Burlington, Iowa
Burlington, Iowa ranks 1,837th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saalfeld, Ivry-sur-Seine, and Sonneberg. Memorable people born in Burlington, Iowa include Robert Noyce, Wallace Carothers, and Aldo Leopold. Burlington, Iowa has been the birth place of many inventors and chemists. Burlington, Iowa is located in United States.
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,982 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area, which includes West Burlington and Middletown, Iowa, and Gulfport, Illinois. Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, the crookedest street in the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1876 and 1971, Burlington, Iowa was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Robert Noyce, Wallace Carothers, and Aldo Leopold.
People Born in Burlington, Iowa
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Robert Noyce
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 1
Wallace Carothers
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 2
Aldo Leopold
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3
Max O. Lorenz
1876 - 1959
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 4
William Frawley
1887 - 1966
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 5
Kurt Warner
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 6
James M. Kelly
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.26
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Burlington, Iowa were inventors (1), chemists (1), biologists (1), economists (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Burlington, Iowa since 1700.
