Notable people
Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820), born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania; he was an American pioneer who established Fort Boonesborough, in Madison County, Kentucky along the Kentucky River
Kit Carson, pioneer frontiersman, born near Richmond in Madison County, Kentucky, but grew up in Franklin, Missouri
Brutus J. Clay II, son of Cassius M. Clay and Minister to Switzerland
Cassius Marcellus Clay, planter, abolitionist and politician; Minister to Spain and Russia, a founder of the Republican Party
Earle Combs, New York Yankees player, Baseball Hall of Fame member; longtime resident of the area
David R. Francis, Mayor of St. Louis, Governor of Missouri and U.S. Secretary of the Interior; born in Richmond
Odon Guitar, brigadier general in the Union Missouri State Militia in the American Civil War
Leigh Ann Hester of the Kentucky Army National Guard, first woman in United States military history to be cited for valor in close quarters combat, for action near Salman Pak, Iraq on March 20, 2005; she is the first woman to receive the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat
Keen Johnson, editor of the Richmond Daily Register (1925–39); Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1935–39); Governor of Kentucky (1939–43); Undersecretary of Labor (1946–47); longtime resident of the area.
James B. McCreary, United States Senator and two-term Governor of Kentucky
Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (April 26, 1897 – August 4, 1978), old-time bluegrass fiddler
Jimmy Stokley (October 18, 1943 – August 13, 1985), lead singer, co-founder and member of the band Exile
Samuel Hanson Stone, Kentucky politician, born near Richmond
William J. Stone, Governor of Missouri, born near Richmond
Montez Sweat, NFL player (2019-)
Ken Upchurch, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County; born in Richmond in 1969
Larry Warford, NFL offensive lineman (1991-)
John Reid Wolfskill, a Mexican American pioneer in California
