Urbana, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois ranks 1,318th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Walnut Creek, California, Rockford, Illinois, and Pinar del Río. Memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois include Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Lars Peter Hansen. Memorable people who died in Urbana, Illinois include Paul Lauterbur, Carl Woese, and Nick Holonyak. Urbana, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many chemists, and biologists. Urbana, Illinois is located in United States.
Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents in 2020. Urbana is notable for sharing the main campus of the University of Illinois with its twin city of Champaign. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1922 and 1989, Urbana, Illinois was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Lars Peter Hansen. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Urbana, Illinois including Paul Lauterbur, Carl Woese, and Nick Holonyak.
People Born in Urbana, Illinois
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Robert W. Holley
CHEMIST
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 4
Roger Ebert
CRITIC
1942 - 2013
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 7
Lars Peter Hansen
ECONOMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 2
Bill Mulliken
SWIMMER
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 5
José Graziano da Silva
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1
Jennie Garth
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 12
Dan Graham
ARTIST
1942 - 2022
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 9
Tom Harrell
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 13
Gil Shaham
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 11
Tony Hsieh
BUSINESSPERSON
1973 - 2020
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 8
Nina Paley
COMIC ARTIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 10
Ken Baumann
ACTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 31.20
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Born in Urbana, Illinois
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Paul Lauterbur
CHEMIST
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 6
Carl Woese
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 2012
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 4
Nick Holonyak
PHYSICIST
1928 - 2022
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 5
Michael S. Hart
INVENTOR
1947 - 2011
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 3
Julian Steward
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1902 - 1972
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1
J. B. Lenoir
MUSICIAN
1929 - 1967
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Urbana, Illinois were actors (2), musicians (2), chemists (1), critics (1), and economists (1), while most who died were chemists (1), biologists (1), physicists (1), inventors (1), and anthropologists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois, including Jennie Garth, and Ken Baumann. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Urbana, Illinois, including Jennie Garth, and Ken Baumann.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois since 1700.
