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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 in 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 653 globally memorable people, including Hillary Clinton, Walt Disney, and Robin Williams. Additionaly, 146 globally memorable people have passed away in Chicago including Enrico Fermi, Jane Addams, and Louis Sullivan.

People Born in Chicago

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People Deceased in Chicago

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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 (20), politicians (11), writers (9), philosophers (7), and singers (7).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Chicago since 1700.