Cultural Production in

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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 Lee Harvey Oswald, Louis Armstrong, and Reese Witherspoon. Memorable people who died in New Orleans include Jefferson Davis, Jayne Mansfield, and Paul Morphy. 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 southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the most populous city in Louisiana and the French Louisiana region; third most populous city in the Deep South; and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1787 and 2000, New Orleans was the birth place of 109 globally memorable people, including Lee Harvey Oswald, Louis Armstrong, and Reese Witherspoon. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in New Orleans including Jefferson Davis, Jayne Mansfield, and Paul Morphy.

People Born 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 Tyler Perry. 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 Tyler Perry.

Places

Overlapping Lives

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