Cincinnati
Cincinnati ranks 109th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Antwerp, Leipzig, and Queens. Memorable people born in Cincinnati include Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Memorable people who died in Cincinnati include Neil Armstrong, Henry Heimlich, and Boris Podolsky. Cincinnati has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many writers and politicians. Cincinnati is located in United States.
Cincinnati is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Settled in 1788, the city is located in the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The population of Cincinnati was 309,317 in 2020, making it the third-most populous city in Ohio after Columbus and Cleveland, and 65th in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metro area and the nation's 30th-largest with over 2.265 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1853 and 1995, Cincinnati was the birth place of 88 globally memorable people, including Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Cincinnati including Neil Armstrong, Henry Heimlich, and Boris Podolsky.
People Born in Cincinnati
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Steven Spielberg
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 1
Charles Manson
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
Thomas Kuhn
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 3
William Howard Taft
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 4
Doris Day
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 5
Fredric Brown
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 6
Tyrone Power
1914 - 1958
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 7
Theda Bara
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 8
John Mauchly
1907 - 1980
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 9
Ted Turner
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 10
James Levine
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 11
Richard S. Hamilton
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Cincinnati
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Jerry Rubin
1938 - 1994
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 17
Robert Blust
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 28
Edward Henry Potthast
1857 - 1927
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 41
John Henry Twachtman
1853 - 1902
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 43
Lillian Wald
1867 - 1940
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 46
Albertson Van Zo Post
1866 - 1938
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 49
Suzanne Farrell
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 52
Floriana Lima
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 58
Gertrude Short
1902 - 1968
HPI: 34.82
Rank: 63
Steve Chabot
1953 - Present
HPI: 28.72
Rank: 73
Nnedi Okorafor
1974 - Present
HPI: 27.69
Rank: 76
KiKi Layne
1991 - Present
HPI: 27.52
Rank: 77
People Deceased in Cincinnati
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Neil Armstrong
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
Henry Heimlich
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 2
Boris Podolsky
1896 - 1966
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3
Johann Most
1846 - 1906
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 4
Mike Resnick
1942 - 2020
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 5
Maurice Stokes
1933 - 1970
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 6
Frances Wright
1795 - 1852
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 7
Jane Irwin Harrison
1804 - 1846
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 8
Joseph B. Foraker
1846 - 1917
HPI: 35.87
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Deceased in Cincinnati
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Cincinnati were actors (26), politicians (8), writers (5), musicians (5), and painters (5), while most who died were writers (3), politicians (2), astronauts (1), physicians (1), and physicists (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cincinnati, including Mitchell Ryan, Kathryn Morris, and John Diehl. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cincinnati, including Doris Day, Tyrone Power, and Theda Bara.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cincinnati since 1700.
