Poughkeepsie, New York
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 Fritz Albert Lipmann, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Robert Sheckley. 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 is surrounded by 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 2000, Poughkeepsie, New York was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Lee Miller, Tom Holland, and Ed Wood. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Poughkeepsie, New York including Fritz Albert Lipmann, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Robert Sheckley.
People Born in Poughkeepsie, New York
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Lee Miller
JOURNALIST
1907 - 1977
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 5
Tom Holland
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 7
Ed Wood
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 1978
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 4
Bill Duke
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 10
Alfred Mosher Butts
ARCHITECT
1899 - 1993
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 6
Sara Josephine Baker
PHYSICIAN
1873 - 1945
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 1
Richard Denning
ACTOR
1914 - 1998
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 2
Elisa Donovan
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 11
Debi Thomas
SKATER
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 9
Charlie Plummer
ACTOR
1999 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 8
Shawn Christensen
FILM DIRECTOR
2000 - Present
HPI: 23.56
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Born in Poughkeepsie, New York
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Fritz Albert Lipmann
CHEMIST
1899 - 1986
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 9
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1967
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 6
Robert Sheckley
WRITER
1928 - 2005
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 5
Frederick Schule
ATHLETE
1879 - 1962
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
Jean Bartik
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 1
Sterling Morrison
MUSICIAN
1942 - 1995
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 7
Eric A. Havelock
PHILOSOPHER
1903 - 1988
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 8
Sydney Schanberg
JOURNALIST
1934 - 2016
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 10
Mildred Bailey
SINGER
1907 - 1951
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 4
Smith Thompson
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1843
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 2
Adam Schlesinger
MUSICIAN
1967 - 2020
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 11
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Poughkeepsie, New York were actors (4), film directors (3), journalists (1), architects (1), and physicians (1), while most who died were politicians (2), musicians (2), chemists (1), writers (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Poughkeepsie, New York since 1700.
