Whiskey Founders Stories

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(listed in Section order below)

Many of the names below will be found on your favorite whiskey label or bourbon bottle even today. This page is dedicated to the men or women who spent their entire lives working in or improving on the Whiskey or Bourbon industry in North America and the United Kingdom. In order to have made this list, the person must have had some significant impact on either their Company, their Distillery or the Industry as a whole.

For a Comprehensive List of every person featured in the Whiskey Founders Section simply scroll down this page. This list is placed in Alphabetical order by Region name listing U.S. Regions first and then other countries’ Regions next.


For a list of the members of the Whiskey Founders Committee, the contributors to this section of the Whiskey University website, see the bottom of this page.

Colonel Craig Duncan, President — Tracy McLemore, National Chairman.

Whiskey Founders Committee

Below are Seven Geographic Regions of Whiskey Founders (listed Alphabetically in the U.S., then other countries’ Regions) followed by Three Misc. Category Whiskey Founders.

Mid-Atlantic States Whiskey Founders

Midwest States Whiskey Founders

Northeast State Whiskey Founders

Southern States Whiskey Founders

Western States Whiskey Founders

Canadian Whisky Founders

Scotch Whisky Founders

Whiskey Supporters & Contributors


Whiskey Founders Committee

Women Whiskey Founders