Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan ranks 523rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wandsworth, Spokane, Washington, and Guatemala City. Memorable people born in Grand Rapids, Michigan include Jack Lousma, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Roger B. Chaffee. Grand Rapids, Michigan has been the birth place of many actors, and astronauts. Grand Rapids, Michigan is located in United States.
Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Michigan with a population of 198,917 at the 2020 census and estimated at 200,117 in 2024, while the Grand Rapids metropolitan area with over 1.18 million residents is the 49th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Grand Rapids is situated along the Grand River approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan and is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1997, Grand Rapids, Michigan was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Jack Lousma, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Roger B. Chaffee.
People Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Jack Lousma
ASTRONAUT
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 17
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
BOXER
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 16
Roger B. Chaffee
ASTRONAUT
1935 - 1967
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 5
Paul Schrader
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
Anthony Kiedis
SINGER
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 14
Christina Koch
ASTRONAUT
1979 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 24
James Kirkwood Sr.
ACTOR
1876 - 1963
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 3
Edmund Szoka
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2014
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 6
Taylor Lautner
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 27
Elizabeth Wilson
ACTOR
1921 - 2015
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 4
Harry Spanjer
BOXER
1873 - 1958
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 7
Dennis Frederiksen
SINGER
1951 - 2014
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Grand Rapids, Michigan were actors (9), astronauts (3), basketball players (3), boxers (2), and singers (2), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, including Taylor Lautner, Andy Richter, and Eric Allan Kramer. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Grand Rapids, Michigan, including James Kirkwood Sr., Taylor Lautner, and Elizabeth Wilson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Grand Rapids, Michigan since 1700.
