Cleveland
Cleveland ranks 71st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santiago, Pittsburgh, and Helsinki. Memorable people born in Cleveland include Donald A. Glaser, Ronald Wayne, and Burgess Meredith. Memorable people who died in Cleveland include Heydar Aliyev, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Antanas Smetona. Cleveland has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Cleveland is located in United States.
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States maritime border and lies approximately 60 mi (97 km) west of Pennsylvania. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 54th-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1839 and 2001, Cleveland was the birth place of 143 globally memorable people, including Donald A. Glaser, Ronald Wayne, and Burgess Meredith. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Cleveland including Heydar Aliyev, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Antanas Smetona.
People Born in Cleveland
Go to all RankingsDonald A. Glaser
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2013
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 1
Ronald Wayne
BUSINESSPERSON
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2
Burgess Meredith
ACTOR
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 3
Judith Butler
PHILOSOPHER
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 4
Halle Berry
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 5
Wes Craven
FILM DIRECTOR
1939 - 2015
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 6
Philip Johnson
ARCHITECT
1906 - 2005
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 7
Don King
CELEBRITY
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 8
Jim Lovell
ASTRONAUT
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 9
William Lipscomb
CHEMIST
1919 - 2011
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 10
Hal Holbrook
ACTOR
1925 - 2021
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 11
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Cleveland
Go to all RankingsLouis E. Brus
CHEMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 15
Kenneth Nichols
ENGINEER
1907 - 2000
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 40
Mark L. Lester
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 55
William Jordan
ATHLETE
1898 - 1968
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 57
Jack Weston
ACTOR
1924 - 1996
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 58
Joe Seneca
ACTOR
1919 - 1996
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 59
C. E. Ruthenberg
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1927
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 66
Fred Neil
SINGER
1936 - 2001
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 93
Charles Manring
ATHLETE
1929 - 1991
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 95
Phil Donahue
WRITER
1935 - 2024
HPI: 40.05
Rank: 101
Janis Carter
ACTOR
1913 - 1994
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 106
William Steinkraus
ATHLETE
1925 - 2017
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 110
People Deceased in Cleveland
Go to all RankingsHeydar Aliyev
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2003
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 1
Ahmed Sékou Touré
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1984
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2
Antanas Smetona
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 3
Frederick Chapman Robbins
PHYSICIAN
1916 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 4
Stanisława Walasiewicz
ATHLETE
1911 - 1980
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 5
Omar Suleiman
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2012
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
Kristján Eldjárn
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1982
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 7
Alexander Orlov
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 8
Garrett Morgan
INVENTOR
1877 - 1963
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 9
George Szell
CONDUCTOR
1897 - 1970
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 10
Alberto Spencer
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2006
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 11
Harrison Dillard
ATHLETE
1923 - 2019
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Cleveland
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Most individuals born in present day Cleveland were actors (36), writers (12), athletes (10), astronauts (8), and musicians (8), while most who died were politicians (8), athletes (4), soccer players (2), physicians (1), and inventors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cleveland, including Halle Berry, Hal Holbrook, and Monica Potter. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cleveland, including Burgess Meredith, Halle Berry, and Hal Holbrook.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cleveland since 1700.