Baltimore
Baltimore ranks 60th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Bronx, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Zagreb. Memorable people born in Baltimore include David Hasselhoff, John R. Bolton, and Frank Zappa. Memorable people who died in Baltimore include Edgar Allan Poe, Frances Cleveland, and Tom Clancy. Baltimore has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Baltimore is located in United States.
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S. city with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, while the Baltimore metropolitan area at 2.86 million residents is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the Central Maryland region together with the surrounding county that shares its name. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 2 and 1995, Baltimore was the birth place of 159 globally memorable people, including David Hasselhoff, John R. Bolton, and Frank Zappa. Additionaly, 63 globally memorable people have passed away in Baltimore including Edgar Allan Poe, Frances Cleveland, and Tom Clancy.
People Born in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsDavid Hasselhoff
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 110
John R. Bolton
DIPLOMAT
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 120
Frank Zappa
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1993
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 87
John Rawls
PHILOSOPHER
1921 - 2002
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 43
Divine
ACTOR
1945 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 61
John Waters
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 124
Tom Clancy
WRITER
1947 - 2013
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 36
Philip Glass
COMPOSER
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 107
Nancy Pelosi
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 106
Jada Pinkett Smith
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 3
Babe Ruth
BASEBALL PLAYER
1895 - 1948
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 45
H. L. Mencken
WRITER
1880 - 1956
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 63
Newly Added People Born in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsMoses Ingram
ACTOR
1994 - Present
HPI: 34.08
Rank: 41
Damion Lee
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.22
Rank: 42
People Deceased in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsEdgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 11
Frances Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1947
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 60
Tom Clancy
WRITER
1947 - 2013
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 3
Robert H. Goddard
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1945
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 59
H. L. Mencken
WRITER
1880 - 1956
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 33
John Dos Passos
WRITER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 22
Daniel Nathans
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 1999
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 61
Robert Smith
POLITICIAN
1757 - 1842
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 44
Nettie Stevens
BIOLOGIST
1861 - 1912
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 31
Thomas Wolfe
WRITER
1900 - 1938
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 23
Muhammad Khan Junejo
POLITICIAN
1932 - 1993
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 54
Krešimir Ćosić
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1948 - 1995
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 32
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Baltimore were actors (49), writers (17), politicians (11), basketball players (11), and musicians (8), while most who died were politicians (13), writers (9), biologists (6), physicians (5), and physicists (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Baltimore, including David Hasselhoff, Divine, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Baltimore, including David Hasselhoff, Divine, and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Baltimore since 1700.