| Name | Noted for |
|---|
| Michael F. Adams | b.Danville, Kentucky - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...1948 | President of the University of Georgia |
| Mary Hunt Affleck | 1847–1932 | American agrarian poet from Texas and a Confederate advocate |
| Sophia Alcorn | 1883–1967 | Educator; invented the Tadoma method of communication with people who are deaf and blind |
| William Anderson | 1826–1861 | U.S.
Representative from Kentucky |
| Joshua Fry Bell | 1811–1870 | U.S. Representative, Kentucky Secretary of State; namesake of Bell County, Kentucky |
| James G. Birney | 1792–1857 | Abolitionist, politician and jurist |
| James M. Birney | 1817–1888 | Publisher and U.S.
Ambassador to the Netherlands |
| William Birney | 1819–1907 | Professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author |
| Jeremiah Boyle | 1818–1871 | Lawyer, abolitionist, and brigadier general during the American Civil War |
| John Boyle | 1774–1834 | U.S.
federal judge and U.S. Representative; namesake of Boyle County, Kentucky |
Danville | Historic Town, Boyle County | Britannica HULIX