Baltimore ranks 64th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bucharest, Liverpool, and Turin. Memorable people born in Baltimore include John Rawls, Frank Zappa, and Tom Clancy. Memorable people who died in Baltimore include Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Clancy, and Thomas Wolfe. 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 city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger Washington metropolitan area, the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 2 and 1991, Baltimore was the birth place of 130 globally memorable people, including John Rawls, Frank Zappa, and Tom Clancy. Additionaly, 54 globally memorable people have passed away in Baltimore including Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Clancy, and Thomas Wolfe.
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 1
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 2
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 3
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 9
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1906 - 1982
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 27
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 49
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 55
1897 - 1939
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 56
1947 - 2021
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 63
1834 - 1921
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 72
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 75
1889 - 1980
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 91
1937 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 92
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 94
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.36
Rank: 112
1975 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 114
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 1
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 2
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 3
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 4
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 5
1896 - 1970
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 6
1861 - 1912
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 7
1928 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 8
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 9
1920 - 1951
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 10
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 11
1948 - 1995
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 12
1945 - 2022
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 28
1904 - 1980
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 34
1791 - 1860
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 40
1834 - 1921
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 42
1860 - 1937
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 43
Most individuals born in present day Baltimore were actors (42), writers (15), politicians (10), basketball players (9), and musicians (8), while most who died were politicians (12), writers (9), biologists (5), physicists (3), and physicians (3).
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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Baltimore since 1700.