El Cerrito, California
El Cerrito, California ranks 11,379th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paradise, California, Mountain Ranch, California, and Arbuckle, California. The most famous people from El Cerrito, California are Eric Allman. The most famous people who died in El Cerrito, California are Edwin McMillan, Alfred Einstein, and Marina Ratner. El Cerrito, California has been the birth place of many computer scientists and the death place of many chemists, and composers. El Cerrito, California is located in United States.
El Cerrito is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was incorporated in 1917 as a village with 1,500 residents. As of the census in 2022, there were 25,583 people and 10,637 households in the city. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1955, El Cerrito, California was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Eric Allman. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in El Cerrito, California including Edwin McMillan, Alfred Einstein, and Marina Ratner. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in El Cerrito, California than were born there.
People Born in El Cerrito, California
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People Deceased in El Cerrito, California
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Edwin McMillan
CHEMIST
1907 - 1991
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 1
Alfred Einstein
COMPOSER
1880 - 1952
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 2
Marina Ratner
MATHEMATICIAN
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 3
Bill Wheatley
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1909 - 1992
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day El Cerrito, California were computer scientists (1), while most who died were chemists (1), composers (1), mathematicians (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, computer scientists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in El Cerrito, California, including Eric Allman. Whereas, throughout history, computer scientists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day El Cerrito, California, including Eric Allman.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in El Cerrito, California since 1700.
