Greenwich Village ranks 2,431st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Senlis, and Norman, Oklahoma. Memorable people born in Greenwich Village include Sylvia Miles, Robert Christgau, and Eric Van Lustbader. Memorable people who died in Greenwich Village include Oliver Sacks, Dylan Thomas, and Kim Hunter. Greenwich Village has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many writers and actors. Greenwich Village is located in United States.
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1924 and 1970, Greenwich Village was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Sylvia Miles, Robert Christgau, and Eric Van Lustbader. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Greenwich Village including Oliver Sacks, Dylan Thomas, and Kim Hunter. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Greenwich Village than were born there.
1924 - 2019
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 3
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 5
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 6
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 1
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 2
1922 - 2002
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 3
1919 - 2004
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 4
1924 - 2013
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 5
1948 - 1985
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 6
1913 - 2009
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Greenwich Village were actors (3), writers (2), and musicians (1), while most who died were writers (2), actors (2), politicians (1), painters (1), and photographers (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Greenwich Village since 1700.