Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida ranks 598th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cannes, Inglewood, California, and Ostrava. Memorable people born in Orlando, Florida include Wesley Snipes, Howie Dorough, and Billy Gunn. Memorable people who died in Orlando, Florida include Bob Ross, Dusty Rhodes, and John Mott. Orlando, Florida has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many wrestlers, and soccer players. Orlando, Florida is located in United States.
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the fourth-most populous city in the state and its most populous inland city with a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, while the Orlando metropolitan area with over 2.94 million residents is the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 20th-largest in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1922 and 2002, Orlando, Florida was the birth place of 32 globally memorable people, including Wesley Snipes, Howie Dorough, and Billy Gunn. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Orlando, Florida including Bob Ross, Dusty Rhodes, and John Mott.
People Born in Orlando, Florida
Go to all RankingsWesley Snipes
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 23
Howie Dorough
SINGER
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 17
Billy Gunn
WRESTLER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 22
Traylor Howard
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 11
Billy Beane
BUSINESSPERSON
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 12
Antonio Tarver
BOXER
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 24
Rob Rock
SINGER
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 29
Audrey Long
ACTOR
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 27
Emma Myers
ACTOR
2002 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 16
Josh Freese
MUSICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 8
Stan Bush
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13
Delta Burke
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 15
Newly Added People Born in Orlando, Florida
Go to all RankingsRob Rock
SINGER
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 29
Jeremy Pope
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.58
Rank: 32
Bryana Salaz
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 27.37
Rank: 31
Maxwell Frost
POLITICIAN
1997 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 30
People Deceased in Orlando, Florida
Go to all RankingsBob Ross
PAINTER
1942 - 1995
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 3
Dusty Rhodes
WRESTLER
1945 - 2015
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 2
John Mott
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1955
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 16
Joseph Kittinger
PILOT
1928 - 2022
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 1
Emmanuel Sanon
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - 2008
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4
Sam Rivers
MUSICIAN
1923 - 2011
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 13
Reinhard Bonnke
WRITER
1940 - 2019
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5
Lou Thesz
WRESTLER
1916 - 2002
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 12
Morton Gould
COMPOSER
1913 - 1996
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 8
Gábor Delneky
ATHLETE
1932 - 2008
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 14
Darlanne Fluegel
ACTOR
1953 - 2017
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 11
Bill Bright
WRITER
1921 - 2003
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Orlando, Florida were actors (10), athletes (8), singers (3), musicians (2), and basketball players (2), while most who died were wrestlers (2), soccer players (2), writers (2), actors (2), and painters (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Orlando, Florida, including Wesley Snipes, Traylor Howard, and Emma Myers. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Orlando, Florida, including Wesley Snipes, Traylor Howard, and Audrey Long.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Orlando, Florida since 1700.