Rochester, New York (usa)

Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York ranks 263rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cambridge, Montpellier, and Medellín. Memorable people born in Rochester, New York include Robert Forster, John Lithgow, and Chyna. Memorable people who died in Rochester, New York include Lewis H. Morgan, George Eastman, and George Whipple. Rochester, New York has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many athletes, and writers. Rochester, New York is located in United States.

Rochester is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in New York with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census, while the Rochester metropolitan area in Western New York has an estimated 1.06 million residents and is the 54th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Throughout its history, Rochester has acquired several nicknames based on local industries; it has been known as "the Flour City" and "the Flower City" for its dual role in flour production and floriculture, and as the "World's Image Center" for its association with film, optics, and photography. Read more on Wikipedia