John C. Breckinridge, Senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, an 1860 supporter of Lincoln over his nephew John C. Breckinridge

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, principal of Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921

Breckenridge, Colorado, originally spelled "Breckinridge", it was renamed during the Civil War

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, congressman from Kentucky, Minister to Russia, son of John C. Breckinridge

Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Myra Breckinridge (film), cinematic version of Vidal's novel

John Breckinridge (1760-1806), United States Senator and Attorney General

John Cabell Breckinridge, best known as Bunny Breckinridge, American actor

Breckinridge Long, United States ambassador to Italy

John B. Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky and member of the United States House of Representatives

Henry S. Breckinridge (1886-1960), lawyer, politician, and Olymic fencer

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist

John Breckinridge Castleman, military officer and prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky

Breckinridge Center, Kentucky

Sophonisba Breckinridge, American activist

Robert Breckinridge McAfee, Kentucky politician, and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Confederate general and U.S. Representative from Kentucky

James D. Breckinridge (died 1849), U.S. Representative from Kentucky

Joseph Breckinridge, an officer in the United States Navy in the Spanish-American War.

Aida de Acosta Breckinridge, in 1903 flew Santos Dumont's Dirigible Airship

Desha Breckinridge (1867-1935), editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald.

Desha Breckinridge, editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald, husband of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge

James Breckinridge (1763-1833), Viginia lawyer and politician, Revolutionary War soldier and Brigadier-General in the War of 1812

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, Kentucky suffragette, reformer, and wife of Desha Breckinridge

Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965), founder of the Frontier Nursing Service

Breckinridge House, a dormitory at the University of Chicago named for Sophonisba Breckinridge.

Myra Breckinridge, a satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary

USS Breckinridge (DD-148), a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Joseph Breckinridge