Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida ranks 603rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yonkers, New York, Savannah, Georgia, and Camberwell. Memorable people born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida include Chris Evert, Archie Shepp, and Lita. Memorable people who died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida include Leslie Nielsen, Vincent J. McMahon, and Fan Noli. Fort Lauderdale, Florida has been the birth place of many musicians, and actors and the death place of many actors, and politicians. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is located in United States.
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the seat of government of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami Metro Area, which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2001, Fort Lauderdale, Florida was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Chris Evert, Archie Shepp, and Lita. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Fort Lauderdale, Florida including Leslie Nielsen, Vincent J. McMahon, and Fan Noli.
People Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Chris Evert
TENNIS PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 6
Archie Shepp
MUSICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 8
Lita
WRESTLER
1975 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 29
Kaitlyn Ashley
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
Teri Weigel
MODEL
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 15
Sofia Carson
ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 26
Justin Bartha
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 5
Christie Pearce
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 7
Gangrel
WRESTLER
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 27
Nadine Sierra
SINGER
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 25
Paige O'Hara
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 9
Mitch Richmond
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Nick Bosa
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 29.89
Rank: 30
Allie Kiick
TENNIS PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 23.37
Rank: 31
People Deceased in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Leslie Nielsen
ACTOR
1926 - 2010
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 17
Vincent J. McMahon
BUSINESSPERSON
1914 - 1984
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 10
Fan Noli
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1965
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 6
Jaco Pastorius
MUSICIAN
1951 - 1987
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 4
Tony Sirico
ACTOR
1942 - 2022
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 11
David Cassidy
ACTOR
1950 - 2017
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 7
Buddy Rogers
WRESTLER
1921 - 1992
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 16
Charles Bacon
ATHLETE
1885 - 1968
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 9
Herschell Gordon Lewis
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 19
Chris Dickerson
ATHLETE
1939 - 2021
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 18
John R. Commons
ECONOMIST
1862 - 1945
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 3
John Paul Stevens
JUDGE
1920 - 2019
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 15
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Fort Lauderdale, Florida were musicians (4), actors (4), athletes (4), tennis players (3), and politicians (3), while most who died were actors (4), politicians (3), athletes (2), businesspeople (1), and musicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including Archie Shepp, Madonna Wayne Gacy, and Bear McCreary. Whereas, throughout history, musicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including Archie Shepp, Madonna Wayne Gacy, and Bear McCreary.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since 1700.
