Editing Mount Sterling, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
{{see also|Category:People from Mount Sterling, Kentucky}}
* [[Lawrence Chenault]] (b.&thinsp;1877), [[African American]] film actor
* [[Henry Daniel (politician)|Henry Daniel]] (1786–1873), [[list of U.S. representatives from Kentucky|congressman]] from Kentucky 
* [[Amos Davis]] (1794–1835), congressman from Kentucky
* [[Ernie Fletcher]] (b.&thinsp;1952), [[governor of Kentucky]] (2003–2007)
* [[Nancy Green]] (1834–1923), the original [[Aunt Jemima]]<ref>Tom Eblen. [http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060097/tom-eblen-new-location-fitting.html "New location fitting for black history museum"], ''Lexington Herald-Leader'', February 8, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2013.</ref> 
* [[Robert E. Payne]] (b.&thinsp;1941), United States district judge
* [[Josephine B. Sneed]] (1899–1986), commissioner of Cook County, Illinois
* [[Jeremy Sumpter]] (b.&thinsp;1989), actor
* [[James L. White]] (1947–2015), screenwriter known for ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''<ref name=lhl>{{cite news|first=Rich|last=Copley |title=James L. White, 'Ray' screenwriter and Kentuckian, dies at 67 |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2015/07/27/3962313/james-l-white-ray-screenwriter.html |work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]] |date=2015-07-27 |access-date=2015-07-29}}</ref>
* [[Andrew T. Wood]], (1834–1915), lawyer and politician