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Cleveland ranks 71st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santiago, Pittsburgh, and Helsinki. Memorable people born in Cleveland include Donald A. Glaser, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Don King. Memorable people who died in Cleveland include Kristján Eldjárn, Charles F. Brush, and Garrett Morgan. Cleveland has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Cleveland is located in United States.

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately 60 mi (97 km) west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1839 and 2001, Cleveland was the birth place of 143 globally memorable people, including Donald A. Glaser, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Don King. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Cleveland including Kristján Eldjárn, Charles F. Brush, and Garrett Morgan.

People Born in Cleveland

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cleveland were actors (36), writers (12), athletes (10), astronauts (8), and singers (8),  while most who died were politicians (8), athletes (4), soccer players (2), engineers (1), and inventors (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cleveland, including Halle Berry, Hal Holbrook, and James Pickens Jr.. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cleveland, including Margaret Hamilton, Halle Berry, and Burgess Meredith.

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Overlapping Lives

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