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Los Angeles (usa)

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Los Angeles ranks 4th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City, Paris, and London. Memorable people born in Los Angeles include Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and John Cage. Memorable people who died in Los Angeles include Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, 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, often referred to by its initials L.A., officially the City of Los Angeles, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is the commercial, financial and cultural center of the Southern California region. Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, an ethnically and culturally diverse population, in addition to a sprawling metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1875 and 2009, Los Angeles was the birth place of 762 globally memorable people, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and John Cage. Additionaly, 906 globally memorable people have passed away in Los Angeles including Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, and Janis Joplin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Los Angeles than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Los Angeles were actors (403), musicians (55), singers (50), film directors (33), and writers (28),  while most who died were actors (533), film directors (75), musicians (66), singers (37), and writers (36).

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.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Los Angeles since 1700.