Granite City, Illinois
Granite City, Illinois ranks 9,049th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salamis, Cyprus, Andahuaylas, and Rakovski (town). Memorable people born in Granite City, Illinois include Andy Phillip, and Robert Olen Butler. Granite City, Illinois has been the birth place of many basketball players, and writers. Granite City, Illinois is located in United States.
Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 27,549 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois regions, behind Belleville and O'Fallon. Officially founded in 1896, Granite City was named by the Niedringhaus brothers, William and Frederick, who established it as a steel making company town for the manufacture of graniteware kitchen utensils. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1922 and 1945, Granite City, Illinois was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Andy Phillip, and Robert Olen Butler.
People Born in Granite City, Illinois
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Andy Phillip
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1922 - 2001
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 1
Robert Olen Butler
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Granite City, Illinois were basketball players (1), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Granite City, Illinois, including Robert Olen Butler. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Granite City, Illinois, including Andy Phillip.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Granite City, Illinois since 1700.
