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Poughkeepsie, New York ranks 1,547th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Imola, Holguín, and Harran. Memorable people born in Poughkeepsie, New York include Lee Miller, Tom Holland, and Ed Wood. Memorable people who died in Poughkeepsie, New York include Jean Bartik, Smith Thompson, and Frederick Schule. Poughkeepsie, New York has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Poughkeepsie, New York is located in United States.

Poughkeepsie is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States. It lies within the Town of Poughkeepsie and had a population of 31,577 at the 2020 census, while the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area has an estimated 712,000 residents. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson Valley region, midway between the core of the New York metropolitan area and the state capital of Albany. It is served by the nearby Hudson Valley Regional Airport and Stewart International Airport in Orange County, New York. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1873 and 1999, Poughkeepsie, New York was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Lee Miller, Tom Holland, and Ed Wood. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Poughkeepsie, New York including Jean Bartik, Smith Thompson, and Frederick Schule. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Poughkeepsie, New York than were born there.

People Born in Poughkeepsie, New York

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People Deceased in Poughkeepsie, New York

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Poughkeepsie, New York were actors (4), film directors (2), journalists (1), architects (1), and physicians (1),  while most who died were politicians (2), musicians (2), computer scientists (1), athletes (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Poughkeepsie, New York, including Bill Duke, Elisa Donovan, and Charlie Plummer. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Poughkeepsie, New York, including Bill Duke, Richard Denning, and Elisa Donovan.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Poughkeepsie, New York since 1700.