Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa ranks 2,116th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Toyonaka, Akureyri, and Augustenborg, Denmark. Memorable people born in Council Bluffs, Iowa include Lee de Forest, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Harry Langdon. Memorable people who died in Council Bluffs, Iowa include Samuel Ryan Curtis, and Amelia Bloomer. Council Bluffs, Iowa has been the birth place of many actors, and inventors and the death place of many military personnels, and social activists. Council Bluffs, Iowa is located in United States.
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 62,799 at the 2020 census, making it the state's tenth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa. The Omaha metropolitan region of which Council Bluffs is a part, is the 58th largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 983,969 (2023). It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from Omaha, Nebraska. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1873 and 1994, Council Bluffs, Iowa was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Lee de Forest, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Harry Langdon. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Council Bluffs, Iowa including Samuel Ryan Curtis, and Amelia Bloomer.
People Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Lee de Forest
INVENTOR
1873 - 1961
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 4
Ernest B. Schoedsack
FILM DIRECTOR
1893 - 1979
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 6
Harry Langdon
ACTOR
1884 - 1944
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 7
Art Farmer
MUSICIAN
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 5
David Yost
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 2
Farrah Abraham
ACTOR
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 3
Thomas Gilman
WRESTLER
1994 - Present
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 1
People Deceased in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Samuel Ryan Curtis
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1805 - 1866
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Rank: 1
Amelia Bloomer
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1818 - 1894
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Deceased in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1805 - 1866
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Rank: 1
Amelia Bloomer
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1818 - 1894
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Council Bluffs, Iowa were actors (3), inventors (1), film directors (1), musicians (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were military personnels (1), and social activists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, including David Yost, and Farrah Abraham. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Council Bluffs, Iowa, including Harry Langdon, David Yost, and Farrah Abraham.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Council Bluffs, Iowa since 1700.
