Editing Columbia, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Walter Arnold Baker]] – state legislator and [[Kentucky Supreme Court]] justice
* [[Steve Hamilton (sportsman, born 1934)|Steve Hamilton]] – [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher (1935–1997)
* [[Vernie McGaha]] – Kentucky state senator from Adair County since 1997
* Marine Sergeant [[Dakota Meyer]] – In September 2011, he received the [[Medal of Honor]] from President [[Barack Obama]] at age 23; he saved numerous American and Afghan troops during a [[Taliban]] ambush and is the third living recipient of the honor (and first living Marine) from the Iraq and Afghan wars 
* [[Doug Moseley]] – [[United Methodist]] clergyman and a member of the [[Kentucky State Senate]] from 1974 to 1987; former Columbia resident
* [[Frank Wolford|Frank Lane Wolford]] – U.S. Congressman (1883–1887)
* [[James Alexander Williamson]] – American Civil War Brevet Major General and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Lance Burton]] – American stage magician