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Buffalo, New York ranks 161st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bratislava, Strasbourg, and Bergen. Memorable people born in Buffalo, New York include Herman Hollerith, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Christine Baranski. Memorable people who died in Buffalo, New York include William McKinley, Millard Fillmore, and James B. Sumner. Buffalo, New York has been the birth place of many actors and musicians and the death place of many politicians and inventors. Buffalo, New York is located in United States.

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Erie County. It lies in Western New York, at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, on the United States border with Canada. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the largest city in Western New York and the 78th largest city in the United States. Buffalo and the city of Niagara Falls together make up the two-county Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 1.2 million in 2020, making it the 49th-largest MSA in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1846 and 1994, Buffalo, New York was the birth place of 64 globally memorable people, including Herman Hollerith, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Christine Baranski. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Buffalo, New York including William McKinley, Millard Fillmore, and James B. Sumner.

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Most individuals born in present day Buffalo, New York were actors (17), musicians (7), politicians (6), writers (4), and basketball players (4),  while most who died were politicians (4), inventors (2), chemists (1), mathematicians (1), and biologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Buffalo, New York, including Jeffrey DeMunn, Christine Baranski, and William Sadler. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Buffalo, New York, including Jeffrey DeMunn, Christine Baranski, and William Sadler.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Buffalo, New York since 1700.