Famous Loueyvillagers

• Muhammad Ali (the Greatest)
• Bob Edwards (Lordy, I love this man. The way that the previous generation loved Cronkite)
• Hunter Thompson (needs no explanation)
• Louis Brandeis (famous judge)
• Diane Sawyer (there aren’t enough famous female Loueyvillagers)
• Ned Beatty (of The Big Easy fame—ha!)
• George Rogers Clark (military leader, not to be confused with his brother, who was half of the famous duo Louis and Clark)
• Tom Cruise (half of the famous TomKat tragedy)
• Thomas Edison (who let us see light)
• Dian Fossey (immortalized by a special exhibit at the Louisville Zoo)
• Sue Grafton (F is for Famous Mystery Author)
• Will Oldham (who’s the best kept secret—even from Lou—in music)
• Wilson Pickett (Soul God)
• Pee Wee Reese (not to be confused with Pee Wee Herman)
• Rick Pitino (who blew it with the Celtics)
• “Papa” John Schattner (too young to be called Papa of anything, even pizza)
• Zachary Taylor (the only president buried in the city)
• Sean Young (hard to feel bad that she’s underrated when she starred in Blade Runner)
• Johnny Unitas (football player I always confused with the guy who broke his leg so badly)
• Gus Van Sant (I never understood what “My Own Private Idaho” meant)

thanks to wikipedia.com