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Present Day

Memphis, Tennessee (usa)

United States

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Memphis, Tennessee ranks 147th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind British Hong Kong, Caracas, and Genoa. Memorable people born in Memphis, Tennessee include Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, and Kathy Bates. Memorable people who died in Memphis, Tennessee include Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Memphis, Tennessee has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many musicians, and singers. Memphis, Tennessee is located in United States.

Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Tennessee, the fifth-most populous in the Southeast, and the 28th-most populous in the nation. Memphis is the largest city proper on the Mississippi River and anchors the Memphis metropolitan area that includes parts of Arkansas and Mississippi, the 45th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.34 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1883 and 2002, Memphis, Tennessee was the birth place of 77 globally memorable people, including Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, and Kathy Bates. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Memphis, Tennessee including Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley, and Nathan Bedford Forrest.

People Born in Memphis, Tennessee

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People Deceased in Memphis, Tennessee

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Memphis, Tennessee were actors (27), singers (14), musicians (11), basketball players (5), and wrestlers (3),  while most who died were musicians (9), singers (7), basketball players (2), social activists (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Memphis, Tennessee, including Morgan Freeman, Kathy Bates, and Cybill Shepherd. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Memphis, Tennessee, including Morgan Freeman, Kathy Bates, and Cybill Shepherd.

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Overlapping Lives

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