Bloomington, Illinois
Bloomington, Illinois ranks 2,637th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gelnhausen, Suphan Buri province, and Red Bank, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Bloomington, Illinois include Clinton Davisson, George Lincoln Rockwell, and Elbert Hubbard. Bloomington, Illinois has been the birth place of many physicists, and social activists. Bloomington, Illinois is located in United States.
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, which has a population of roughly 170,000. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. Bloomington is home to Illinois Wesleyan University and the headquarters for State Farm and Country Financial. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1856 and 1970, Bloomington, Illinois was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Clinton Davisson, George Lincoln Rockwell, and Elbert Hubbard.
People Born in Bloomington, Illinois
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Clinton Davisson
PHYSICIST
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1
George Lincoln Rockwell
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1918 - 1967
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2
Elbert Hubbard
WRITER
1856 - 1915
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3
Rick Scott
BUSINESSPERSON
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4
Richard Webb
ACTOR
1915 - 1993
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 5
Kelly Loeffler
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.72
Rank: 6
Tim Drummond
MUSICIAN
1940 - 2015
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Bloomington, Illinois
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Most individuals born in present day Bloomington, Illinois were physicists (1), social activists (1), writers (1), businesspeople (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, businesspeople have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bloomington, Illinois, including Rick Scott. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bloomington, Illinois, including Clinton Davisson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Bloomington, Illinois since 1700.
