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Rockford, Illinois ranks 1,316th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Naha, Schönbrunn Palace, and Walnut Creek, California. The most famous people from Rockford, Illinois are 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 15 globally memorable people, including James Henry Breasted, Ginger Lynn, and George Nichols.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Rockford, Illinois were actors (4), basketball players (2), politicians (2), archaeologists (1), and pornographic actors (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois, including Jodi Benson, Joe Mantello, and Natasha Leggero. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rockford, Illinois, including George Nichols, Jodi Benson, and Joe Mantello.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois since 1700.