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Baltimore (usa)

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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

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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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Baltimore since 1700.