Chicago
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 Enrico Fermi, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan. 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 2.74 million 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 United States. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1846 and 2003, Chicago was the birth place of 675 globally memorable people, including Pope Leo XIV, Hillary Clinton, and Walt Disney. Additionaly, 150 globally memorable people have passed away in Chicago including Enrico Fermi, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan.
People Born in Chicago
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Pope Leo XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 13
Hillary Clinton
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 88.79
Rank: 78
Walt Disney
PRODUCER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 370
James Watson
BIOLOGIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 594
Robin Williams
COMEDIAN
1951 - 2014
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 369
Harrison Ford
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 593
Patti Smith
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 77
Anton LaVey
OCCULTIST
1930 - 1997
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 375
Bobby Fischer
CHESS PLAYER
1943 - 2008
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 252
Gene Cernan
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 351
Ben Roy Mottelson
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2022
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 131
Michael Mann
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 56
Newly Added People Born in Chicago
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Sophie Thatcher
ACTOR
2000 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 160
Fredo Santana
SINGER
1990 - 2018
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 166
Claudia Sulewski
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 30.43
Rank: 163
Cora Jade
WRESTLER
2001 - Present
HPI: 30.23
Rank: 161
Tavi Gevinson
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 29.06
Rank: 165
Emery Lehman
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.44
Rank: 164
Anu Emmanuel
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 23.35
Rank: 162
People Deceased in Chicago
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Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 16
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
ARCHITECT
1886 - 1969
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 143
Louis Sullivan
ARCHITECT
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 83
Mircea Eliade
HISTORIAN
1907 - 1986
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 95
Robert Lucas Jr.
ECONOMIST
1937 - 2023
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 135
George Herbert Mead
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1931
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 79
John Dillinger
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1934
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 71
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1995
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 49
László Moholy-Nagy
DESIGNER
1895 - 1946
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 52
Ronald Coase
ECONOMIST
1910 - 2013
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 3
Gary Becker
ECONOMIST
1930 - 2014
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 59
Josephine Cochrane
INVENTOR
1839 - 1913
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 63
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Chicago were actors (221), musicians (53), writers (47), singers (38), and film directors (37), while most who died were musicians (22), politicians (11), writers (9), singers (8), and philosophers (7).
Occupational Trends
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.
