#1Famous people · Louisville
Louisville’s famous people span 128 years: 4 births from 1872 to 2000
At the top of the list is the American singer Bailey Zimmerman, covered in 9 languages. The American farmer and politician Darren Bailey ranks second, ahead of Thomas Sutler Williams. Bailey Zimmerman, the best known, was born in 2000. The biggest group are leaders: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bailey Zimmerman
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Thomas Sutler Williams
Youngest
2000
Bailey Zimmerman
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Louisville
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
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#3Through the years
When Louisville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 2000s, at 1.
Politics & LawMusicSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Louisville is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Louisville
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Louisville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Bailey Zimmerman: the CwE, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Bailey: Cobiblair, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Sutler Williams: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons