Cincinnati
Cincinnati ranks 130th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Reykjavík, Lviv, and Seville. Memorable people born in Cincinnati include Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Memorable people who died in Cincinnati include Johann Most, Frances Wright, and Jane Irwin Harrison. Cincinnati has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Cincinnati is located in United States.
Cincinnati is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The third-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 309,317 at the 2020 census, Cincinnati serves as the economic and cultural hub of the tri-state Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest at over 2.3 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1853 and 2001, Cincinnati was the birth place of 89 globally memorable people, including Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Cincinnati including Johann Most, Frances Wright, and Jane Irwin Harrison.
People Born in Cincinnati
Go to all RankingsSteven Spielberg
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 87.65
Rank: 83
Charles Manson
EXTREMIST
1934 - 2017
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 15
Thomas Kuhn
HISTORIAN
1922 - 1996
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 3
Tyrone Power
ACTOR
1914 - 1958
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 8
William Howard Taft
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1930
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 10
Doris Day
ACTOR
1922 - 2019
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 32
Robert A. Taft
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1953
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 18
Richard S. Hamilton
MATHEMATICIAN
1943 - 2024
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 64
Fredric Brown
WRITER
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 12
Theda Bara
ACTOR
1885 - 1955
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 5
Ted Turner
BUSINESSPERSON
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 40
Michael Cunningham
WRITER
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 70
People Deceased in Cincinnati
Go to all RankingsJohann Most
WRITER
1846 - 1906
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Rank: 1
Frances Wright
WRITER
1795 - 1852
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Rank: 2
Jane Irwin Harrison
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1846
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Rank: 3
Henry Heimlich
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2016
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Rank: 4
Boris Podolsky
PHYSICIST
1896 - 1966
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Rank: 5
Joseph B. Foraker
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1917
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Rank: 6
Mike Resnick
WRITER
1942 - 2020
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Rank: 7
Maurice Stokes
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1933 - 1970
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Rank: 8
Newly Added People Deceased in Cincinnati
Go to all RankingsJohann Most
WRITER
1846 - 1906
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Rank: 1
Frances Wright
WRITER
1795 - 1852
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Rank: 2
Jane Irwin Harrison
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1846
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Rank: 3
Henry Heimlich
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2016
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Rank: 4
Boris Podolsky
PHYSICIST
1896 - 1966
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Rank: 5
Joseph B. Foraker
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1917
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Rank: 6
Mike Resnick
WRITER
1942 - 2020
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Rank: 7
Maurice Stokes
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1933 - 1970
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Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cincinnati were actors (25), politicians (8), writers (5), painters (5), and musicians (5), while most who died were writers (3), politicians (2), physicians (1), physicists (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cincinnati, including Mitchell Ryan, Kathryn Morris, and Mark Boone Junior. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cincinnati, including Tyrone Power, Doris Day, and Theda Bara.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cincinnati since 1700.