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Chicago ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moscow, Los Angeles, and Rome. Memorable people born in Chicago include Pope Leo XIV, Hillary Clinton, and Walt Disney. Memorable people who died in Chicago include James Samuel Coleman, C. E. Ruthenberg, and Gene Ammons. Chicago has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many musicians, and politicians. Chicago is located in United States.

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States with a population of 2,746,388 at the 2020 census, while the Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1846 and 2003, Chicago was the birth place of 668 globally memorable people, including Pope Leo XIV, Hillary Clinton, and Walt Disney. Additionaly, 150 globally memorable people have passed away in Chicago including James Samuel Coleman, C. E. Ruthenberg, and Gene Ammons.

People Born in Chicago

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Chicago were actors (217), musicians (53), writers (47), singers (37), and film directors (37),  while most who died were musicians (22), politicians (11), writers (9), singers (8), and philosophers (7).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chicago, including Harrison Ford, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Kim Novak. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chicago, including Harrison Ford, Marsha Hunt, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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Overlapping Lives

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