Kankakee, Illinois ranks 2,744th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lisse, Lewiston, Maine, and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert. Memorable people born in Kankakee, Illinois include Fred MacMurray, Merna Kennedy, and Randy Spears. Kankakee, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors and pornographic actors. Kankakee, Illinois is located in United States.
Kankakee is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1908 and 1978, Kankakee, Illinois was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Fred MacMurray, Merna Kennedy, and Randy Spears.
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 1
1908 - 1944
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 3
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 4
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.28
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Kankakee, Illinois were actors (2), pornographic actors (1), basketball players (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Kankakee, Illinois since 1700.