Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood, Los Angeles ranks 394th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mainz, Bangalore, and Taipei. Memorable people born in Hollywood, Los Angeles include Lita Grey, Barbara Hershey, and Tina Aumont. Memorable people who died in Hollywood, Los Angeles include Anthony Perkins, Theodore Dreiser, and Charles Laughton. Hollywood, Los Angeles has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many actors, and film directors. Hollywood, Los Angeles is located in United States.
Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a neighborhood and district in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, are located in or near Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1893 and 1975, Hollywood, Los Angeles was the birth place of 34 globally memorable people, including Lita Grey, Barbara Hershey, and Tina Aumont. Additionaly, 122 globally memorable people have passed away in Hollywood, Los Angeles including Anthony Perkins, Theodore Dreiser, and Charles Laughton. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Hollywood, Los Angeles than were born there.
People Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsLita Grey
ACTOR
1908 - 1995
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 1
Barbara Hershey
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 2
Tina Aumont
ACTOR
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 3
Stefanie Powers
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 4
Katey Sagal
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 5
John Lasseter
FILM DIRECTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 6
Diane Baker
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 7
Richie Ginther
RACING DRIVER
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8
Katherine Kelly Lang
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 9
John Phillip Law
ACTOR
1937 - 2008
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10
Mark St. John
MUSICIAN
1956 - 2007
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11
Syd Field
WRITER
1935 - 2013
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsDon McKenzie
SWIMMER
1947 - 2008
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 17
Ann Robinson
ACTOR
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 24
Harley Earl
BUSINESSPERSON
1893 - 1969
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 26
People Deceased in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsAnthony Perkins
ACTOR
1932 - 1992
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1
Theodore Dreiser
WRITER
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 2
Charles Laughton
ACTOR
1899 - 1962
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 3
D. W. Griffith
FILM DIRECTOR
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 4
Edward G. Robinson
ACTOR
1893 - 1973
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 5
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
COMPOSER
1897 - 1957
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 6
Henry Hathaway
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1985
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
Lee de Forest
INVENTOR
1873 - 1961
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 8
A. E. van Vogt
WRITER
1912 - 2000
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 9
Vicki Baum
WRITER
1888 - 1960
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 10
Samuel Fuller
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 1997
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 11
Henry Bergman
ACTOR
1868 - 1946
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsErnestine Schumann-Heink
SINGER
1861 - 1936
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 36
Fausto Acke
ATHLETE
1897 - 1967
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 40
Pauline Pfeiffer
JOURNALIST
1895 - 1951
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 47
Joan Shawlee
ACTOR
1926 - 1987
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 59
Zoltan Korda
FILM DIRECTOR
1895 - 1961
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 61
Eddie Polo
ACTOR
1875 - 1961
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 71
Sidney Olcott
FILM DIRECTOR
1872 - 1949
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 75
Norman Z. McLeod
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1964
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 91
Wally Cox
ACTOR
1924 - 1973
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 93
Kaaren Verne
ACTOR
1918 - 1967
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 101
Taylor Holmes
ACTOR
1878 - 1959
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 103
J. Farrell MacDonald
ACTOR
1875 - 1952
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 111
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Hollywood, Los Angeles were actors (20), singers (3), racing drivers (2), musicians (2), and writers (2), while most who died were actors (78), film directors (23), writers (7), musicians (4), and composers (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, including Barbara Hershey, Tina Aumont, and Stefanie Powers. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hollywood, Los Angeles, including Lita Grey, Barbara Hershey, and Tina Aumont.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Hollywood, Los Angeles since 1700.