San Francisco
San Francisco ranks 34th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amsterdam, Florence, and Mexico City. The most famous people from San Francisco are Clint Eastwood, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee. The most famous people who died in San Francisco are Anton LaVey, Milton Friedman, and Warren G. Harding. San Francisco has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and politicians. San Francisco is located in United States.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. With an estimated population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco proper is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th-most populous in the United States. Among U.S. cities proper with over 300,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked second by population density, first by per capita income, and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. Depending on how its borders are defined, the broader San Francisco metropolitan area or San Francisco Bay Area is home to 4.6–9.2 million residents. In 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau reported an estimated population of 4,648,486 for the city's metropolitan statistical area and 9,164,058 residents for the larger combined statistical area (5th-largest). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1853 and 2003, San Francisco was the birth place of 257 globally memorable people, including Clint Eastwood, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee. Additionaly, 113 globally memorable people have passed away in San Francisco including Anton LaVey, Milton Friedman, and Warren G. Harding.
People Born in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsClint Eastwood
ACTOR
1930 - Present
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 1
Steve Jobs
DESIGNER
1955 - 2011
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 2
Bruce Lee
ACTOR
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.28
Rank: 3
Robert Frost
WRITER
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 4
Jack London
WRITER
1876 - 1916
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 5
Isadora Duncan
DANCER
1877 - 1927
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 6
Robert McNamara
BUSINESSPERSON
1916 - 2009
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 7
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 8
O. J. Simpson
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 9
Jerry Brown
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 10
John Young
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2018
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 11
Maria Branyas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1907 - 2024
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsCarré Otis
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 147
Satoshi Hino
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 181
Rosey
WRESTLER
1970 - 2017
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 204
Kirk Wise
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 209
Karl Sanders
MUSICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 214
Jey Uso
WRESTLER
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 223
Jimmy Uso
WRESTLER
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 225
Colin Woodell
ACTOR
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 227
Devin Haney
BOXER
1998 - Present
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 229
Crash Holly
WRESTLER
1971 - 2003
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 230
Chanté Moore
SINGER
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 231
Angela Daigle
ATHLETE
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 232
People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsAnton LaVey
OCCULTIST
1930 - 1997
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 1
Milton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 2
Warren G. Harding
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1923
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 3
Arno Allan Penzias
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2024
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 4
Levi Strauss
BUSINESSPERSON
1829 - 1902
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 5
Paul Ekman
PSYCHOLOGIST
1934 - 2025
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 6
Chester W. Nimitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1966
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 7
Tsung-Dao Lee
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2024
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 8
Dorothea Lange
JOURNALIST
1895 - 1965
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 9
Gregory Bateson
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1904 - 1980
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 10
Erich Mendelsohn
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1953
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 11
Władysław Tarnowski
WRITER
1836 - 1878
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day San Francisco were actors (97), writers (18), athletes (15), musicians (15), and politicians (11), while most who died were actors (13), politicians (12), writers (10), athletes (9), and musicians (6).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Francisco, including Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, and Natalie Wood. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Francisco, including Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, and Natalie Wood.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in San Francisco since 1700.





































