Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe ranks 10,494th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wemmel, Waddinxveen, and Mount Elgon District. Memorable people born in Fort Monroe include Matthew Ridgway, and Steve Earle. Fort Monroe has been the birth place of many military personnels, and actors. Fort Monroe is located in United States.
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Along with Fort Wool, Fort Monroe originally guarded the navigation channel between the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads—the natural roadstead at the confluence of the Elizabeth, the Nansemond and the James rivers. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1895 and 1955, Fort Monroe was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Matthew Ridgway, and Steve Earle.
People Born in Fort Monroe
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Matthew Ridgway
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1993
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1
Steve Earle
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Fort Monroe were military personnels (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Fort Monroe, including Steve Earle. Whereas, throughout history, military personnels have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fort Monroe, including Matthew Ridgway.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Fort Monroe since 1700.
