Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland ranks 1,329th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Calais, Durrës, and West Bromwich. Memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland include Richard Schiff, Daniel Stern, and Maura Healey. Memorable people who died in Bethesda, Maryland include Joseph McCarthy, Frantz Fanon, and Colin Powell. Bethesda, Maryland has been the birth place of many actors, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Bethesda, Maryland is located in United States.
Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region and a national center for medical research. According to the 2020 census, the community had a total population of 68,056. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1977, Bethesda, Maryland was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Richard Schiff, Daniel Stern, and Maura Healey. Additionaly, 44 globally memorable people have passed away in Bethesda, Maryland including Joseph McCarthy, Frantz Fanon, and Colin Powell. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Bethesda, Maryland than were born there.
People Born in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsRichard Schiff
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1
Daniel Stern
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 2
Maura Healey
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3
Amina Wadud
PHILOSOPHER
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 4
Michael Hardt
PHILOSOPHER
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 5
Robert Hays
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 6
Patricia Richardson
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 7
Sean Murray
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 8
Robert Gordon
MUSICIAN
1947 - 2022
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 9
Lisa Loeb
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 10
Ed Brubaker
COMIC ARTIST
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsJoseph McCarthy
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1957
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1
Frantz Fanon
WRITER
1925 - 1961
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2
Colin Powell
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2021
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 3
Julius Axelrod
CHEMIST
1912 - 2004
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 4
Jack Kemp
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2009
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 5
Thomas Schelling
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2016
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 6
Philip Abelson
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2004
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 7
Frank Jack Fletcher
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 8
William P. Rogers
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2001
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 9
William Peter Blatty
WRITER
1928 - 2017
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 10
Daniel Inouye
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2012
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
James Forrestal
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bethesda, Maryland
Go to all RankingsArleigh Burke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1901 - 1996
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 14
Kenneth Nichols
ENGINEER
1907 - 2000
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 18
Charles Manring
ATHLETE
1929 - 1991
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 35
Estes Kefauver
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1963
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 39
James M. Beggs
BUSINESSPERSON
1926 - 2020
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 40
Howard K. Smith
PRESENTER
1914 - 2002
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 43
Harry B. Liversedge
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1951
HPI: 31.11
Rank: 44
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bethesda, Maryland were actors (6), philosophers (2), politicians (1), musicians (1), and comic artists (1), while most who died were politicians (17), military personnels (6), athletes (3), writers (2), and economists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland, including Richard Schiff, Daniel Stern, and Robert Hays. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bethesda, Maryland, including Richard Schiff, Daniel Stern, and Robert Hays.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Bethesda, Maryland since 1700.