Editing Frankfort, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:02Sawyier.jpg|thumb|Paul Sawyier, Frankfort artist]]
* [[William Wirt Adams]] (1819−88), [[Brigadier general (CSA)|brigadier general]] in the [[Confederate Army]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607−1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Carlin]], seventh Governor of Illinois<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois Governor Thomas Carlin | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_carlin_thomas.html | access-date = February 12, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928020144/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_carlin_thomas.html | archive-date = September 28, 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Will Chase]], actor and singer best known for Broadway musicals and ABC series ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]''
* [[Elijah Craig]], Baptist preacher and early bourbon distiller, moved to Frankfort from Virginia in the 1780s
* [[Tim Farmer]], outdoorsman and television presenter; host of ''[[Kentucky Afield]]''
* [[William Goebel]], 34th Governor of Kentucky
* [[John Marshall Harlan]], U.S. Supreme Court justice
* [[Miss Elizabeth|Elizabeth Ann Hulette]], professional wrestling manager
* [[Grover Land]] (1884−1958), professional baseball player
*[[Crit Luallen]], [[lieutenant governor of Kentucky]] (2014 - 2015), [[Kentucky State Auditor]] (2004 - 2012)
* [[Archer Prewitt]], musician and cartoonist
* [[J. T. Riddle]], professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
* [[Green Pinckney Russell]] (1861/1863–1939), American school administrator, college president, and teacher<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Mather |first=Frank Lincoln |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXSdrlAMBFsC |title=Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent; Vol. 1 |date=1915 |pages=236 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Paul Sawyier]] (1865−1917), Kentucky [[Impressionist]] artist
* [[Arthur St. Clair]], 1700s soldier and politician, after which St Clair Street is named
* [[Landon Addison Thomas]] (1799−1889), state legislator
* [[George Graham Vest]] (1830−1904), U.S. Senator from Missouri, best known for popularizing the notion that a dog is a man's best friend<ref>{{cite web | title = George Graham Vest: Tribute to the Dog | publisher = The History Place | url = http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/vest.htm | access-date = February 12, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161129202446/http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/vest.htm | archive-date = November 29, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[James Wilkinson]], who named Mero St. after his paymaster, Louisiana Governor [[Esteban Rodríguez Miró]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robert Brammer |title=General James Wilkinson, the Spanish Spy Who was a Senior Officer in the U.S. Army During Four Presidential Administrations |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/04/general-james-wilkinson-the-spanish-spy-who-commanded-the-u-s-army-during-four-presidential-administrations/ |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011056/https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/04/general-james-wilkinson-the-spanish-spy-who-commanded-the-u-s-army-during-four-presidential-administrations/ |archive-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=21 April 2020|quote=Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, where Wilkinson laid out the grid for many of the early streets. Wilkinson brazenly named one of those streets for a Spanish governor who was paying him, Mero Street (the correct spelling of the governor's name is Miro)}}</ref>
* [[Anne Elizabeth Wilson]] (1901–1946), writer, poet, editor
* [[George C. Wolfe]] (1954−), Broadway producer, playwright, and film director
* [[Logan Woodside]], NFL Quarterback
*[[Wan'Dale Robinson]], professional football player for the New York Giants