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==Notable residents== * [[Harriette Arnow|Harriette Simpson Arnow]] (1908β1986), author of Eastern Kentucky novels and histories. She and her husband Harold Arnow farmed near Burnside in the late 1930s and early 1940s.<ref>*[http://www.arnow.org/ky.html The Arnow Farm, Keno, Kentucky, in pictures then and now]</ref> * [[Silas Adams]], (1839β1896), born in Pulaski County, lawyer and member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]<ref name="Marquis 1607β1896">{{Cite book |title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607β1896 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |year=1963 |location=Chicago}}</ref> * [[John Sherman Cooper]], (1901β1991), born in Pulaski County. Lawyer, member [[Kentucky House of Representatives]], Pulaski County Judge, United Nations delegate, member [[United States Senate]], U.S. Ambassador to India and Nepal, first U.S. Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic (i.e. East Germany), member [[Warren Commission]]. * [[Jack Daws]], (1970β), born in Pulaski County. Conceptual artist. * [[Daniel Dutton]], (1959β), born in Pulaski County. Contemporary artist, musician, and story teller. * [[Vermont Garrison]], (1915β1994), career [[United States Air Force]] officer and "[[Flying ace|triple ace]]" * [[Jack I. Gregory]], (1931β) is a former general in the United States Air Force and the former commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces. * [[Reggie Hanson]], (1968β), former [[NBA]] player for the [[Boston Celtics]] * [[Free Frank McWorter]], (1777β1854), enslaved resident of Pulaski country, managed a [[saltpeter]] mine so effectively that he bought freedom for himself and his family, and emigrated to [[Illinois]]. * Rose Will Monroe, or [[Rosie the Riveter]], (1920β1997) born in Pulaski County and moved to Michigan during World War II, where she helped build B-24s and B-29s for the war effort. * [[Edwin P. Morrow]], (1877β1935), Kentucky Governor, 1919β1923. * [[Venus Ramey]], (1924β2017), Miss America, 1944 * [[Lloyd B. Ramsey]], (1918β2016), Major General [[United States Army]], Commander [[23rd Infantry Division (United States)]] (1969β1970), [[United States Army Provost Marshal General]] (1970β1974) * [[Hal Rogers]], (1937β), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * [[Brent Woods]], (1855β1906), Sergeant, United States Army, Medal of Honor recipient.
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