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., 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 also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California. Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 13.2 million people. Greater Los Angeles, which includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1875 and 2009, Los Angeles was the birth place of 761 globally memorable people, including Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, and John Cage. Additionaly, 925 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.
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 2
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 7
1936 - 2009
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 94
1933 - 2013
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 146
1953 - 2020
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 166
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 208
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 209
1922 - 2016
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 214
1921 - 1991
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 238
1936 - 2020
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 240
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 276
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 285
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 289
1880 - 1961
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 294
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 1
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 2
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 3
1924 - 2004
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 4
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 5
1921 - 2003
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 6
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 7
1915 - 1998
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1934 - 2016
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 9
1918 - 1988
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 10
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 11
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 12
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 70
1933 - 2022
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 260
1921 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 261
1948 - 2022
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 314
1936 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 321
1938 - 1994
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 391
1943 - 1997
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 398
1934 - 1979
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 406
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 461
1861 - 1938
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 501
1950 - 2021
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 502
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 504
Most individuals born in present day Los Angeles were actors (402), musicians (55), singers (50), film directors (34), and writers (28), while most who died were actors (544), film directors (80), musicians (67), writers (38), and singers (37).
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.