Los Angeles
Los Angeles ranks 5th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paris, London, and Moscow. The most famous people from Los Angeles are Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. The most famous people who died in Los Angeles are Michael Jackson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Janis Joplin. Los Angeles has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and film directors. Los Angeles is located in United States.
Los Angeles (LA) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within the city limits as of 2024, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2009, Los Angeles was the birth place of 988 globally memorable people, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. Additionaly, 1,097 globally memorable people have passed away in Los Angeles including Michael Jackson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Janis Joplin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Los Angeles than were born there.
People Born in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMarilyn Monroe
ACTOR
1926 - 1962
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 1
Dustin Hoffman
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 2
Candice Bergen
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 3
Diane Keaton
ACTOR
1946 - 2025
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 4
Val Kilmer
ACTOR
1959 - 2025
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 5
Gwyneth Paltrow
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 6
John Cage
COMPOSER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 7
Willis Lamb
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2008
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 8
Leonardo DiCaprio
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 9
Adlai Stevenson II
DIPLOMAT
1900 - 1965
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 10
Angelina Jolie
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 11
Ice Cube
SINGER
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsEmily Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1986 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 212
Chad McQueen
ACTOR
1960 - 2024
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 361
Jelena Jensen
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 416
Zak Brown
RACING DRIVER
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 488
Patrick Labyorteaux
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 530
Henry Tillman
BOXER
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 548
Tony Gwynn
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1960 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 576
Kane Kosugi
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 588
Heidi Fleiss
BUSINESSPERSON
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 599
Ric Roman Waugh
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 635
Michael Oliver
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 636
Vicky Jenson
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 638
People Deceased in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMichael Jackson
MUSICIAN
1958 - 2009
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
WRITER
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 2
Janis Joplin
SINGER
1943 - 1970
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 3
Marlon Brando
ACTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 4
Patrick Swayze
ACTOR
1952 - 2009
HPI: 81.93
Rank: 5
Elizabeth Taylor
ACTOR
1932 - 2011
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 6
Marvin Gaye
SINGER
1939 - 1984
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 7
Frank Sinatra
SINGER
1915 - 1998
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 8
Charles Bukowski
WRITER
1920 - 1994
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 9
Leonard Cohen
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2016
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 10
Debbie Reynolds
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 11
Lemmy
MUSICIAN
1945 - 2015
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsSimon Monjack
FILM DIRECTOR
1970 - 2010
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 917
Kim Shattuck
MUSICIAN
1963 - 2019
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 995
Jeff Baena
FILM DIRECTOR
1977 - 2025
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,044
Kenneth Mitchell
ACTOR
1974 - 2024
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,050
Adam Rich
ACTOR
1968 - 2023
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 1,073
Evgeniya Brik
ACTOR
1981 - 2022
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 1,074
Carrie Hamilton
ACTOR
1963 - 2002
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 1,082
Israel Vázquez
BOXER
1977 - 2024
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 1,083
Nicole DeHuff
ACTOR
1975 - 2005
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 1,084
Fredo Santana
SINGER
1990 - 2018
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 1,088
Ben Woolf
ACTOR
1980 - 2015
HPI: 35.78
Rank: 1,092
Bridgette Andersen
ACTOR
1975 - 1997
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 1,093
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Los Angeles were actors (507), musicians (69), singers (63), film directors (50), and basketball players (45), while most who died were actors (656), film directors (91), musicians (81), writers (42), and singers (41).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Los Angeles, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Los Angeles, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Candice Bergen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Los Angeles since 1700.
















































