#1Famous people · St. Matthews
Of the 11 famous people born in St. Matthews, none is better known than Viola Davis
The American actress and producer Viola Davis is written about in 80 languages. James Blood Ulmer and Clarence Felder follow. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 7 of them. The list runs from Caleb Ginyard, born in 1910, to Alshon Jeffery, born in 1990.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Viola Davis
in 80 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Caleb Ginyard
Youngest
1990
Alshon Jeffery
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about St. Matthews’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in St. Matthews
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Music
James Blood Ulmer
1940–2026American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When St. Matthews’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 3.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What St. Matthews is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 5 times.
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 St. Matthews
8 more, from 1910 to 1990.
A chosen home
Also called St. Matthews home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in St. Matthews, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Matthews 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)
- Viola Davis: Nomoretitanic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Blood Ulmer: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alshon Jeffery: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons