Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluefield, West Virginia ranks 10,367th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Três Rios, Iron Mountain, Michigan, and Brakpan. Memorable people born in Bluefield, West Virginia include John Forbes Nash Jr., and Norman I. Platnick. Bluefield, West Virginia has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and biologists. Bluefield, West Virginia is located in United States.
Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,658 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia, which had a population of 106,363 in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1928 and 1951, Bluefield, West Virginia was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including John Forbes Nash Jr., and Norman I. Platnick.
People Born in Bluefield, West Virginia
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John Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 1
Norman I. Platnick
BIOLOGIST
1951 - 2020
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bluefield, West Virginia were mathematicians (1), and biologists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, mathematicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bluefield, West Virginia, including John Forbes Nash Jr.. Whereas, throughout history, mathematicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bluefield, West Virginia, including John Forbes Nash Jr..
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Bluefield, West Virginia since 1700.
