Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana ranks 532nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Trenton, New Jersey, Lewisham, and Wiesbaden. The most famous people from Shreveport, Louisiana are Mike Johnson, Pat Carroll, and Hank Williams Jr.. The most famous people who died in Shreveport, Louisiana are Royal Harwood Frost, John T. Scopes, and Luke Letlow. Shreveport, Louisiana has been the birth place of many basketball players, and musicians and the death place of many astronomers, and religious figures. Shreveport, Louisiana is located in United States.
Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. The 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, while the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area had a population of 393,406. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1902 and 1997, Shreveport, Louisiana was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Mike Johnson, Pat Carroll, and Hank Williams Jr.. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Shreveport, Louisiana including Royal Harwood Frost, John T. Scopes, and Luke Letlow.
People Born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Go to all RankingsMike Johnson
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 1
Pat Carroll
ACTOR
1927 - 2022
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 2
Hank Williams Jr.
SINGER
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 3
Richard Williams
COACH
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 4
Van Cliburn
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 5
Robert Parish
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 6
Stanley Williams
EXTREMIST
1953 - 2005
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 7
Evelyn Ashford
ATHLETE
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 8
Freddie Spencer
RACING DRIVER
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 9
D. J. Fontana
MUSICIAN
1931 - 2018
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 10
Terry Bradshaw
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 11
William Alston
PHILOSOPHER
1921 - 2009
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Go to all RankingsMikky Ekko
SINGER
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.65
Rank: 26
Christian Harrison
TENNIS PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.78
Rank: 27
Robert Williams III
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 31.15
Rank: 28
People Deceased in Shreveport, Louisiana
Go to all RankingsRoyal Harwood Frost
ASTRONOMER
1879 - 1950
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 1
John T. Scopes
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1900 - 1970
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2
Luke Letlow
POLITICIAN
1979 - 2020
HPI: 27.04
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Deceased in Shreveport, Louisiana
Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day Shreveport, Louisiana were basketball players (6), musicians (5), politicians (3), actors (3), and singers (2), while most who died were astronomers (1), religious figures (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana, including Robert Parish, Joe Dumars, and Antawn Jamison. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shreveport, Louisiana, including Robert Parish, Joe Dumars, and Antawn Jamison.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana since 1700.


















