Editing Versailles, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Jack Blackburn]], professional boxer and trainer of [[Joe Louis]]
* [[Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn]], U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator
* [[Ben Chandler]], Kentucky Attorney General and U.S. Congressman
* [[Happy Chandler]], Kentucky governor, U.S. senator and [[Commissioner of Baseball]]
* [[Martha Layne Collins]], Kentucky governor
* [[John Conlee]], country music singer
* [[John J. Crittenden]], Kentucky governor, U.S. Congressman, senator, attorney general
* [[George Cruikshank (editor)|George Cruikshank]], historian and editor of the ''[[Birmingham Ledger]]''
* [[Randall L. Gibson]] (1832–1892), politician born here, elected as US Representative and senator from Louisiana, serving from 1875 to 1892
* [[Field Harris]] (1895–1967), [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] general who served during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]
* [[Virginia Cary Hudson]] (1894–1954), American writer
* [[Drake Jackson]], American football player in the [[NFL]]
* [[Shaun King (activist)|Shaun King]], activist; leader of [[Black Lives Matter]]
* [[Robert K. Massie]] (1929–2019), American journalist and historian
* [[Simon Parmet]] (1897–1969), temporary resident, composer and conductor
* [[Noel F. Parrish]] USAF general
* [[Edward Platt]], actor who played "The Chief" in ''[[Get Smart]]''
* [[Stephen S. Sawyer]], artist and writer
* [[Charles Scott (governor)|Charles Scott]], brigadier general during the American Revolution and fourth governor of Kentucky
* [[William Shatner]], actor and Saddlebred owner
* [[Sturgill Simpson]], singer and songwriter
* [[Kenny Troutt]], owner of [[Excel Communications]] and [[Winstar Farm]] (part-time resident)
* [[Henry Ward (Kentucky politician)|Henry Ward]], Kentucky Commissioner of Highways and Commissioner of State Parks
* [[Ernest E. West]], raised in a Versailles orphanage, became a US Army soldier and was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]