Editing Adair County, Kentucky (section)

==Notable residents==
* [[Thomas E. Bramlette]], [[Governor of Kentucky]]<ref name="cogov" />
* [[Robert Porter Caldwell]] (1821–1885), [[United States Congressman]], was born in Adair County.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{Cite book |title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |year=1967 |location=Chicago}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Diddle|E. A. Diddle]], men's basketball coach for [[Western Kentucky University]]<ref name="diddle">{{Cite web |last=Western Kentucky University |year=2011 |title=Coach E.A. Diddle |url=http://www.wku.edu/athletictraditions/ea_diddle.php |access-date=November 10, 2011 |publisher=Western Kentucky University}}</ref>
* [[Janice Holt Giles]] (1909–1979), a writer noted particularly for her regional novels and nonfiction, lived in Adair County from 1949 until her death in 1979.<ref>[http://www.appalachianbooks.com/Authors/Janice%20Holt%20Giles.htm Janice Holt Giles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704103352/http://www.appalachianbooks.com/Authors/Janice%20Holt%20Giles.htm |date=July 4, 2008 }}.</ref>
* [[James R. Hindman]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky]]<ref name="cogov" />
* Sergeant [[Dakota Meyer]] (b. 1988), born and initially educated in Adair County, received the [[Medal of Honor]] in 2011 for his actions in [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in Afghanistan in 2009<ref name="meyer">{{Cite web |last=Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation |year=2011 |title=Life – Dakota Meyer – Honoring Marines by Educating Their Children |url=http://www.dakotameyer.com/life.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101143451/http://www.dakotameyer.com/life.html |archive-date=November 1, 2011 |access-date=November 10, 2011 |publisher=Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation}}</ref>
* [[Pinkney H. Walker]], Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, was born in Adair County.<ref>'Prominent Men Dead-Judge Pinkney H. Walker,' ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', February 9, 1885, pg. 1</ref>
* [[Evelyn West]], burlesque actress<ref name="west">{{Cite web |last=IMDb.com, Inc. |year=2011 |title=Evelyn West – IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922067/ |access-date=November 10, 2011 |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.}}</ref>
* [[Frank Lane Wolford]], U.S. Representative from Kentucky<ref name="cogov" />