Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio ranks 291st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lahore, Ottawa, and Sendai. Memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio include Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Edwin Moses. Memorable people who died in Dayton, Ohio include L. L. Langstroth, Dave Albritton, and Charles F. Kettering. Dayton, Ohio has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many inventors, and writers. Dayton, Ohio is located in United States.
Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the city proper had a population of 137,644, making it the sixth-most populous city in Ohio. It anchors the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area, the Dayton metropolitan area, which had 814,049 residents. Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, 50 miles (80 km) north of Cincinnati and 60 miles (97 km) west of Columbus. It is the county seat of Montgomery County. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1872 and 2003, Dayton, Ohio was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Edwin Moses. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Dayton, Ohio including L. L. Langstroth, Dave Albritton, and Charles F. Kettering.
People Born in Dayton, Ohio
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Martin Sheen
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 1
Natalie Clifford Barney
WRITER
1876 - 1972
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 2
Edwin Moses
ATHLETE
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 3
Ken Jenkins
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 4
Jonathan Winters
COMEDIAN
1925 - 2013
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 5
Dorothy Stang
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2005
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 6
Charles Daniels
SWIMMER
1885 - 1973
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 7
John Scofield
MUSICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 8
Dorothy Gish
ACTOR
1898 - 1968
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 9
Nancy Cartwright
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 10
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
WRITER
1950 - 2009
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 11
Charles Bassett
ASTRONAUT
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Dayton, Ohio
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People Deceased in Dayton, Ohio
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L. L. Langstroth
INVENTOR
1810 - 1895
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1
Dave Albritton
ATHLETE
1913 - 1994
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 2
Charles F. Kettering
INVENTOR
1958 - 1958
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 3
Don Meineke
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1930 - 2013
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 4
Paul Laurence Dunbar
WRITER
1872 - 1906
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 5
Virginia Hamilton
WRITER
1936 - 2002
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dayton, Ohio were actors (14), basketball players (6), writers (5), athletes (3), and musicians (3), while most who died were inventors (2), writers (2), athletes (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio, including Martin Sheen, Ken Jenkins, and Nancy Cartwright. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dayton, Ohio, including Martin Sheen, Ken Jenkins, and Dorothy Gish.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio since 1700.
