Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts ranks 941st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind South Bend, Indiana, Gliwice, and Fuji, Shizuoka. Memorable people born in Lowell, Massachusetts include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Bette Davis, and Jack Kerouac. Memorable people who died in Lowell, Massachusetts include Paul Tsongas, and James B. Francis. Lowell, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many actors, and painters and the death place of many politicians, and engineers. Lowell, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Lowell is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, it is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census, and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area, called Greater Lowell, and of New England's Merrimack Valley region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1834 and 1971, Lowell, Massachusetts was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Bette Davis, and Jack Kerouac. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Lowell, Massachusetts including Paul Tsongas, and James B. Francis.
People Born in Lowell, Massachusetts
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
PAINTER
1834 - 1903
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 9
Bette Davis
ACTOR
1908 - 1989
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 14
Jack Kerouac
WRITER
1922 - 1969
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 8
Charles Sweeney
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 2004
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 11
Olympia Dukakis
ACTOR
1931 - 2021
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 10
Nancy Kelly
ACTOR
1921 - 1995
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 12
Michael Chiklis
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 5
Helen Sawyer Hogg
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1993
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1
Willard Metcalf
PAINTER
1858 - 1925
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 15
Scott Grimes
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 4
Johnny Thomson
RACING DRIVER
1922 - 1960
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 7
Micky Ward
BOXER
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 6
People Deceased in Lowell, Massachusetts
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Paul Tsongas
POLITICIAN
1941 - 1997
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 1
James B. Francis
ENGINEER
1815 - 1892
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Deceased in Lowell, Massachusetts
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Most individuals born in present day Lowell, Massachusetts were actors (5), painters (2), writers (1), military personnels (1), and astronomers (1), while most who died were politicians (1), and engineers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lowell, Massachusetts, including Olympia Dukakis, Michael Chiklis, and Scott Grimes. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lowell, Massachusetts, including Bette Davis, Olympia Dukakis, and Nancy Kelly.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Lowell, Massachusetts since 1700.
