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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, Gus Van Sant, and Hunter S. Thompson. Memorable people who died in Louisville, Kentucky include Colonel Sanders, James Kottak, and Henry Halleck. Louisville, Kentucky has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many military personnels, and businesspeople. 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, although 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 1998, Louisville, Kentucky was the birth place of 62 globally memorable people, including Muhammad Ali, Gus Van Sant, and Hunter S. Thompson. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Louisville, Kentucky including Colonel Sanders, James Kottak, and Henry Halleck.

People Born 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 singers (3),  while most who died were military personnels (2), businesspeople (1), musicians (1), boxers (1), and tennis players (1).

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

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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.