Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan, Kansas ranks 5,674th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leongatha, Poltava Oblast, and Xiangxiang. Memorable people born in Manhattan, Kansas include Charles Bachman, Cassandra Peterson, and Damon Runyon. Manhattan, Kansas has been the birth place of many computer scientists, and actors. Manhattan, Kansas is located in United States.
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 54,100. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1880 and 1951, Manhattan, Kansas was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Charles Bachman, Cassandra Peterson, and Damon Runyon.
People Born in Manhattan, Kansas
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Charles Bachman
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1924 - 2017
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2
Cassandra Peterson
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1
Damon Runyon
WRITER
1880 - 1946
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Manhattan, Kansas were computer scientists (1), actors (1), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manhattan, Kansas, including Cassandra Peterson. Whereas, throughout history, computer scientists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manhattan, Kansas, including Charles Bachman.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Manhattan, Kansas since 1700.
