Long Island
Long Island ranks 457th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Haifa, Ufa, and Chemnitz. Memorable people born in Long Island include William Fichtner, LP, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Memorable people who died in Long Island include Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ray Ewry, and David Burliuk. Long Island has been the birth place of many actors and musicians and the death place of many writers and businesspeople. Long Island is located in United States.
Long Island is an island in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km). With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,630 km2), it is the largest island in the contiguous United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1946 and 1999, Long Island was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including William Fichtner, LP, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Long Island including Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ray Ewry, and David Burliuk.
People Born in Long Island
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William Fichtner
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1
LP
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 2
Sarah Michelle Gellar
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3
Michael Kors
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 4
Chuck Schuldiner
1967 - 2001
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 5
Tracy Pollan
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 6
Timothy Treadwell
1957 - 2003
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 7
Michael Cudlitz
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 8
Marco Beltrami
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 9
Ron Eldard
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 10
Kevin Moore
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 11
Christopher Masterson
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Long Island
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Solomon R. Guggenheim
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1
Ray Ewry
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 2
David Burliuk
1882 - 1967
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 3
Nelson Algren
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 4
Ilya Kabakov
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 5
Nadya Nozharova
1916 - 2014
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6
Toni Frissell
1907 - 1988
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Long Island were actors (13), musicians (4), singers (3), politicians (2), and film directors (2), while most who died were writers (2), businesspeople (1), athletes (1), painters (1), and actors (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Long Island, including William Fichtner, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Tracy Pollan. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Long Island, including William Fichtner, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Tracy Pollan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Long Island since 1700.
