Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois ranks 4,136th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Burghausen, Altötting, and Richmond Hill, Ontario. Memorable people born in Decatur, Illinois include Helen Ferguson, Ivan Fuqua, and Nan Martin. Decatur, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes. Decatur, Illinois is located in United States.
Decatur is the largest city in Macon County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. It is the 17th-most populous city in Illinois and the sixth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1901 and 1971, Decatur, Illinois was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Helen Ferguson, Ivan Fuqua, and Nan Martin.
People Born in Decatur, Illinois
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Helen Ferguson
ACTOR
1901 - 1977
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 2
Ivan Fuqua
ATHLETE
1909 - 1994
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 4
Nan Martin
ACTOR
1927 - 2010
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 1
Alison Krauss
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Decatur, Illinois were actors (2), athletes (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Decatur, Illinois, including Nan Martin. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Decatur, Illinois, including Helen Ferguson, and Nan Martin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Decatur, Illinois since 1700.
