Baltimore
Baltimore ranks 60th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Bronx, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Zagreb. Memorable people born in Baltimore include Frank Zappa, John Rawls, and John R. Bolton. Memorable people who died in Baltimore include Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Clancy, and H. L. Mencken. Baltimore has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Baltimore is located in United States.
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous US city. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and is the most populous independent city in the nation. As of 2020, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) had a 2020 population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country. Though the city is not located within or under the administrative jurisdiction of any county in the state, it is part of the Central Maryland region, together with the surrounding county that shares its name. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 2 and 1995, Baltimore was the birth place of 157 globally memorable people, including Frank Zappa, John Rawls, and John R. Bolton. Additionaly, 63 globally memorable people have passed away in Baltimore including Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Clancy, and H. L. Mencken.
People Born in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsFrank Zappa
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1993
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 1
John Rawls
PHILOSOPHER
1921 - 2002
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 2
John R. Bolton
DIPLOMAT
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 3
Tom Clancy
WRITER
1947 - 2013
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 4
Babe Ruth
BASEBALL PLAYER
1895 - 1948
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 5
Jada Pinkett Smith
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 6
Nancy Pelosi
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 7
H. L. Mencken
WRITER
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 8
Philip Glass
COMPOSER
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 9
Leon Uris
WRITER
1924 - 2003
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 10
Francis Peyton Rous
PHYSICIAN
1879 - 1970
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
Cass Elliot
SINGER
1941 - 1974
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsSherm Clark
ATHLETE
1899 - 1980
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 28
Henry Gunther
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1918
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 50
Martha Cooper
PHOTOGRAPHER
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 60
Harry Klinefelter
PHYSICIAN
1912 - 1990
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 62
John P. Kennedy
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1870
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 68
Wendy Sherman
DIPLOMAT
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 76
James Young
FILM DIRECTOR
1872 - 1948
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 79
Walter Lord
WRITER
1917 - 2002
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 81
Edward F. Moore
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1925 - 2003
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 92
Bert Vogelstein
PHYSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 96
Gervonta Davis
BOXER
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 100
Countee Cullen
WRITER
1903 - 1946
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 102
People Deceased in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsEdgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 87.99
Rank: 1
Tom Clancy
WRITER
1947 - 2013
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 2
H. L. Mencken
WRITER
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 3
Robert H. Goddard
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 4
John Dos Passos
WRITER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 5
Nettie Stevens
BIOLOGIST
1861 - 1912
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 6
Thomas Wolfe
WRITER
1900 - 1938
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 7
Daniel Nathans
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 8
Johns Hopkins
BUSINESSPERSON
1795 - 1873
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 9
Krešimir Ćosić
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1948 - 1995
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 10
Gordon Scott
ACTOR
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 11
Alexander Haig
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1924 - 2010
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Baltimore
Go to all RankingsAlfred Blalock
PHYSICIAN
1899 - 1964
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 31
Maud Barger-Wallach
TENNIS PLAYER
1870 - 1954
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 40
Arthur F. Burns
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1987
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 42
Belle Moore
SWIMMER
1894 - 1975
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 46
Clifford Truesdell
MATHEMATICIAN
1919 - 2000
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 49
Elmer McCollum
BIOLOGIST
1879 - 1967
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 55
Joe Gans
BOXER
1874 - 1910
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 60
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Baltimore were actors (48), writers (17), politicians (11), basketball players (10), and musicians (8), while most who died were politicians (13), writers (9), biologists (6), physicians (5), and physicists (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Baltimore, including Jada Pinkett Smith, David Hasselhoff, and Dwight Schultz. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Baltimore, including Jada Pinkett Smith, David Hasselhoff, and Dwight Schultz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Baltimore since 1700.