Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee ranks 144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Johannesburg, Sarajevo, and Indianapolis. Memorable people born in Memphis, Tennessee include Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, and Kathy Bates. Memorable people who died in Memphis, Tennessee include Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., 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 the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee after Nashville. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1883 and 2002, Memphis, Tennessee was the birth place of 68 globally memorable people, including Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, and Kathy Bates. Additionaly, 22 globally memorable people have passed away in Memphis, Tennessee including Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
People Born in Memphis, Tennessee
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Aretha Franklin
1942 - 2018
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 1
Morgan Freeman
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 2
Kathy Bates
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 3
Machine Gun Kelly
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 4
Cybill Shepherd
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 5
Justin Timberlake
1981 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 6
Maurice White
1941 - 2016
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 7
Ric Flair
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 8
Lisa Marie Presley
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 9
George Hamilton
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 10
Shannen Doherty
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 11
Leslie Jones
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Memphis, Tennessee
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Maude Fealy
1883 - 1971
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 31
Virginia Williams
1978 - Present
HPI: 32.87
Rank: 56
Sheila Echols
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.42
Rank: 59
Elise Neal
1966 - Present
HPI: 29.25
Rank: 60
Rochelle Stevens
1966 - Present
HPI: 23.38
Rank: 63
NLE Choppa
2002 - Present
HPI: 22.29
Rank: 65
Benjamin Flores Jr.
2002 - Present
HPI: 20.73
Rank: 66
Cindy Parlow Cone
1978 - Present
HPI: 16.53
Rank: 68
People Deceased in Memphis, Tennessee
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Elvis Presley
1935 - 1977
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 1
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 2
Nathan Bedford Forrest
1821 - 1877
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 3
Isaac Hayes
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 4
Albert King
1923 - 1992
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5
Jeff Buckley
1966 - 1997
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 6
Ron Wyatt
1933 - 1999
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 7
Sam Phillips
1923 - 2003
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 8
Elizabeth Bolden
1890 - 2006
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 9
Jimi Jamison
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 10
Arthur Lee
1945 - 2006
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 11
Memphis Minnie
1897 - 1973
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Memphis, Tennessee
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Most individuals born in present day Memphis, Tennessee were actors (26), singers (12), musicians (10), wrestlers (3), and film directors (3), while most who died were musicians (9), singers (6), 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in Memphis, Tennessee since 1700.
