Stanford, California
Stanford, California ranks 2,918th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Velletri, Tibet, and West Orange, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Stanford, California include Peter Senge, June Huh, and Deborah S. Jin. Memorable people who died in Stanford, California include William Shockley, Ben Barres, and Maryam Mirzakhani. Stanford, California has been the birth place of many economists, and mathematicians and the death place of many physicists, and computer scientists. Stanford, California is located in United States.
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named. The CDP's population was 21,150 at the 2020 census. Stanford is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, which borders it to the east, but the CDP itself remains unincorporated. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1992, Stanford, California was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Peter Senge, June Huh, and Deborah S. Jin. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in Stanford, California including William Shockley, Ben Barres, and Maryam Mirzakhani. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Stanford, California than were born there.
People Born in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsPeter Senge
ECONOMIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 5
June Huh
MATHEMATICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 3
Deborah S. Jin
PHYSICIST
1968 - 2016
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 1
Sam Bankman-Fried
BUSINESSPERSON
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 2
Andrew W.K.
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 4
Jon Fisher
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 6
People Deceased in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsWilliam Shockley
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1989
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Ben Barres
BIOLOGIST
1954 - 2017
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Maryam Mirzakhani
MATHEMATICIAN
1977 - 2017
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Burton Richter
PHYSICIST
1931 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Richard E. Taylor
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Kelly Catlin
CYCLIST
1995 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
David Starr Jordan
BIOLOGIST
1851 - 1931
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Robert Conquest
HISTORIAN
1917 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Jack Tramiel
BUSINESSPERSON
1928 - 2012
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
David Packard
BUSINESSPERSON
1912 - 1996
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Edward Teller
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2003
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Eric Voegelin
PHILOSOPHER
1901 - 1985
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsWilliam Shockley
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1989
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Ben Barres
BIOLOGIST
1954 - 2017
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Maryam Mirzakhani
MATHEMATICIAN
1977 - 2017
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Burton Richter
PHYSICIST
1931 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Richard E. Taylor
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Kelly Catlin
CYCLIST
1995 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
David Starr Jordan
BIOLOGIST
1851 - 1931
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Robert Conquest
HISTORIAN
1917 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Jack Tramiel
BUSINESSPERSON
1928 - 2012
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
David Packard
BUSINESSPERSON
1912 - 1996
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Edward Teller
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2003
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Eric Voegelin
PHILOSOPHER
1901 - 1985
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Stanford, California were economists (1), mathematicians (1), physicists (1), businesspeople (1), and singers (1), while most who died were physicists (5), computer scientists (4), biologists (3), mathematicians (3), and businesspeople (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, economists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Stanford, California, including Peter Senge. Whereas, throughout history, economists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Stanford, California, including Peter Senge.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Stanford, California since 1700.