Los Angeles
Los Angeles ranks 5th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paris, London, and Moscow. Memorable people born in Los Angeles include Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. Memorable people who died in Los Angeles include Michael Jackson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Janis Joplin. Los Angeles has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and film directors. Los Angeles is located in United States.
Los Angeles (L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within the city limits as of 2024, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2009, Los Angeles was the birth place of 912 globally memorable people, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. Additionaly, 1,085 globally memorable people have passed away in Los Angeles including Michael Jackson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Janis Joplin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Los Angeles than were born there.
People Born in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMarilyn Monroe
ACTOR
1926 - 1962
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 433
Dustin Hoffman
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 739
Candice Bergen
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 493
Diane Keaton
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 877
Val Kilmer
ACTOR
1959 - 2025
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 550
Gwyneth Paltrow
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 711
John Cage
COMPOSER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 110
Willis Lamb
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2008
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 316
Leonardo DiCaprio
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 730
Adlai Stevenson II
DIPLOMAT
1900 - 1965
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 340
Angelina Jolie
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 522
Ice Cube
SINGER
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 218
Newly Added People Born in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMark Christopher Lawrence
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 309
Trevor Bauer
BASEBALL PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 305
Joshua
SINGER
1995 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 297
Cooper Koch
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 295
Luna Blaise
ACTOR
2001 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 289
Yvette Monreal
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 302
Christina Robinson
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 294
Joe Adler
ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 300
Janalynn Castelino
SINGER
1998 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 292
Taylor John Smith
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 298
Max Burkholder
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 293
Lorraine Nicholson
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 306
People Deceased in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMichael Jackson
MUSICIAN
1958 - 2009
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 984
F. Scott Fitzgerald
WRITER
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 768
Janis Joplin
SINGER
1943 - 1970
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 178
Marlon Brando
ACTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 468
Patrick Swayze
ACTOR
1952 - 2009
HPI: 81.93
Rank: 608
Elizabeth Taylor
ACTOR
1932 - 2011
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 482
Marvin Gaye
SINGER
1939 - 1984
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 23
Frank Sinatra
SINGER
1915 - 1998
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 529
Charles Bukowski
WRITER
1920 - 1994
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 1,024
Leonard Cohen
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2016
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 121
Debbie Reynolds
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 346
Lemmy
MUSICIAN
1945 - 2015
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 414
Newly Added People Deceased in Los Angeles
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Most individuals born in present day Los Angeles were actors (474), musicians (62), singers (57), basketball players (43), and film directors (40), while most who died were actors (648), film directors (89), musicians (80), writers (42), and singers (41).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Los Angeles, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Los Angeles, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Los Angeles since 1700.