Los Angeles
Los Angeles ranks 5th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paris, London, and Moscow. Memorable people born in Los Angeles include Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Memorable people who died in Los Angeles include Michael Jackson, Janis Joplin, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 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, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, It is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.8 million people (2023). Greater Los Angeles, which includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.3 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2009, Los Angeles was the birth place of 889 globally memorable people, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Additionaly, 1,061 globally memorable people have passed away in Los Angeles including Michael Jackson, Janis Joplin, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 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: 85.61
Rank: 1
Dustin Hoffman
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 2
Gwyneth Paltrow
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 3
Diane Keaton
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 4
Leonardo DiCaprio
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 5
Angelina Jolie
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 6
John Cage
COMPOSER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 7
Romina Power
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 8
Willis Lamb
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2008
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 9
Ryan O'Neal
ACTOR
1941 - 2023
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 10
Danny Trejo
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
Elinor Ostrom
ECONOMIST
1933 - 2012
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsJohnny Kitagawa
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 47
Cammie King
ACTOR
1934 - 2010
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 154
Mackenyu
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 165
Roger E. Mosley
ACTOR
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 185
Lee Aaker
ACTOR
1943 - 2021
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 202
Jerry Jones
BUSINESSPERSON
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 305
Judee Sill
SINGER
1944 - 1979
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 333
Alan Rudolph
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 357
Marjorie Gestring
ATHLETE
1922 - 1992
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 370
Vicki Peterson
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 374
Clifford Truesdell
MATHEMATICIAN
1919 - 2000
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 379
Norman Granz
PRODUCER
1918 - 2001
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 385
People Deceased in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMichael Jackson
MUSICIAN
1958 - 2009
HPI: 88.68
Rank: 1
Janis Joplin
SINGER
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
WRITER
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 3
Marlon Brando
ACTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 4
Patrick Swayze
ACTOR
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 5
Charles Bukowski
WRITER
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 6
Frank Sinatra
SINGER
1915 - 1998
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 7
Debbie Reynolds
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 8
George Harrison
MUSICIAN
1943 - 2001
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 9
Leonard Cohen
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2016
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 10
Elizabeth Taylor
ACTOR
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 11
Richard Feynman
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1988
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Los Angeles
Go to all RankingsMargit Korondi
GYMNAST
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 185
Diana Hyland
ACTOR
1936 - 1977
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 315
William Berger
ACTOR
1928 - 1993
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 322
William J. Seymour
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1870 - 1922
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 352
Sam Warner
PRODUCER
1887 - 1927
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 399
Viguen
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2003
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 470
Roger E. Mosley
ACTOR
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 471
Rene Bond
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1950 - 1996
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 504
David Miller
FILM DIRECTOR
1909 - 1992
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 513
Harrison Young
ACTOR
1930 - 2005
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 520
Sergey Mergelyan
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2008
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 555
Phyllis Coates
ACTOR
1927 - 2023
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 585
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Los Angeles were actors (461), musicians (62), singers (54), basketball players (42), and film directors (39), while most who died were actors (634), film directors (88), musicians (75), writers (41), and singers (39).
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 Gwyneth Paltrow. 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 Gwyneth Paltrow.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Los Angeles since 1700.