Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico ranks 8,043rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Garden City, New York, and Bisha. Memorable people born in Los Alamos, New Mexico include Stephen Walt, and Michelle Lujan Grisham. Memorable people who died in Los Alamos, New Mexico include Harry Daghlian, Norris Bradbury, and Nicholas Metropolis. Los Alamos, New Mexico has been the birth place of many philosophers, and politicians and the death place of many physicists. Los Alamos, New Mexico is located in United States.
Los Alamos is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The town is located on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and had a population of about 13,200 as of 2020. It is the county seat and one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is White Rock. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1955 and 1959, Los Alamos, New Mexico was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Stephen Walt, and Michelle Lujan Grisham. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Los Alamos, New Mexico including Harry Daghlian, Norris Bradbury, and Nicholas Metropolis. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Los Alamos, New Mexico than were born there.
People Born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Stephen Walt
PHILOSOPHER
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 1
Michelle Lujan Grisham
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 2
People Deceased in Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Harry Daghlian
PHYSICIST
1921 - 1945
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1
Norris Bradbury
PHYSICIST
1909 - 1997
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 2
Nicholas Metropolis
PHYSICIST
1915 - 1999
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Deceased in Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Most individuals born in present day Los Alamos, New Mexico were philosophers (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were physicists (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, philosophers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, including Stephen Walt. Whereas, throughout history, philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Los Alamos, New Mexico, including Stephen Walt.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Los Alamos, New Mexico since 1700.
