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Asheville, North Carolina (usa)

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Asheville, North Carolina ranks 1,259th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Newport News, Virginia, Eskilstuna, and Angoulême. Memorable people born in Asheville, North Carolina include Thomas Wolfe, Kenneth Noland, and Bellamy Young. Memorable people who died in Asheville, North Carolina include Zelda Fitzgerald, Robert Moog, and Daliah Lavi. Asheville, North Carolina has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and writers. Asheville, North Carolina is located in United States.

Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina and the state's 11th-most populous city with a population of 94,589 at the 2020 census. The four-county Asheville metropolitan area has an estimated 422,000 residents. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1900 and 1997, Asheville, North Carolina was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Thomas Wolfe, Kenneth Noland, and Bellamy Young. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Asheville, North Carolina including Zelda Fitzgerald, Robert Moog, and Daliah Lavi.

People Born in Asheville, North Carolina

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People Deceased in Asheville, North Carolina

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Asheville, North Carolina were actors (3), writers (2), wrestlers (2), painters (1), and physicians (1),  while most who died were actors (3), writers (1), inventors (1), musicians (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Asheville, North Carolina, including Bellamy Young, Barbara Loden, and Sierra McCormick. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Asheville, North Carolina, including Bellamy Young, Barbara Loden, and Sierra McCormick.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Asheville, North Carolina since 1700.