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Louisville, Kentucky ranks 196th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nagoya, Sheffield, and Pamplona. Memorable people born in Louisville, Kentucky include Muhammad Ali, Robert Anderson, and Gus Van Sant. Memorable people who died in Louisville, Kentucky include Colonel Sanders, James Kottak, and Ralph Beard. Louisville, Kentucky has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many basketball players, and military personnels. Louisville, Kentucky is located in United States.

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by population density, it is the 265th most dense city. Louisville is the historical county seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1805 and 2003, Louisville, Kentucky was the birth place of 67 globally memorable people, including Muhammad Ali, Robert Anderson, and Gus Van Sant. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Louisville, Kentucky including Colonel Sanders, James Kottak, and Ralph Beard.

People Born in Louisville, Kentucky

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People Deceased in Louisville, Kentucky

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Louisville, Kentucky were actors (19), basketball players (6), writers (5), musicians (5), and athletes (4),  while most who died were basketball players (2), military personnels (2), businesspeople (1), musicians (1), and boxers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Louisville, Kentucky, including Ned Beatty, Sean Young, and Josh Dallas. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Louisville, Kentucky, including Victor Mature, Tod Browning, and Ned Beatty.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Louisville, Kentucky since 1700.