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.
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 1
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 2
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 3
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 7
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 10
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 12
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 40
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.28
Rank: 103
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.90
Rank: 108
1960 - Present
HPI: 30.58
Rank: 109
1968 - Present
HPI: 28.83
Rank: 118
1982 - Present
HPI: 26.37
Rank: 124
1995 - Present
HPI: 26.28
Rank: 126
1988 - Present
HPI: 23.96
Rank: 132
1992 - Present
HPI: 22.52
Rank: 136
1988 - Present
HPI: 14.41
Rank: 145
1996 - Present
HPI: 13.15
Rank: 146
1991 - Present
HPI: 11.37
Rank: 151
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 1
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 4
1920 - 1991
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 5
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 6
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 7
1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 8
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 9
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 10
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 11
1933 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 12
1914 - 2002
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 30
1920 - 2003
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 35
1898 - 1983
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 38
1899 - 1982
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 43
1948 - 2007
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 49
1930 - 2017
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 52
1941 - 2022
HPI: 34.21
Rank: 54
1963 - 2001
HPI: 27.82
Rank: 56
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.