Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, Missouri ranks 2,551st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Katsushika, Schwetzingen, and Marostica. Memorable people born in Jefferson City, Missouri include Jack Kilby, Chester Himes, and Cedric the Entertainer. Jefferson City, Missouri has been the birth place of many engineers, and writers. Jefferson City, Missouri is located in United States.
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 16th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-most-populous metropolitan area in Mid-Missouri and the fifth-largest in the state. Most of the city is in Cole County, with a small northern section extending into adjacent Callaway County. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1909 and 1989, Jefferson City, Missouri was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Jack Kilby, Chester Himes, and Cedric the Entertainer.
People Born in Jefferson City, Missouri
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Jack Kilby
ENGINEER
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1
Chester Himes
WRITER
1909 - 1984
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 2
Cedric the Entertainer
COMEDIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 3
Charlie Weber
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 4
Christian Cantwell
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.03
Rank: 5
Maya Moore
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 24.24
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Jefferson City, Missouri were engineers (1), writers (1), comedians (1), actors (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, comedians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Jefferson City, Missouri, including Cedric the Entertainer. Whereas, throughout history, engineers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Jefferson City, Missouri, including Jack Kilby.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Jefferson City, Missouri since 1700.
