Chicago
Chicago ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moscow, Los Angeles, and Rome. Memorable people born in Chicago include Hillary Clinton, Walt Disney, and Robin Williams. Memorable people who died in Chicago include Enrico Fermi, Jane Addams, and Louis Sullivan. Chicago has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many musicians, and politicians. Chicago is located in United States.
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1846 and 2003, Chicago was the birth place of 667 globally memorable people, including Hillary Clinton, Walt Disney, and Robin Williams. Additionaly, 148 globally memorable people have passed away in Chicago including Enrico Fermi, Jane Addams, and Louis Sullivan.
People Born in Chicago
Go to all RankingsHillary Clinton
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 1
Walt Disney
PRODUCER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 2
Robin Williams
COMEDIAN
1951 - 2014
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 3
Harrison Ford
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 4
Patti Smith
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 5
Bobby Fischer
CHESS PLAYER
1943 - 2008
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 6
James Watson
BIOLOGIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 7
Gene Cernan
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 8
Philip K. Dick
WRITER
1928 - 1982
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 9
John Wayne Gacy
EXTREMIST
1942 - 1994
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 10
Ted Kaczynski
EXTREMIST
1942 - 2023
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 11
Philip Kotler
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chicago
Go to all RankingsRobert Ressler
WRITER
1937 - 2013
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 100
Douglas Diamond
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 117
Kevin Hagen
ACTOR
1928 - 2005
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 133
Rosalyn Tureck
MUSICIAN
1914 - 2003
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 210
Ned Block
PHILOSOPHER
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 211
John Flynn
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 2007
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 222
Hamilton Luske
FILM DIRECTOR
1903 - 1968
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 225
Wilfred Jackson
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1988
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 233
Jack Dongarra
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 235
Sam Altman
BUSINESSPERSON
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 251
Lana Rhoades
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 254
Herbert Copeland
BIOLOGIST
1902 - 1968
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 270
People Deceased in Chicago
Go to all RankingsEnrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 1
Jane Addams
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1860 - 1935
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 2
Louis Sullivan
ARCHITECT
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 3
Mircea Eliade
HISTORIAN
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 4
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
ARCHITECT
1886 - 1969
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 5
George Herbert Mead
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1931
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 6
László Moholy-Nagy
DESIGNER
1895 - 1946
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 7
Ronald Coase
ECONOMIST
1910 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 8
John Dillinger
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1934
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 9
Gary Becker
ECONOMIST
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 10
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1995
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 11
Josephine Cochrane
INVENTOR
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Chicago
Go to all RankingsFazlur Rahman Malik
PHILOSOPHER
1919 - 1988
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 45
Myrtle Bachelder
CHEMIST
1908 - 1997
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 53
Iris Marion Young
PHILOSOPHER
1949 - 2006
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 82
C. E. Ruthenberg
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1927
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 85
Mamie Till
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1921 - 2003
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 87
Margaret Truman
ACTOR
1924 - 2008
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 92
Florence Price
COMPOSER
1887 - 1953
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 93
Lil Hardin Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1898 - 1971
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 102
George Lott
TENNIS PLAYER
1906 - 1991
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 106
Carey Bell
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2007
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 113
Raya Dunayevskaya
PHILOSOPHER
1910 - 1987
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 114
Antoni Zygmund
MATHEMATICIAN
1900 - 1992
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 116
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Chicago were actors (217), musicians (53), writers (47), singers (37), and film directors (37), while most who died were musicians (22), politicians (11), writers (9), philosophers (7), and singers (7).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chicago, including Harrison Ford, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Raquel Welch. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chicago, including Harrison Ford, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Raquel Welch.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Chicago since 1700.