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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.

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People Deceased in San Francisco

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Occupations

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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in San Francisco since 1700.