Cincinnati
Cincinnati ranks 130th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Reykjavík, Lviv, and Seville. Memorable people born in Cincinnati include Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Memorable people who died in Cincinnati include Henry Heimlich, Boris Podolsky, and Johann Most. 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
People
Between 1853 and 1995, Cincinnati was the birth place of 87 globally memorable people, including Steven Spielberg, Charles Manson, and Thomas Kuhn. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Cincinnati including Henry Heimlich, Boris Podolsky, and Johann Most.
People Born in Cincinnati
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Steven Spielberg
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 1
Charles Manson
EXTREMIST
1934 - 2017
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 2
Thomas Kuhn
HISTORIAN
1922 - 1996
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 3
William Howard Taft
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1930
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 4
Doris Day
ACTOR
1922 - 2019
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 5
Tyrone Power
ACTOR
1914 - 1958
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 6
Fredric Brown
WRITER
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 7
Theda Bara
ACTOR
1885 - 1955
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 8
Ted Turner
BUSINESSPERSON
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 9
John Mauchly
PHYSICIST
1907 - 1980
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 10
James Levine
CONDUCTOR
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 11
Joseph Strauss
ENGINEER
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Cincinnati
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Henry Heimlich
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1
Boris Podolsky
PHYSICIST
1896 - 1966
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 2
Johann Most
WRITER
1846 - 1906
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 3
Mike Resnick
WRITER
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 4
Maurice Stokes
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1933 - 1970
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 5
Jane Irwin Harrison
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1846
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 6
Frances Wright
WRITER
1795 - 1852
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 7
Joseph B. Foraker
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1917
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cincinnati were actors (25), politicians (8), writers (5), painters (5), and musicians (5), while most who died were writers (3), politicians (2), physicians (1), physicists (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cincinnati, including Kathryn Morris, Mitchell Ryan, 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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cincinnati since 1700.
