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==Notable people== * [[Sue Draheim]], fiddler, lived in Berea in her later years until her death in 2013. * [[John Gregg Fee]] (1816β1901), minister, abolitionist, founder of Berea College * [[John Fenn (chemist)|John Fenn]], recipient of 2002 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]; grew up in Berea.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Herschbach | first1 = Dudley R. | last2 = Kolb | first2 = Charles E. | title = John Bennett Fenn | publisher = National Academy of Sciences | date = 2014 | url = http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/fenn-john.pdf}}</ref> * [[Red Foley]], singer, musician, and radio and TV personality; raised in Berea and graduated from [[Berea Community High School|Berea High School]]. * [[Damien Harris]], college football player at the University of Alabama; graduated from Madison Southern High School, now a running back for the Buffalo Bills. * [[bell hooks]], author, radical feminist, and social activist; lived in Berea until her death in 2021. * [[Silas House]], writer and novelist lives in Berea. * [[Louise Gilman Hutchins]] (1911β1996), pediatrician and president of Berea's [[Mountain Maternal Health League]]. * [[Ashley Judd]], actress, humanitarian and political activist; briefly lived and attended school in Berea * [[Naomi Judd]], country music singer; briefly lived in Berea. * [[Wynonna Judd]], country music singer; briefly lived and attended school in Berea.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130814111949/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1510958/wynonna-reflects-in-coming-home-to-myself.jhtml CMT : News : Wynonna Reflects in Coming Home to Myself<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Lily May Ledford]], banjo player, member of the Coon Creek Girls; lived in Berea and is buried in the Berea cemetery.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&dq=lily+may+ledford+berea&pg=PA540 The Kentucky Encyclopedia - John E. Kleber - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[J.P. Pennington]], musician, son of Lily May Ledford; born in Berea. * [[Jean Ritchie]], musician, "Mother of Folk"; resided in Berea until her death in 2015. * [[Anne Shelby]], children's book writer; born in Berea * [[Tony Snow]], former White House press secretary; born in Berea. * [[Luke Stocker]], NFL player, tight end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings; graduated from Madison Southern High School.
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