East St. Louis, Illinois
East St. Louis, Illinois ranks 3,657th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Frascati, Oakville, Ontario, and Jamaica, Queens. Memorable people born in East St. Louis, Illinois include Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dick Durbin, and Al Joyner. East St. Louis, Illinois has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians. East St. Louis, Illinois is located in United States.
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is directly across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis, Missouri, and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois. Once a bustling industrial center, like many cities in the Rust Belt, East St. Louis was severely affected by the loss of jobs due to the flight of the population to the suburbs during the riots of the late 1960s. In 1950, East St. Louis was the fourth-largest city in Illinois when its population peaked at 82,366. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,469, less than one-quarter of the 1950 census and a decline of almost one third since 2010. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1944 and 1984, East St. Louis, Illinois was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dick Durbin, and Al Joyner.
People Born in East St. Louis, Illinois
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 1
Dick Durbin
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 2
Al Joyner
ATHLETE
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 3
Tom Jager
SWIMMER
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.95
Rank: 4
Dawn Harper-Nelson
ATHLETE
1984 - Present
HPI: 20.85
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day East St. Louis, Illinois were athletes (3), politicians (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in East St. Louis, Illinois, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Al Joyner, and Dawn Harper-Nelson. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day East St. Louis, Illinois, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Al Joyner, and Dawn Harper-Nelson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in East St. Louis, Illinois since 1700.
