Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York ranks 1,910th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kairouan, Mytilene, and Smolensk Governorate. The most famous people from Ithaca, New York are Alex Haley, David Foster Wallace, and Margaret Geller. The most famous people who died in Ithaca, New York are Peter Debye, Hans Bethe, and Robert Coleman Richardson. Ithaca, New York has been the birth place of many writers, and athletes and the death place of many physicists, and psychologists. Ithaca, New York is located in United States.
People
Between 1921 and 1991, Ithaca, New York was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Alex Haley, David Foster Wallace, and Margaret Geller. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Ithaca, New York including Peter Debye, Hans Bethe, and Robert Coleman Richardson. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Ithaca, New York than were born there.
People Born in Ithaca, New York
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Alex Haley
WRITER
1921 - 1992
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1
David Foster Wallace
WRITER
1962 - 2008
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 2
Margaret Geller
ASTRONOMER
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 3
Susan Kare
BUSINESSPERSON
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 4
Asia Kate Dillon
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 5
Dustin Brown
HOCKEY PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 6
Kyle Dake
WRESTLER
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 7
Kareem Streete-Thompson
ATHLETE
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 8
Caryn Davies
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Born in Ithaca, New York
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Peter Debye
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1966
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 1
Hans Bethe
PHYSICIST
1906 - 2005
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 2
Robert Coleman Richardson
PHYSICIST
1937 - 2013
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 3
Robert Whittaker
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 1980
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 4
Edward B. Titchener
PSYCHOLOGIST
1867 - 1927
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 5
Urie Bronfenbrenner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1917 - 2005
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 6
Edwin Ernest Salpeter
ASTRONOMER
1924 - 2008
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 7
Thomas Gold
ASTRONOMER
1920 - 2004
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 8
Ulric Neisser
PSYCHOLOGIST
1928 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 9
James J. Gibson
PSYCHOLOGIST
1904 - 1979
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 10
Yuri Orlov
PHYSICIST
1924 - 2020
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 11
Eugene Dynkin
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2014
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ithaca, New Yorkwere writers (2), athletes (2), astronomers (1), businesspeople (1), and actors (1), while most who died were physicists (6), psychologists (5), biologists (2), astronomers (2), and writers (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ithaca, New York, including Kareem Streete-Thompson, and Caryn Davies. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ithaca, New York, including Alex Haley, and David Foster Wallace.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ithaca, New York since 1700.
