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Birmingham, Alabama (usa)

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Birmingham, Alabama ranks 258th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bilbao, San José, Costa Rica, and Belo Horizonte. Memorable people born in Birmingham, Alabama include Angela Davis, Carl Lewis, and Courteney Cox. Memorable people who died in Birmingham, Alabama include Sun Ra, Richard Yates, and Eddie Kendricks. Birmingham, Alabama has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and composers. Birmingham, Alabama is located in United States.

Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama. Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2023 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 196,910 down 2% from the 2020 census, making it Alabama's second-most populous city after Huntsville. The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 47th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1911 and 2001, Birmingham, Alabama was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Angela Davis, Carl Lewis, and Courteney Cox. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Birmingham, Alabama including Sun Ra, Richard Yates, and Eddie Kendricks.

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People Deceased in Birmingham, Alabama

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Birmingham, Alabama were actors (14), athletes (6), politicians (4), singers (4), and writers (3),  while most who died were politicians (3), composers (1), writers (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Birmingham, Alabama, including Courteney Cox, Louise Fletcher, and Kate Jackson. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Birmingham, Alabama, including Courteney Cox, Louise Fletcher, and Kate Jackson.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Birmingham, Alabama since 1700.