Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City ranks 233rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Łódź, Bangkok, and Hiroshima Prefecture. Memorable people born in Salt Lake City include Neal Cassady, Stephen Covey, and Robert Walker. Memorable people who died in Salt Lake City include Bob Clotworthy, Frederick Herzberg, and Brigham Young. Salt Lake City has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many athletes, and religious figures. Salt Lake City is located in United States.
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The population was 199,723 at the 2020 census, while the Salt Lake City metropolitan area has an estimated 1.3 million residents, the 46th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is also part of the larger Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo combined statistical area, an urban corridor along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front with a population of approximately 2.7 million. It is the principal urban center within the Great Basin, along with Reno, Nevada. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1869 and 1999, Salt Lake City was the birth place of 53 globally memorable people, including Neal Cassady, Stephen Covey, and Robert Walker. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Salt Lake City including Bob Clotworthy, Frederick Herzberg, and Brigham Young.
People Born in Salt Lake City
Go to all RankingsNeal Cassady
WRITER
1926 - 1968
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 15
Stephen Covey
WRITER
1932 - 2012
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 20
Robert Walker
ACTOR
1918 - 1951
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 27
Wilford Brimley
ACTOR
1934 - 2020
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
Frank Borzage
FILM DIRECTOR
1894 - 1962
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 23
Gary Ridgway
EXTREMIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 5
Loretta Young
ACTOR
1913 - 2000
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 17
Kim Peek
CELEBRITY
1951 - 2009
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 19
Bob Bennett
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2016
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 31
Craig Venter
BIOLOGIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 46
Paula Hawkins
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 26
Mack Swain
ACTOR
1876 - 1935
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 14
People Deceased in Salt Lake City
Go to all RankingsBob Clotworthy
ATHLETE
1931 - 2018
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Rank: 1
Frederick Herzberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1923 - 2000
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Rank: 2
Brigham Young
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1801 - 1877
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Rank: 3
Harry Reems
ACTOR
1947 - 2013
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Rank: 4
Sarah Burke
ATHLETE
1982 - 2012
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Rank: 5
Jeret Peterson
ATHLETE
1981 - 2011
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Rank: 6
Olene Walker
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2015
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Rank: 7
Thomas S. Monson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2018
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 8
Jerry Sloan
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1942 - 2020
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Rank: 9
Emma Abbott
SINGER
1850 - 1891
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Rank: 10
Mike Starr
MUSICIAN
1966 - 2011
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Rank: 11
Lorenzo Snow
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1901
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Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Salt Lake City
Go to all RankingsBob Clotworthy
ATHLETE
1931 - 2018
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Rank: 1
Frederick Herzberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1923 - 2000
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Rank: 2
Brigham Young
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1801 - 1877
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Harry Reems
ACTOR
1947 - 2013
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Rank: 4
Sarah Burke
ATHLETE
1982 - 2012
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Rank: 5
Jeret Peterson
ATHLETE
1981 - 2011
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Rank: 6
Olene Walker
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Jerry Sloan
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1942 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Emma Abbott
SINGER
1850 - 1891
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Mike Starr
MUSICIAN
1966 - 2011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Lorenzo Snow
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1901
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Larry Scott
ATHLETE
1938 - 2014
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Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Salt Lake City were actors (16), writers (3), politicians (3), businesspeople (3), and athletes (3), while most who died were athletes (5), religious figures (4), politicians (4), psychologists (1), and actors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Salt Lake City, including Wilford Brimley, Richard Harrison, and Roseanne Barr. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Salt Lake City, including Robert Walker, Wilford Brimley, and Loretta Young.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Salt Lake City since 1700.