Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester, Pennsylvania ranks 2,173rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bremerton, Washington, Sarasota, Florida, and Shumen. Memorable people born in Chester, Pennsylvania include Alex North, Sylvanus Morley, and Ethel Waters. Chester, Pennsylvania has been the birth place of many basketball players, and composers. Chester, Pennsylvania is located in United States.
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area on the western bank of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the 2020 census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1813 and 1995, Chester, Pennsylvania was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Alex North, Sylvanus Morley, and Ethel Waters.
People Born in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Alex North
COMPOSER
1910 - 1991
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1
Sylvanus Morley
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1883 - 1948
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 2
Ethel Waters
SINGER
1896 - 1977
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 3
David Dixon Porter
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1813 - 1891
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 4
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 32.63
Rank: 5
Tyreke Evans
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.10
Rank: 6
Jameer Nelson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.45
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Most individuals born in present day Chester, Pennsylvania were basketball players (3), composers (1), archaeologists (1), singers (1), and military personnels (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chester, Pennsylvania, including Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Tyreke Evans, and Jameer Nelson. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chester, Pennsylvania, including Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Tyreke Evans, and Jameer Nelson.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Chester, Pennsylvania since 1700.
