San Francisco
San Francisco ranks 34th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amsterdam, Florence, and Mexico City. Memorable people born in San Francisco include Clint Eastwood, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee. Memorable people who died in San Francisco include Paul Kantner, Andrew Simpson, and Chuck Feeney. 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 a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of 46.9 square miles at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest urban region in the U.S., had a 2023 estimated population of over nine million. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1853 and 2003, San Francisco was the birth place of 237 globally memorable people, including Clint Eastwood, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee. Additionaly, 111 globally memorable people have passed away in San Francisco including Paul Kantner, Andrew Simpson, and Chuck Feeney.
People Born in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsClint Eastwood
ACTOR
1930 - Present
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 213
Steve Jobs
DESIGNER
1955 - 2011
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 62
Bruce Lee
ACTOR
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.28
Rank: 236
Robert Frost
WRITER
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 61
Jack London
WRITER
1876 - 1916
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 67
Isadora Duncan
DANCER
1877 - 1927
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 35
Robert McNamara
BUSINESSPERSON
1916 - 2009
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 4
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 1
O. J. Simpson
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 138
Jerry Brown
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 192
John Young
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2018
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 59
Maria Branyas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1907 - 2024
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 97
People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsPaul Kantner
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2016
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1
Andrew Simpson
ATHLETE
1976 - 2013
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Rank: 2
Chuck Feeney
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - 2023
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Rank: 3
Emperor Norton
EXTREMIST
1818 - 1880
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Rank: 4
Lyle Talbot
ACTOR
1902 - 1996
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Rank: 5
Howard S. Becker
SOCIOLOGIST
1928 - 2023
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Rank: 6
Fritz Leiber
WRITER
1910 - 1992
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Rank: 7
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
WRITER
1919 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Joseph Stilwell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1946
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Rank: 9
Warren G. Harding
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1923
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Rank: 10
William Wallace Campbell
ASTRONOMER
1862 - 1938
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Rank: 11
James Edward Keeler
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1900
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Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsAndrew Simpson
ATHLETE
1976 - 2013
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Rank: 2
Chuck Feeney
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - 2023
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Rank: 3
Emperor Norton
EXTREMIST
1818 - 1880
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Rank: 4
Lyle Talbot
ACTOR
1902 - 1996
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Rank: 5
Howard S. Becker
SOCIOLOGIST
1928 - 2023
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Fritz Leiber
WRITER
1910 - 1992
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Rank: 7
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
WRITER
1919 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Joseph Stilwell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1946
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Warren G. Harding
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1923
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
William Wallace Campbell
ASTRONOMER
1862 - 1938
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
James Edward Keeler
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1900
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Daniel Quillen
MATHEMATICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day San Francisco were actors (91), writers (18), musicians (13), athletes (12), and politicians (11), while most who died were actors (13), politicians (12), writers (10), athletes (9), and musicians (5).
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.