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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

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People Deceased in Shreveport, Louisiana

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Occupations

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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana since 1700.