Cultural Production in

Present Day

New Orleans (usa)

United States

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New Orleans ranks 96th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bologna, Cologne, and Birmingham. Memorable people born in New Orleans include Louis Armstrong, Truman Capote, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Memorable people who died in New Orleans include Jefferson Davis, Paul Morphy, and Jayne Mansfield. New Orleans has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. New Orleans is located in United States.

New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the most populous city in Louisiana, the second-most populous in the Deep South after Atlanta, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States; the New Orleans metropolitan area with about 1 million residents is the 59th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. New Orleans serves as a major port and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1787 and 2000, New Orleans was the birth place of 110 globally memorable people, including Louis Armstrong, Truman Capote, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in New Orleans including Jefferson Davis, Paul Morphy, and Jayne Mansfield.

People Born in New Orleans

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People Deceased in New Orleans

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day New Orleans were actors (30), musicians (18), singers (14), writers (9), and basketball players (8),  while most who died were politicians (5), musicians (4), actors (2), military personnels (2), and singers (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New Orleans, including Reese Witherspoon, Carl Weathers, and Grace Zabriskie. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New Orleans, including Reese Witherspoon, Carl Weathers, and Grace Zabriskie.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in New Orleans since 1700.