Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado ranks 831st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Victoria, British Columbia, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Neuchâtel. Memorable people born in Boulder, Colorado include Edward Tatum, Kristin Davis, and Scott Carpenter. Memorable people who died in Boulder, Colorado include George Gamow, Harlow Shapley, and Kenneth E. Boulding. Boulder, Colorado has been the birth place of many actors and cyclists and the death place of many physicists and astronomers. Boulder, Colorado is located in United States.
Boulder is a home rule city and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in Boulder County, with a population of 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th-most populous city in Colorado. Boulder is the principal city of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1909 and 1990, Boulder, Colorado was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Edward Tatum, Kristin Davis, and Scott Carpenter. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Boulder, Colorado including George Gamow, Harlow Shapley, and Kenneth E. Boulding.
People Born in Boulder, Colorado
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Edward Tatum
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 1
Kristin Davis
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 2
Scott Carpenter
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 3
John Carroll Lynch
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 4
Jello Biafra
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 5
Harold Camping
1921 - 2013
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 6
John August
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 7
JJ Feild
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 8
Jesse Carmichael
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.54
Rank: 9
Vanessa Taylor
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.39
Rank: 10
Jared Polis
1975 - Present
HPI: 28.80
Rank: 11
Davis Phinney
1959 - Present
HPI: 28.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Boulder, Colorado
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George Gamow
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 1
Harlow Shapley
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2
Kenneth E. Boulding
1910 - 1993
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 3
George Uhlenbeck
1900 - 1988
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 4
Sydney Chapman
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 5
Edward Condon
1902 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 6
Rose McConnell Long
1892 - 1970
HPI: 36.36
Rank: 7
Deborah S. Jin
1968 - 2016
HPI: 31.95
Rank: 8
Most individuals born in present day Boulder, Colorado were actors (3), cyclists (2), athletes (2), biologists (1), and astronauts (1), while most who died were physicists (4), astronomers (1), economists (1), mathematicians (1), and politicians (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Boulder, Colorado, including Kristin Davis, John Carroll Lynch, and JJ Feild. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Boulder, Colorado, including Kristin Davis, John Carroll Lynch, and JJ Feild.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Boulder, Colorado since 1700.
