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Queens (usa)

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Queens ranks 97th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cologne, Birmingham, and New Orleans. Memorable people born in Queens include Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and Richard Feynman. Memorable people who died in Queens include Gretel Bergmann, Ellen Willis, and Helen Kane. Queens has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many writers, and singers. Queens is located in United States.

Queens is the largest by area of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Queens was the birth place of 113 globally memorable people, including Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and Richard Feynman. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Queens including Gretel Bergmann, Ellen Willis, and Helen Kane.

People Born in Queens

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People Deceased in Queens

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Queens were actors (43), singers (8), musicians (8), basketball players (8), and writers (8),  while most who died were writers (3), singers (3), athletes (2), actors (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Queens, including Tobin Bell, Burt Young, and Candy Darling. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Queens, including Paulette Goddard, Tobin Bell, and Burt Young.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Queens since 1700.