Bluegrass Music," is a native Kentuckian, along with  Robert Penn Warren, an author, and first Poet Laureate of the United States. Rosemary Clooney, another singer, is from Maysville.  Patty Loveless, a popular country singer.  Patricia Neal,  the Academy Award-winning actress, is a Kentuckian, too.  Irene Dunne, an early movie actress, was born in Kentucky, as well as Irvin S. Cobb, who's a reporter and writer.   Dwight Yoakam, who's from Pikeville, is a two- time Grammy winner and an actor, who played in Panic Room. Mildred and Patty Hill, who wrote the most frequently sung song in U.S. are from Kentucky. Have you guessed what that song is?  The Happy Birthday song!      

There's also Ricky Skaggs, who is a well-known country-western singer.                       

For more information on these people, click on the hyperlinks.   

I hoped you learned something about Kentucky, and its famous people.