Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland ranks 1,329th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Calais, Durrës, and West Bromwich. Memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland include Daniel Stern, Richard Schiff, and Robert Gordon. Memorable people who died in Bethesda, Maryland include Frantz Fanon, Julius Axelrod, and Joseph McCarthy. Bethesda, Maryland has been the birth place of many actors, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Bethesda, Maryland is located in United States.
Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region and a national center for medical research. According to the 2020 census, the community had a population of 68,056. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1977, Bethesda, Maryland was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Daniel Stern, Richard Schiff, and Robert Gordon. Additionaly, 44 globally memorable people have passed away in Bethesda, Maryland including Frantz Fanon, Julius Axelrod, and Joseph McCarthy. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Bethesda, Maryland than were born there.
People Born in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsDaniel Stern
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 4
Richard Schiff
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 10
Robert Gordon
MUSICIAN
1947 - 2022
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 11
Amina Wadud
PHILOSOPHER
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 2
Robert Hays
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 9
Maura Healey
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 8
Michael Hardt
PHILOSOPHER
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 7
Sean Murray
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3
Patricia Richardson
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 5
Lisa Loeb
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1
Ed Brubaker
COMIC ARTIST
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 6
People Deceased in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsFrantz Fanon
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1925 - 1961
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 1
Julius Axelrod
CHEMIST
1912 - 2004
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 40
Joseph McCarthy
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1957
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 32
Roy Cohn
LAWYER
1927 - 1986
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 30
William D. Leahy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1875 - 1959
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 37
Colin Powell
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2021
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 8
Thomas Schelling
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2016
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 42
Jack Kemp
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2009
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 17
Philip Abelson
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2004
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 18
Frank Jack Fletcher
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1973
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 15
William Peter Blatty
WRITER
1928 - 2017
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 24
Daniel Inouye
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2012
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bethesda, Maryland were actors (6), philosophers (2), musicians (1), politicians (1), and comic artists (1), while most who died were politicians (17), military personnels (6), athletes (3), lawyers (2), and economists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland, including Daniel Stern, Richard Schiff, and Robert Hays. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bethesda, Maryland, including Daniel Stern, Richard Schiff, and Robert Hays.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland since 1700.