#1Famous people · Florence
Florence’s famous people span 134 years: 4 births from 1843 to 1977
At the top of the list is the American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd, covered in 11 languages. The next two names are Shaun Alexander and Kenny Price. Curtis Gates Lloyd was born in 1859. The list comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 residents, below the 4.8 of the typical town in Kentucky.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Curtis Gates Lloyd
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Owen Thomas Rouse
Youngest
1977
Shaun Alexander
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Florence
Three names lead: Curtis Gates Lloyd (11 languages), Shaun Alexander (11) and Kenny Price (4).
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Through the years
When Florence’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1850s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Science & MedicineSportsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Florence is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 1.
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 Florence
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Erlanger has the most on record, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Florence 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 (4)
- Curtis Gates Lloyd: Name of photographer not given., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Alexander: derivative work: Latics SeahawksTC-EWU-118.jpg: Tom McDonald, Jason Fierle., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Lexis King: Damian Lynch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Hutcherson: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons