Houston
Houston ranks 54th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind St. Louis, Cairo, and Bucharest. Memorable people born in Houston include Howard Hughes, Patrick Swayze, and Anna Nicole Smith. 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 politicians. 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 of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, 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 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the sixth-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1858 and 2002, Houston was the birth place of 180 globally memorable people, including Howard Hughes, Patrick Swayze, and Anna Nicole Smith. Additionaly, 69 globally memorable people have passed away in Houston including Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, and Gene Cernan.
People Born in Houston
Go to all RankingsHoward Hughes
BUSINESSPERSON
1905 - 1976
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 1
Patrick Swayze
ACTOR
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 2
Anna Nicole Smith
CELEBRITY
1967 - 2007
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 3
Robert Woodrow Wilson
ASTRONOMER
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 4
Kenny Rogers
SINGER
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 5
Randy Quaid
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 6
Wes Anderson
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 7
Jeff Bennett
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 8
Dennis Quaid
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 9
Beyoncé
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 10
Billy Preston
SINGER
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 11
Jennifer Garner
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Houston
Go to all RankingsPeter Masterson
ACTOR
1934 - 2018
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 72
Victoria Spivey
SINGER
1906 - 1976
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 87
Charlie Robinson
ACTOR
1945 - 2021
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 89
Jean Brooks
ACTOR
1915 - 1963
HPI: 35.81
Rank: 100
Allen Drury
WRITER
1918 - 1998
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 109
R'Bonney Gabriel
CELEBRITY
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.78
Rank: 114
Loral O'Hara
ASTRONAUT
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 116
Eric Ladin
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 27.97
Rank: 134
Cassandra Jean
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 26.17
Rank: 141
Aaron Armstrong
ATHLETE
1977 - Present
HPI: 25.76
Rank: 142
Don Toliver
SINGER
1994 - Present
HPI: 24.43
Rank: 147
Dorian Electra
MUSICIAN
1992 - Present
HPI: 24.17
Rank: 148
People Deceased in Houston
Go to all RankingsHoward Hughes
BUSINESSPERSON
1905 - 1976
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 1
George H. W. Bush
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2018
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 2
Gene Cernan
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 3
Ronnie James Dio
MUSICIAN
1942 - 2010
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 4
Mahmoud Darwish
WRITER
1941 - 2008
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 5
Barbara Bush
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 6
Robert Curl
CHEMIST
1933 - 2022
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 7
Gene Tierney
ACTOR
1920 - 1991
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 8
Alan Bean
ASTRONAUT
1932 - 2018
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 9
Richard Smalley
CHEMIST
1943 - 2005
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 10
John Young
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 11
Michael DeBakey
PHYSICIAN
1908 - 2008
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Houston
Go to all RankingsLuis Ayala
TENNIS PLAYER
1932 - 2024
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 30
Bob Skelton
SWIMMER
1903 - 1977
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 51
Virgil Jacomini
ATHLETE
1899 - 1984
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 53
Kirk Baptiste
ATHLETE
1963 - 2022
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 61
Mark White
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2017
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 63
Oveta Culp Hobby
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1995
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 64
David Brinkley
PRESENTER
1920 - 2003
HPI: 33.86
Rank: 66
Takeoff
MUSICIAN
1994 - 2022
HPI: 31.73
Rank: 67
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Houston were actors (70), singers (19), athletes (17), basketball players (11), and musicians (8), while most who died were astronauts (12), politicians (10), actors (9), singers (5), and athletes (5).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Houston, including Patrick Swayze, Randy Quaid, and Jeff Bennett. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Houston, including Patrick Swayze, Randy Quaid, and Jeff Bennett.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Houston since 1700.