Sheffield, Alabama
Sheffield, Alabama ranks 5,561st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dimitrovgrad, Russia, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, and Muğla. Memorable people born in Sheffield, Alabama include Mitch McConnell, Fred Thompson, and Arthur Alexander. Sheffield, Alabama has been the birth place of many politicians, and singers. Sheffield, Alabama is located in United States.
Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census. and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is the birthplace of "country-soul pioneer" and songwriter Arthur Alexander, French horn player Willie Ruff, notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson, Watergate committee U.S. Senator Howell Heflin and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, whose father was working in nearby Athens when he was born. It sometimes is referred to as "the City of Senators" due to the births of Heflin, McConnell and Thompson within its borders. Col. Harland Sanders worked for Southern Railway in Sheffield in 1907. It is also home to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where many popular 20th century musicians recorded their work, including Alexander and Ruff. It is the site of historic Helen Keller Hospital, formerly known as Colbert County Hospital, originally constructed in 1921. It was changed to Helen Keller Hospital in 1979, and Keller's birthplace Ivy Green is located less than one mile southwest of the hospital in adjacent Tuscumbia. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1940 and 1942, Sheffield, Alabama was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Mitch McConnell, Fred Thompson, and Arthur Alexander.
People Born in Sheffield, Alabama
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Mitch McConnell
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3
Fred Thompson
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2015
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1
Arthur Alexander
SINGER
1940 - 1993
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sheffield, Alabama were politicians (2), and singers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sheffield, Alabama, including Mitch McConnell, and Fred Thompson. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sheffield, Alabama, including Mitch McConnell, and Fred Thompson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Sheffield, Alabama since 1700.
