San Jose, California
San Jose, California ranks 320th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Panama City, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Guayaquil. Memorable people born in San Jose, California include Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Dudley R. Herschbach. Memorable people who died in San Jose, California include Nguyễn Khánh, John Johnson, and Sylvia Browne. San Jose, California has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and basketball players. San Jose, California is located in United States.
San Jose, officially the City of San José, is a cultural, commercial, and political center within the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and Northern California and the 12th-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2) and is the county seat of Santa Clara County. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 2000, San Jose, California was the birth place of 43 globally memorable people, including Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Dudley R. Herschbach. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in San Jose, California including Nguyễn Khánh, John Johnson, and Sylvia Browne.
People Born in San Jose, California
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Steve Wozniak
INVENTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 42
Michio Kaku
PHYSICIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 7
Dudley R. Herschbach
CHEMIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 6
Farley Granger
ACTOR
1925 - 2011
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 13
Nikki Sixx
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 31
Amadeo Giannini
BUSINESSPERSON
1870 - 1949
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 21
Josh Holloway
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 25
Arthur Cronquist
BIOLOGIST
1919 - 1992
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 14
Robert Mercer
BUSINESSPERSON
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 38
Lloyd Bacon
ACTOR
1889 - 1955
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 19
Kate Walsh
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 26
Charles Martinet
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 40
Newly Added People Born in San Jose, California
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People Deceased in San Jose, California
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Nguyễn Khánh
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2013
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 3
John Johnson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1
Sylvia Browne
WRITER
1936 - 2013
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day San Jose, California were actors (12), soccer players (5), musicians (3), businesspeople (3), and athletes (3), while most who died were politicians (1), basketball players (1), and writers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Jose, California, including Farley Granger, Josh Holloway, and Kate Walsh. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Jose, California, including Farley Granger, Josh Holloway, and Lloyd Bacon.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in San Jose, California since 1700.
