Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky ranks 4,362nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Kiyose, Tokyo, and Tønder. Memorable people born in Paducah, Kentucky include Boots Randolph, John T. Scopes, and Rumer Willis. Paducah, Kentucky has been the birth place of many musicians, and religious figures. Paducah, Kentucky is located in .
Paducah is a home rule-class city in the Upland South, and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern United States at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,137, up from 25,024 in 2010. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1900 and 1988, Paducah, Kentucky was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Boots Randolph, John T. Scopes, and Rumer Willis.
People Born in Paducah, Kentucky
Go to all Rankings
Boots Randolph
MUSICIAN
1927 - 2007
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 1
John T. Scopes
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1900 - 1970
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 2
Rumer Willis
ACTOR
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.46
Rank: 3
Danielle Carruthers
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 24.34
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Paducah, Kentucky were musicians (1), religious figures (1), actors (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Paducah, Kentucky, including Boots Randolph. Whereas, throughout history, musicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Paducah, Kentucky, including Boots Randolph.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Paducah, Kentucky since 1700.
