Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana ranks 558th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colorado Springs, Colorado, Alkmaar, and Coimbra. Memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana include Van Cliburn, Robert Parish, and Freddie Spencer. Memorable people who died in Shreveport, Louisiana include Royal Harwood Frost and John T. Scopes. Shreveport, Louisiana has been the birth place of many musicians and basketball players 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
Between 1902 and 1992, Shreveport, Louisiana was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Van Cliburn, Robert Parish, and Freddie Spencer. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Shreveport, Louisiana including Royal Harwood Frost and John T. Scopes.
People Born in Shreveport, Louisiana
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Van Cliburn
1934 - 2013
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1
Robert Parish
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2
Freddie Spencer
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3
Evelyn Ashford
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 4
D. J. Fontana
1931 - 2018
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 5
Terry Bradshaw
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 6
William Alston
1921 - 2009
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7
Mary Miles Minter
1902 - 1984
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 8
John N. Bahcall
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 9
Joe Dumars
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 10
Pat Carroll
1927 - 2022
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 11
Jerry Pournelle
1933 - 2017
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Go to all RankingsFreddie Spencer
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3
William Alston
1921 - 2009
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7
Brian Blade
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.16
Rank: 17
Tom Cole
1949 - Present
HPI: 29.23
Rank: 18
People Deceased in Shreveport, Louisiana
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Most individuals born in present day Shreveport, Louisiana were musicians (5), basketball players (4), actors (3), politicians (2), and racing drivers (1), while most who died were astronomers (1) and religious figures (1).
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana, including Van Cliburn, D. J. Fontana, and Floyd Cramer. Whereas, throughout history, musicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shreveport, Louisiana, including Van Cliburn, D. J. Fontana, and Floyd Cramer.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Shreveport, Louisiana since 1700.
