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Famous people · Bowling Green
Musicians stand out among the 47 famous people born in Bowling Green
Most widely known is Bill Pope, the American cinematographer, with articles in 16 languages. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.2, close to the 4.8 of the typical Kentucky town. Since 1970, 18 were born, the most of any period. Among the 228 towns in Kentucky with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd.
Born here
47
notable people
Best known
Bill Pope
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
John Franklin Swift
Youngest
2006
Adem Sipić
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Bowling Green’s famous people
A town of musiciansMusicians make up 7 of the 47, 2.7 times the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 26 of them have been born here, the latest in 2006.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live in Bowling Green, including Rand Paul.47 notable peopleBowling Green lists 47 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bowling Green is known for
Bowling Green has 2.7× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bowling Green’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 9 births.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bowling Green
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Bowling Green
44 more, 14 of them athletes.
Eliza Calvert Hall
1856–1935American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist from Kentucky
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
William Huston Natcher
1909–1994Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
James Phillip Holland
1934–1998American educator, student advocate, and researcher born 1934
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Bowling Green home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Rand Paul the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Plum Springs counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowling Green 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 (16)
- Francis McDonald: Roy Vaughan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Bush: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herschel Mayall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Calvert Hall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Huston Natcher: The U.S. House Office of William H. Natcher; William H. Natcher U.S. House Journals, digitized by West Kentucky University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin C. Sibert: Soldat der US-Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Shultz: Caitlin Ison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Taylor: By jaminjan96, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh Ann Hester: Sergeant Gina Vaile, United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Bailey: Edwin Torres from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Hart: Elsie Lin on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lottice Howell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Franklin Swift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rand Paul: US Senate Photography Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Cayce: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Edward Hughes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons