Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio ranks 291st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lahore, Ottawa, and Sendai. Memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio include Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Thomas Watson Jr.. Memorable people who died in Dayton, Ohio include Dave Albritton, Virginia Hamilton, and L. L. Langstroth. Dayton, Ohio has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many writers, and inventors. Dayton, Ohio is located in United States.
Dayton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the sixth-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 census, while the Dayton metropolitan area has an estimated 822,000 residents and is the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, 50 miles (80 km) north of Cincinnati and 60 miles (97 km) west-southwest of Columbus. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1872 and 2003, Dayton, Ohio was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Thomas Watson Jr.. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Dayton, Ohio including Dave Albritton, Virginia Hamilton, and L. L. Langstroth.
People Born in Dayton, Ohio
Go to all RankingsMartin Sheen
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 5
Natalie Clifford Barney
WRITER
1876 - 1972
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 34
Thomas Watson Jr.
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1993
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 37
Edwin Moses
ATHLETE
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 13
Ken Jenkins
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 11
Jonathan Winters
COMEDIAN
1925 - 2013
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 36
John Scofield
MUSICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 9
Charles Daniels
SWIMMER
1885 - 1973
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 39
Dorothy Stang
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2005
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 38
Dorothy Gish
ACTOR
1898 - 1968
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 32
Nancy Cartwright
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 6
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
WRITER
1950 - 2009
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1
People Deceased in Dayton, Ohio
Go to all RankingsDave Albritton
ATHLETE
1913 - 1994
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Rank: 1
Virginia Hamilton
WRITER
1936 - 2002
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Rank: 2
L. L. Langstroth
INVENTOR
1810 - 1895
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Rank: 3
Paul Laurence Dunbar
WRITER
1872 - 1906
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 4
Charles F. Kettering
INVENTOR
1958 - 1958
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Rank: 5
Don Meineke
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1930 - 2013
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Deceased in Dayton, Ohio
Go to all RankingsDave Albritton
ATHLETE
1913 - 1994
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Rank: 1
Virginia Hamilton
WRITER
1936 - 2002
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Rank: 2
L. L. Langstroth
INVENTOR
1810 - 1895
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Rank: 3
Charles F. Kettering
INVENTOR
1958 - 1958
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dayton, Ohio were actors (14), basketball players (6), writers (5), athletes (3), and musicians (3), while most who died were writers (2), inventors (2), athletes (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio, including Martin Sheen, Ken Jenkins, and Nancy Cartwright. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dayton, Ohio, including Martin Sheen, Ken Jenkins, and Dorothy Gish.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio since 1700.