100 Notable alumni of University of Kentucky
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Kentucky is ranked #102 in the world and #59 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Kentucky sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Kentucky won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Dakari Johnson
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Dakari Naeem Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the University of Kentucky.
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2. Nick Wilson
1990-. (aged 36)
lawyer
reality television participant
Nicolas Joseph Caleb Wilson is an American politician currently serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 82nd House district. His district includes Whitley County and part of Laurel County. He also won the reality competition show Survivor.
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3. Cason Wallace
2003-. (aged 23)
basketball player
Cason David Wallace is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and a top five player in the 2022 class. He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected 10th overall by the Thunder in the 2023 NBA draft. He...
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4. John T. Scopes
1900-1970 (aged 70)
teacher
geologist
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. He was trialed in a case known as the Scopes trial, and was found guilty and fined $100 (equivalent to $1,836 in 2025).
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5. Jamaal Magloire
1978-. (aged 48)
basketball player
basketball coach
Jamaal Dane Magloire is a Canadian former professional basketball player who currently serves as basketball development consultant and community ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors. The 6 ft 11...
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6. Robert Dillingham
2005-. (aged 21)
basketball player
Robert Deon Potasi Dillingham is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a five-star recruit who previously played professionally for the Cold Hearts and Blue Checks with Karter Knox in Overtime Elite during what would have been his senior year in high...
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7. Kelenna Azubuike
1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player
Kelenna David Azubuike Listen is an English-born Nigerian-American former professional basketball player and currently the Golden State Warriors television analyst on NBC Sports Bay Area.
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8. Kendra Harrison
1992-. (aged 34)
athletics competitor
Kendra "Keni" Harrison is an American hurdler. Harrison held the world record in the women's 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds, set on July 22, 2016 at the London Müller Anniversary Games, breaking the previous world record of 12.21 seconds achieved nearly 28 years earlier by Bulgarian athlete Yordanka Donkova.
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9. Brandon Boston
2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player
Brandon Elliot Boston Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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10. DeAndre Liggins
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
DeAndre Desmond Liggins is an American professional basketball player for Dijlah Al-Jamiea of the Iraqi Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Kentucky.
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11. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
1996-. (aged 30)
athletics competitor
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is a Stateside Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal. In the semi-finals, Camacho-Quinn set her personal best and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, which is...
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12. Dan Issel
1948-. (aged 78)
coach
basketball player
basketball coach
Daniel Paul Issel is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning All-American twice en route to a school-record 25.7 points per game for his career. The American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year in 1971, he was a six-time ABA All-Star and a one-time NBA All-Star.
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13. Kevin Knox II
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Kevin Devon Knox II is an American professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Knox was selected ninth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2018 NBA draft.
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14. Don Galloway
1937-2009 (aged 72)
television actor
journalist
actor
film actor
Donald Poe Galloway was an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active libertarian and columnist.
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15. Nazr Mohammed
1977-. (aged 49)
basketball player
Nazr Tahiru Mohammed is an American former professional basketball player who had a journeyman career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for eight different teams over 18 seasons. He is the current general manager of the Oklahoma City Blue and a pro scout for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He played college basketball for Kentucky.
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16. Isaiah Briscoe
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Isaiah Jamal Briscoe is an American professional basketball player for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He was ranked among the top point guards in the national class of 2015 by Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN. He completed his senior year at Roselle Catholic High School in 2015, and then played two seasons of college basketball for the...
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17. Jodie Meeks
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Orestes Jodie Meeks II is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of Kentucky. On January 13, 2009, he gained national recognition by breaking the Kentucky single-game scoring record with 54 points in a nationally televised...
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18. Patrick Patterson
1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Patrick Davell Patterson is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers.
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19. Howard Schnellenberger
1934-2021 (aged 87)
American football coach
American football player
Howard Leslie Schnellenberger was an American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts and in college for the University of Miami, University of Louisville, University of Oklahoma and Florida Atlantic University. He won a national championship with Miami in 1983.
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20. Jason Kipnis
1987-. (aged 39)
baseball player
Jason Michael Kipnis is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. He attended Glenbrook North High School in the suburbs of Chicago where he earned three letters playing baseball for the Glenbrook North Spartans. He attended the University of Kentucky, but transferred to Arizona State University...
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21. Marquis Teague
1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Marquis Devante Teague is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He was one of the top-rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011.
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22. James Paxton
1988-. (aged 38)
baseball player
James Alston Paxton, nicknamed "Big Maple", is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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23. Terrence Jones
1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Terrence Alexander Jones is an American professional basketball player who last played for Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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24. Reed Sheppard
2004-. (aged 22)
basketball player
Isaiah Reed Sheppard is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus four-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2023 class. Sheppard was drafted as the 3rd pick in the 2024 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.
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25. Aaron Harrison
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Aaron Malik Harrison is an American professional basketball player for Diablos Rojos del México of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He was considered one of the top high school recruits in 2013 and played college basketball for the University of Kentucky alongside his twin brother Andrew. Harrison played in both the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic, and the 2013...
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26. Skal Labissiere
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Skal Labissière is a Haitian professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, before playing one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He played for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League before being signed to the Sacramento Kings for one year.
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27. Immanuel Quickley
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Immanuel Jaylen Quickley is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats and was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft, but was traded to the New York Knicks before the start of his rookie season. After...
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28. Keldon Johnson
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Keldon Wilder Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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29. John Y. Brown Jr
1933-2022 (aged 89)
lawyer
businessperson
politician
John Young Brown Jr. was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
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30. Andrew Harrison
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Andrew Michael Harrison is an American professional basketball player for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga. He was considered one of the top recruits for 2013. He attended Travis High School in Richmond, Texas, and played college basketball for the University of Kentucky along with his twin brother, Aaron Harrison.
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31. Johnny Juzang
2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player
Jonathan Anh Juzang is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He began his college basketball career playing one season with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring and spending two seasons with the UCLA Bruins. A two-time all-conference selection in...
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32. Kelly Craft
1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson
diplomat
donor
politician
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman, politician, and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34, and was officially sworn in September 2019.
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33. Steve Beshear
1944-. (aged 82)
lawyer
politician
Steven Lynn Beshear is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980, was the state's 44th attorney general from 1980 to 1983, and was the 49th lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987.
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34. Tyler Ulis
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Tyler Ulis is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. He played college basketball at the University of Kentucky. In 2015, he led his team in assists, made the 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team, and led the 2014–15 Kentucky team that won its first 38 games before losing to...
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35. Tim Couch
1977-. (aged 49)
American football player
Timothy Scott Couch is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats, winning Quarterback of the Year in 1998 after setting the Southeastern Conference record for single-season passing yards. Selected first overall by the Browns in the 1999 NFL...
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36. Don Rosa
1951-. (aged 75)
writer
comics artist
illustrator
screenwriter
Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his comics about Scrooge McDuck and other Disney characters. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Carl Barks.
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37. Hamidou Diallo
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Hamidou Diallo is an American professional basketball player for Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus five-star prospect, and one of the top-rated basketball players in the class of 2017. He won the 2019 Slam Dunk Contest.
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38. Tudor Dixon
1975-. (aged 51)
political pundit
politician
Tudor Dixon is an American politician, businesswoman, and conservative political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, Dixon was the party's nominee for governor of Michigan in 2022. She was the party's first female nominee for governor. Dixon lost the election to incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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39. Jarred Vanderbilt
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Jarred Jakobi Vanderbilt is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected as a McDonald's All-American in high school. Vanderbilt played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2018 NBA draft.
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40. Trey Lyles
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Trey Anthony Lyles is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz following his freshman season at the University of Kentucky. He has also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, and Sacramento Kings.
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41. Kristine Sutherland
1955-. (aged 71)
voice actor
television actor
actor
film actor
Kristine Sutherland is an American actress best known for her starring role as Buffy Summers' mother Joyce Summers on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she appeared in every season (1997–2003), and her role as Mae Thompson in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989).
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42. Wenyen Gabriel
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Wenyen Makuac Gabriel is a South Sudanese-American professional basketball player for FC Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, after being a 5-star prospect in 2016, ranked as high as #14 on ESPN's Top 100. Gabriel has also played in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail...
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43. Walter Tevis
1928-1984 (aged 56)
screenwriter
university teacher
novelist
writer
science fiction writer
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at...
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44. Terrence Clarke
2001-2021 (aged 20)
basketball player
Terrence Adrian Clarke was an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Clarke was a standout Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player for Todd Quarles at Expressions Elite in Braintree, Massachusetts. He began his high school career at Rivers School before transferring to Brewster Academy, where his team won the 2019 National Prep Championships....
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45. Za'Darius Smith
1992-. (aged 34)
American football player
Za'Darius Smith is an American former professional football linebacker and defensive end who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Mississippi Lions and Kentucky Wildcats. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He also played for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings,...
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46. Brandon Knight
1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Brandon Emmanuel Knight is an American professional basketball player who last played for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). A two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year, Knight played one season of college basketball for Kentucky before being selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2011 NBA draft. After two seasons with the Pistons, he was traded...
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47. Wendell Berry
1934-. (aged 92)
novelist
writer
farmer
author
poet
Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977). His attention to the culture and economy of rural communities is also found in the novels...
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48. P. J. Washington
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Paul Jamaine Washington Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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49. Dwane Casey
1957-. (aged 69)
basketball coach
basketball player
Dwane Lyndon Casey is an American retired basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to a front office position with the team. He is a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached NCAA basketball for over a decade before moving on to the NBA. He was previously the...
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50. Peter Zeihan
1973-. (aged 53)
writer
adviser
Peter Henry Zeihan is an American author and geopolitical analyst. He is the founder of the consulting firm Zeihan on Geopolitics and a former vice president at the geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor. Zeihan has written several books, including The Accidental Superpower (2014), The Absent Superpower (2017), Disunited Nations (2020), and The End of the World Is Just the Beginning (2022).
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51. Jared Lorenzen
1981-2019 (aged 38)
American football player
Jared Raymond Lorenzen was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the New York Giants. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats, setting the school records for passing yards and passing touchdowns, and was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2004. At 285 lb (129...
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52. Willie Cauley-Stein
1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Willie Trill Cauley-Stein is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in China in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats.
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53. Tyrese Maxey
2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Tyrese Kendrid Maxey, is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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54. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Michael Anthony Edward Kidd-Gilchrist Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Kidd-Gilchrist was drafted second overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2012 NBA draft. He played for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team from 2011 to 2012.
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55. Tayshaun Prince
1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player
Tayshaun Durell Prince is an American professional basketball executive and former player for the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) small forward graduated from Dominguez High School before playing college basketball for the University of Kentucky. He was drafted 23rd overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2002 NBA draft and went on to win a championship with...
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56. George Blanda
1927-2010 (aged 83)
American football player
George Frederick Blanda was an American professional football quarterback and placekicker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Blanda played 26 seasons of professional football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement.
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57. Enes Kanter Freedom
1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist,Nobel Peace Prize nominee, New York Times bestselling author and former NBA basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third...
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58. Malik Monk
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Malik Ahmad Monk is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors in 2017. Monk was selected in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets with the 11th overall pick. He has...
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59. Nerlens Noel
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Nerlens Noel is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His collegiate basketball career ended in his first season with a tear of his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) at the University of Kentucky. Noel was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. His rights were later...
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60. Sam Bowie
1961-. (aged 65)
basketball player
Samuel Paul Bowie is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries to his legs and feet. In spite of the setbacks, the 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) and 235 lb (107 kg) center played ten seasons in the National...
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61. Antoine Walker
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Antoine Devon Walker is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft out of the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1996 to 2008. Walker played for the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, the BSN's Mets de Guaynabo and the NBA...
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62. Frank Vogel
1973-. (aged 53)
basketball coach
basketball player
Frank Paul Vogel is an American professional basketball coach who is currently the top assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as the head coach for the Orlando Magic, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Phoenix Suns. He led the Lakers to an NBA championship in 2020. Vogel began his career as...
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63. Riley Gaines
2000-. (aged 26)
swimmer
activist
Riley Marie Gaines Barker is an American conservative political activist and former collegiate swimmer known for campaigning against the participation of trans women in women's sports and against public acceptance of transgender people more widely. A twelve-time NCAA All-American, she competed for the Kentucky Wildcats swim team in the Southeastern Conference before graduating and focusing on anti-trans activism.
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64. Eric Bledsoe
1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Eric Bledsoe is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He plays the point guard position. After a season of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats, he was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 18th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft and subsequently traded to the...
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65. John Wall
1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
66. Shawn Kemp
1969-. (aged 57)
basketball player
Shawn Travis Kemp Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Reign Man", he was a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member. Kemp is widely regarded as one of the best slam dunkers of all...
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67. De'Aaron Fox
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
De'Aaron Martez Fox, nicknamed "Swipa", is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected fifth overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2017 NBA draft. Fox had a breakout season in 2023, as he was selected to his first All-Star Game,...
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68. Bam Adebayo
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Edrice Femi "Bam" Adebayo Listen is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected by the Heat with the 14th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He is a three-time NBA All-Star, a five-time NBA All-Defensive Team honoree, and he helped...
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69. Tyler Herro
2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Tyler Christopher Herro is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “Boy Wonder”, he played college basketball for one year with the Kentucky Wildcats. After being selected by the Heat in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick, Herro was named to the NBA All-Rookie...
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70. Julius Randle
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Julius Deion Randle is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star and a two-time member of the All-NBA Team, he was awarded the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2021.
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71. Elizabeth Ann Hulette
1960-2003 (aged 43)
professional wrestler
manager
Elizabeth Ann Hulette, best known in professional wrestling circles as Miss Elizabeth, was an American professional wrestling manager, occasional professional wrestler and professional wrestling TV announcer. She gained international fame from 1985 to 1992 in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and from 1996 to 2000 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), in her role as the manager to wrestler...
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72. Jamal Murray
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Jamal Murray is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Murray was selected by the Nuggets as the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft and was a key contributor to the team's first NBA championship run in 2023, becoming...
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73. Leslie Jordan
1955-2022 (aged 67)
stage actor
television actor
playwright
actor
film actor
Leslie Allen Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His television roles include Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace (2001–2006 and 2017–2020), several characters in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), Phil on Call Me Kat (2021–2022), and Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995). On stage, Jordan played Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram...
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74. Pat Riley
1945-. (aged 81)
basketball player
coach
American football player
basketball coach
Patrick James Riley is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008.
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75. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA First Team member, and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2024–25 NBA season. During that season, Gilgeous-Alexander also led the Thunder...
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76. Karl-Anthony Towns
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Karl-Anthony Towns Jr., also known by his initials KAT, is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Towns was named to the Dominican Republic national team as a 16-year-old. He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by...
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77. Harry Dean Stanton
1926-2017 (aged 91)
singer
television actor
character actor
film actor
musician
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation...
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78. DeMarcus Cousins
1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
DeMarcus Amir Cousins is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Nicknamed "Boogie", he played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors in 2010. He left Kentucky after one season, and was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the...
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79. Rajon Rondo
1986-. (aged 40)
basketball player
Rajon Pierre Rondo Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Rondo won two NBA championships, was selected four times as an NBA All-Star, earned four NBA All-Defensive Team honors including two First Team honors, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2012.
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80. Anthony Davis
1993-. (aged 33)
actor
basketball player
voice actor
Anthony Marshon Davis Jr., nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a power forward and center, is a ten-time NBA All-Star and has been named to five All-NBA Teams (including four first-team selections) and five NBA All-Defensive Teams (including three first-team selections). In 2021, he...
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81. Mitch McConnell
1942-. (aged 84)
lawyer
judge
legislative assistant
politician
Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority...
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82. Hal Rogers
1937-. (aged 89)
prosecutor
lawyer
politician
Harold Dallas Rogers is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 5th congressional district since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the House of Representatives.
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83. Ted Strickland
1941-. (aged 85)
university teacher
politician
Theodore Strickland is an American politician who served as the 68th governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 6th congressional district (1993–1995, 1997–2007). As of 2026, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Ohio.
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84. Happy Chandler
1898-1991 (aged 93)
lawyer
politician
baseball player
basketball coach
Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second commissioner of baseball from 1945 to 1951 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. His grandson, Ben Chandler, later...
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85. Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866-1945 (aged 79)
biologist
evolutionary biologist
physiologist
university teacher
zoologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity.
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86. Ashley Judd
1968-. (aged 58)
film actor
film director
stage actor
television actor
singer
Ashley Tyler Ciminella, known professionally as Ashley Judd, is an American actress and activist. She grew up in a family of performing artists, the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the half-sister of country music singer Wynonna Judd. Her acting career has spanned more than three decades, and she has become heavily involved in global humanitarian efforts and...
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87. Gina Haspel
1956-. (aged 70)
intelligence officer
paralegal
Gina Cheri Walker Haspel is an American national security expert who was the seventh director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from May 21, 2018, to January 20, 2021. She was the agency's deputy director from 2017 to 2018 under Mike Pompeo, and became acting director on April 26, 2018, after Pompeo became U.S. secretary of state. She was later...
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88. Stephen Gaghan
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
screenwriter
film actor
novelist
film director
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Syriana which he wrote and directed. He also wrote and directed the thriller Abandon and the family film Dolittle, and...
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89. Tom Kennedy
1927-2020 (aged 93)
game show host
actor
television presenter
James Edward Narz, known professionally as Tom Kennedy, was an American television host best known for his work in game shows. Game shows Kennedy hosted included Password Plus, Split Second, Name That Tune, and You Don't Say!
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90. Archie Goodwin
1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles Creepy and Eerie between 1964 and 1967. At Marvel, he served as the...
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91. Scott Pruitt
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Edward Scott Pruitt is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from February 17, 2017, to July 9, 2018, during the Donald Trump presidency, resigning while under at least 14 federal investigations. Pruitt denies the scientific consensus on climate change.
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92. Will Levis
1999-. (aged 27)
American football player
William Donovan Levis is an American professional football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Kentucky Wildcats before being selected by the Titans in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft.
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93. Devin Booker
1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Devin Rydale Booker is an American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.
94. Sonny Dykes
1969-. (aged 57)
head coach
Daniel "Sonny" Dykes is an American football coach, and a former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU), and previously served in the same role at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2018 to 2021, the University of California, Berkeley from 2013 to 2016, and Louisiana Tech University from 2010 to 2012. In...
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95. Story Musgrave
1935-. (aged 91)
astronaut
Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees along with astronaut Lee Morin. Musgrave...
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96. Reshma Shetty
1977-. (aged 49)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Reshma Shetty is a British-born American actress who is best known for her role as Divya Katdare on the USA Network TV series Royal Pains.
97. Kyle Wiltjer
1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Kyle Gregory Wiltjer is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He spent two seasons of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring to play with the Gonzaga Bulldogs in 2013. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, he has played for the Canada national team.
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98. Oscar Tshiebwe
1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Oscar Tshiebwe is a Congolese professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kentucky Wildcats. In 2022, Tshiebwe was the consensus national player of the year.
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99. Fai Hung-tai
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Fai Hrong-tai, also known by his English name Alex Fai, is a Taiwanese statistician and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2005. He represents Taipei City Constituency VII and is the leader of the Kuomintang caucus in the legislature.
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100. James Young
1949-. (aged 77)
singer
songwriter
singer-songwriter
guitarist
musician
James Young was a Scottish chemist best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal and oil shales. He is often referred to as Paraffin Young.
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