Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois ranks 1,316th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Naha, Schönbrunn Palace, and Walnut Creek, California. Memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois include James Henry Breasted, Ginger Lynn, and George Nichols. Rockford, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players. Rockford, Illinois is located in United States.
Rockford is a city in Winnebago and Ogle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in far northern Illinois on the banks of the Rock River. The fifth-most populous city in Illinois with a population of 148,655 at the 2020 census, it anchors the Rockford metropolitan area with 337,000 residents. Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County and the most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1864 and 1994, Rockford, Illinois was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including James Henry Breasted, Ginger Lynn, and George Nichols.
People Born in Rockford, Illinois
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James Henry Breasted
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 10
Ginger Lynn
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 7
George Nichols
ACTOR
1864 - 1927
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 9
Gordon Tullock
ECONOMIST
1922 - 2014
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 12
Steve Cherundolo
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 3
Virgil Abloh
DESIGNER
1980 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 8
Fred VanVleet
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 6
Jodi Benson
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 1
John B. Anderson
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 11
Michelle Williams
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 2
Heather Nauert
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 4
Lorenzo Brown
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rockford, Illinois were actors (2), basketball players (2), politicians (2), archaeologists (1), and pornographic actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois, including Fred VanVleet, and Lorenzo Brown. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rockford, Illinois, including George Nichols, and Jodi Benson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois since 1700.
