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Houston ranks 54th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Melbourne, The Bronx, and Montreal. Memorable people born in Houston include Patrick Swayze, Robert Woodrow Wilson, and Dennis Quaid. Memorable people who died in Houston include Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, and Gene Cernan. Houston has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many astronauts and actors. Houston is located in United States.

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the seventh-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1858 and 2002, Houston was the birth place of 151 globally memorable people, including Patrick Swayze, Robert Woodrow Wilson, and Dennis Quaid. Additionaly, 57 globally memorable people have passed away in Houston including Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, and Gene Cernan.

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Most individuals born in present day Houston were actors (65), singers (18), basketball players (11), athletes (7), and musicians (6),  while most who died were astronauts (11), actors (8), politicians (7), singers (5), and writers (4).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Houston, including Patrick Swayze, Dennis Quaid, and Jennifer Garner. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Houston, including Patrick Swayze, Dennis Quaid, and Jennifer Garner.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in Houston since 1700.