only the chickens made the grade. Ohh, ha ha HA! laugh

I wouldn't say all the people on that Wikipedia tired list are Louisvillians; for ex., John James Audubon Ornithologist, naturalist and painter. Lived in Louisville for about two years. (e.a.)

I would say Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, Muhammad Ali (now, he is a native Louisvillian), Tom Cruise (I'm not sure he was born here, but he went to high school and still has family here, the Mapothers), Rosemary Clooney and her nephew George, and no doubt the most famous face of all, Col. Harland Sanders. There are lots of lesser-known but still widely recognized names on that list. And here's one that includes the whole state--MANY well-known names:
Kentuckians