Editing Paris, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
*[[William Patterson Alexander]] (1805–1884), missionary in [[Hawaii]]
*[[Bill Arnsparger]] (1926–2015), football coach, head coach of [[New York Giants]]
*[[Pauline Redmond Coggs]] (1912 – 2005), social worker, civil rights activist
*[[Blanton Collier]] (1906–1983), NFL coach of [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964 champion]] [[Cleveland Browns]]
*[[Joseph Duncan (politician)|Joseph Duncan]] (1794–1844), sixth [[Governor of Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois Governor Joseph Duncan | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_duncan_joseph.html | access-date = February 11, 2017}}</ref>
*[[John Price Durbin]] (1800–1876), Chaplain of the Senate, President of Dickinson College
*[[William Lee D. Ewing]] (1795–1846), fifth [[Governor of Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois Governor William Lee Davidson Ewing  | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_ewing_william.html | access-date = February 11, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Lemuel T. Fisher]], newspaper publisher
*[[John Fox, Jr.]] (1862–1919), author of ''[[The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (novel)|The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come]]'' and ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
*[[Silvana Gallardo]], actress and acting coach, was living in Paris at the time of her death<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2016269/silvana-gallardo-actress-who-had.html|title=Silvana Gallardo, actress who had been living in Paris, Ky., dies at age 58|website=kentucky.com|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=June 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601000012/http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2016269/silvana-gallardo-actress-who-had.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[James G. Jones (politician)|James G. Jones]] (1814–1872), first mayor of [[Evansville, Indiana]], [[Indiana Attorney General]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Monks |first1=Leander John |title=Courts and lawyers of Indiana |date=1916 |publisher=Federal Publishing Company |location=Indianapolis |url=https://archive.org/details/courtslawyersofi02monk}}</ref>
*[[Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy]] (1815–1892), poet
*[[Garrett Morgan]] (1877–1963), invented tri-state traffic signal and emergency breathing device<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/gamorgan.htm
|title= An American Inventor
|work= Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program
|publisher= Federal Highway Administration
|access-date= December 6, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120115032510/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/gamorgan.htm
|archive-date= January 15, 2012
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
*[[Bernie Haynes Robynson]] (1900–2001), printmaker, illustrator born in Paris, Kentucky; and part of the [[Harlem Renaissance]] movement<ref name="AAVAD">{{Cite web |title=Robynson, Bernie Haynes. (b. Paris, KY, 1900; active New York, NY, 1954) |url=http://216.197.120.164/artistbibliog.cfm?id=1551 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/4472/20210305015957/http://216.197.120.164/artistbibliog.cfm?id=1551 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |website=African American Visual Artist Database (AAVAD)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hills |first=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMiFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |title=Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence |date=2019-01-05 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-30550-2 |pages=172 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[George Snyder (fly reels)|George Snyder]], silversmith, clockmaker, and inventor of modern bait-casting fishing reel
*[[Robert Trimble]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
*[[Jim Tucker (basketball)|Jim Tucker]] (1932–2020), basketball player, attended [[Paris Western High School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-03-14 |title=Former Paris Boy Is Cage Star At Duquesne |pages=20 |work=The Paducah Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118122309/former-paris-boy-is-cage-star-at/ |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2020 |title=Paris Western star, Duquesne All-American Jim Tucker has died |url=https://www.wkyt.com/content/sports/Paris-Western-star-Duquesne-All-American-Jim-Tucker-has-died-570721171.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=WKYT |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Francis Marion Wood]] (1878–1943), educator and school administrator, worked in Paris<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kleber |first=John E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcceBgAAQBAJ |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |date=2014-10-17 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |isbn=978-0-8131-5901-0 |pages=105 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[John R. Baylor]] (1822–1894), Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[Confederate States Army|CSA]], and 1st Governor of [[Confederate Arizona|Arizona Territory]]