Cultural Production in

Present Day

East Harlem (usa)

United States

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East Harlem ranks 3,573rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mestre, Minoh, and Château de Saint-Cloud. Memorable people born in East Harlem include Tupac Shakur, Tony Curtis, and Vincent J. McMahon. Memorable people who died in East Harlem include Barbara Loden, and Frank Loesser. East Harlem has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many actors, and composers. East Harlem is located in United States.

East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, Finnish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north. Despite its name, it is generally not considered to be a part of Harlem proper, but it is one of the neighborhoods included in Greater Harlem. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1899 and 1971, East Harlem was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Tupac Shakur, Tony Curtis, and Vincent J. McMahon. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in East Harlem including Barbara Loden, and Frank Loesser.

People Born in East Harlem

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People Deceased in East Harlem

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day East Harlem were actors (3), singers (1), and businesspeople (1),  while most who died were actors (1), and composers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in East Harlem, including Tony Curtis, and Joan Hackett. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day East Harlem, including Tony Curtis, Joan Hackett, and Gertrude Berg.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in East Harlem since 1700.