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 Malcolm X, Ayn Rand, and Richard Nixon. 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 167 globally memorable people, including Al Pacino, Barbara Bush, and Robert Downey Jr.. Additionaly, 199 globally memorable people have passed away in Manhattan including Malcolm X, Ayn Rand, and Richard Nixon. 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: 86
Barbara Bush
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2018
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 141
Robert Downey Jr.
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 91
Stan Lee
COMIC ARTIST
1922 - 2018
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 139
William James Sidis
LINGUIST
1898 - 1944
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 156
Sigourney Weaver
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 42
Nancy Reagan
ACTOR
1921 - 2016
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 105
Donald Trump Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1977 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 62
Robert Downey Sr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 4
Roy Lichtenstein
ARTIST
1923 - 1997
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 132
Murray Gell-Mann
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2019
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 138
Ron Perlman
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 47
Newly Added People Born in Manhattan
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Manhattan
Go to all RankingsMalcolm X
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1925 - 1965
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 64
Ayn Rand
WRITER
1905 - 1982
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 190
Richard Nixon
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1994
HPI: 82.64
Rank: 114
Isaac Asimov
WRITER
1920 - 1992
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 123
David Bowie
SINGER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 90
Estée Lauder
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 2004
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 36
Edward Hopper
PAINTER
1882 - 1967
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 10
Lauren Bacall
ACTOR
1924 - 2014
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 181
I. M. Pei
ARCHITECT
1917 - 2019
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 82
Robert Downey Sr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 97
Elie Wiesel
WRITER
1928 - 2016
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 5
Isidor Isaac Rabi
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1988
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 2
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.