Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio ranks 261st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Padua, Innsbruck, and Saint Paul, Minnesota. Memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio include Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Ken Jenkins. Memorable people who died in Dayton, Ohio include L. L. Langstroth, Dave Albritton, and Don Meineke. 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 and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1872 and 2003, Dayton, Ohio was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Martin Sheen, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Ken Jenkins. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Dayton, Ohio including L. L. Langstroth, Dave Albritton, and Don Meineke.
People Born in Dayton, Ohio
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Martin Sheen
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1
Natalie Clifford Barney
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 2
Ken Jenkins
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3
Edwin Moses
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 4
John Scofield
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 5
Dorothy Stang
1931 - 2005
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 6
Dorothy Gish
1898 - 1968
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 7
Charles Daniels
1885 - 1973
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 8
Charles Bassett
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 9
Roger Clemens
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 10
Billy Strayhorn
1915 - 1967
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 11
Nancy Cartwright
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Dayton, Ohio
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Marion Byron
1911 - 1985
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 28
Andrea Thompson
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.19
Rank: 31
Robert J. Lang
1961 - Present
HPI: 32.89
Rank: 33
Charles Michael Davis
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.98
Rank: 34
Joe Greene
1967 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 36
Mike Turner
1960 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 38
Adreian Payne
1991 - 2022
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 42
People Deceased in Dayton, Ohio
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L. L. Langstroth
1810 - 1895
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 1
Dave Albritton
1913 - 1994
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 2
Don Meineke
1930 - 2013
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 3
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 4
Charles F. Kettering
1958 - 1958
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 5
Virginia Hamilton
1936 - 2002
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Deceased in Dayton, Ohio
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Dayton, Ohio were actors (14), basketball players (6), writers (5), athletes (3), and singers (3), while most who died were inventors (2), writers (2), athletes (1), and basketball players (1).
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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Dayton, Ohio since 1700.
