Kilgore may refer to:

Places

Kilgore, Texas Kilgore, officially the City of Kilgore, is a city in Gregg County, Texas, Gregg and Rusk County, Texas, Rusk counties in Texas, United States. Located where Interstate 20 and US 259 converge just south of the Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana), ...

, the largest US city named Kilgore * Kilgore, Idaho *

Kilgore, Nebraska Kilgore is a village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 77 at the 2010 census. History Kilgore was founded, under the name of Boulware, in 1883 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to th ...

* Kilgore, Ohio *

Kilgore College Kilgore College (KC) is a public community college in Kilgore, Texas. It has an annual enrollment in excess of 5,000 students and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the associate ...

Fictional characters

Kilgore Trout Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007). Trout is a notably unsuccessful author of paperback science fiction novels. "Trout" was inspired by the name of the author Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), Vo ...

, a recurring character in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut * Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore, a character in the Francis Ford Coppola movie ''Apocalypse Now'' * Teddybear Kilgore (AKA Kilgour), a character in the John Irving novel ''

A Prayer for Owen Meany ''A Prayer for Owen Meany'' is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960 ...

'' * Eli and Hastings Kilgore, brothers from the '' Ugly Hill'' webcomic * Kilgor, a barbarian king in the computer game '' Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade'' * Kilg%re, a DC Comics supervillain * Kilgore, a ''Killer Instinct'' character * Killgore, a character from ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' * Tacitus Kilgore, a pseudonym used by Arthur Morgan in ''Red Dead Redemption 2''

People

In politics

* Constantine B. Kilgore, U.S. Representative from Texas 1887–1895 * Daniel Kilgore, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1793–1851 * David Kilgore, U.S. Representative from Indiana 1857–1861, grandfather of Bernard Kilgore *

Hailey Kilgore Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of coming-of-age one-act stage musical '' Once on This Island'', a performance for which the 19-year-old was nominated for ...

, American actress and singer (born 1999) *

Harley M. Kilgore Harley Martin Kilgore (January 11, 1893 – February 28, 1956) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Biography He was born on January 11, 1893, in Brown, West Virginia. He was born to Quimby Hugh Kilgore and Laura Jo Kilgore. His fa ...

, U.S. Senator from West Virginia 1941–1956 * Jerry W. Kilgore, Virginia Attorney General 2002–2005 * Larry Kilgore, Texas conservative Christian activist and political candidate *

Moses Kilgore Moses Kilgore (March 19, 1817 – October 14, 1890) was an American businessman and politician. Kilgore was born in Lovell, Maine. In 1852, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin. He then moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin and built a pier. In 1860, ...

(1817–1890), Wisconsin state legislator *

Terry Kilgore Terry Gene Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2 ...

, Virginia state delegate 1994–, twin brother of Jerry W. Kilgore

Other people

Al Kilgore Alfred R. Kilgore (December 19, 1927 - August 15, 1983), who signed his work Al Kilgore, was an American artist who worked as a cartoonist and filmmaker. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Kilgore attended Andrew Jackson High School where he played ba ...

, cartoonist *

Bernard Kilgore Bernard (Barney) Kilgore was a managing editor of ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1941 to 1965 and head of the Dow Jones company. In 1961 Kilgore received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby Col ...

, editor of ''The Wall Street Journal'' 1941–1967 *

Caroline Burnham Kilgore Caroline Burnham Kilgore (January 20, 1838 – June 29, 1909) was the first woman to graduate from: (A) a medical school and be granted an M.D. (in 1865) in New York State and (B) from University of Pennsylvania Law School and be admitted to t ...

(1838–1909), American lawyer and suffragist *

Chad Kilgore Chad Kilgore (born August 8, 1989) is an American former professional football linebacker. He played college football at Northwest Missouri State University. He was a member of the Oakland Raiders, Sacramento Mountain Lions, Saskatchewan Roughrid ...

, American football player *

Kenneth Kilgore Kenneth Kilgore (January 26, 1947 – April 14, 2011) was an American jazz musician, a Minister of Music, and an educator. He founded the Ambassadors' Concert Choir in 1979 and the choir performed with other musicians at multiple events. He won s ...

(1947-2011), American musician * Merl Kilgore, founder of Zion's Order, Inc., a Latter Day Saint sect *

Merle Kilgore Wyatt Merle Kilgore (August 9, 1934 – February 6, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and manager. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the time of his death, he was the personal manager of Hank Wil ...

, country music singer/songwriter *

Theola Kilgore Theola Kilgore (December 6, 1925 – May 15, 2005) was an American soul and gospel singer. Biography Kilgore was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and was brought up in Oakland, California. She began singing in church. Her first recording, on whic ...

(1925–2005), American singer * Tom Kilgore, CEO Tennessee Valley Authority

Other uses

Kilgore (band) Kilgore (formerly Kilgore Smudge) is an American heavy metal band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 1991. The band is named after the character Kilgore Trout in the Kurt Vonnegut classic ''Breakfast of Champions''. Through a number of band ...

, an American heavy metal band formed in Providence, Rhode Island *

** Kilgore College Rangerettes *