person, survivor of the Battle of Alamo (c.1815- ?)
Also called Mount Sterling home
EB Eduardo A. Ballestero
born 1984 Writer and poet from Costa Rica and Lexington, Kentucky