Manhattan
Manhattan ranks 56th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bucharest, Houston, and Glasgow. Memorable people born in Manhattan include Al Pacino, Barbara Bush, and Robert Downey Jr.. Memorable people who died in Manhattan include Jacob Schiff, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, and Alena Vrzáňová. Manhattan has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and writers. Manhattan is located in United States.
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. Manhattan serves as New York City's economic and administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Manhattan was the birth place of 166 globally memorable people, including Al Pacino, Barbara Bush, and Robert Downey Jr.. Additionaly, 199 globally memorable people have passed away in Manhattan including Jacob Schiff, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, and Alena Vrzáňová. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Manhattan than were born there.
People Born in Manhattan
Go to all RankingsAl Pacino
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 156
Barbara Bush
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2018
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 43
Robert Downey Jr.
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 161
Stan Lee
COMIC ARTIST
1922 - 2018
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 41
William James Sidis
LINGUIST
1898 - 1944
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 58
Sigourney Weaver
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 111
Nancy Reagan
ACTOR
1921 - 2016
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 9
Donald Trump Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1977 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 132
Robert Downey Sr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 73
Roy Lichtenstein
ARTIST
1923 - 1997
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 37
Murray Gell-Mann
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2019
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 40
Ron Perlman
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 116
People Deceased in Manhattan
Go to all RankingsJacob Schiff
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1920
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
PHYSICIST
1937 - 2025
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Alena Vrzáňová
SKATER
1931 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Anton Coppola
CONDUCTOR
1917 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Lauren Bacall
ACTOR
1924 - 2014
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Walter Lord
WRITER
1917 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Walter Abish
WRITER
1931 - 2022
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Mason Adams
ACTOR
1919 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Ralph M. Steinman
BIOLOGIST
1943 - 2011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Ned Rorem
COMPOSER
1923 - 2022
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Evelyn Berezin
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1925 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Jerome Bruner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1915 - 2016
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Manhattan
Go to all RankingsJacob Schiff
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1920
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
PHYSICIST
1937 - 2025
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Alena Vrzáňová
SKATER
1931 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Anton Coppola
CONDUCTOR
1917 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Lauren Bacall
ACTOR
1924 - 2014
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Walter Lord
WRITER
1917 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Walter Abish
WRITER
1931 - 2022
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Mason Adams
ACTOR
1919 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Ralph M. Steinman
BIOLOGIST
1943 - 2011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Ned Rorem
COMPOSER
1923 - 2022
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Evelyn Berezin
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1925 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Jerome Bruner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1915 - 2016
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Manhattan were actors (84), writers (12), politicians (8), composers (8), and musicians (6), while most who died were actors (49), writers (28), politicians (14), musicians (14), and businesspeople (11).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Robert Downey Jr., and Sigourney Weaver. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Robert Downey Jr., and Sigourney Weaver.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Manhattan since 1700.