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Manhattan ranks 56th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bucharest, Houston, and Glasgow. Memorable people born in Manhattan include Al Pacino, Stan Lee, and William James Sidis. Memorable people who died in Manhattan include Richard Nixon, Malcolm X, and Ayn Rand. Manhattan has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and writers. Manhattan is located in United States.

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. Manhattan serves as New York City's economic and administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, Manhattan was the birth place of 166 globally memorable people, including Al Pacino, Stan Lee, and William James Sidis. Additionaly, 197 globally memorable people have passed away in Manhattan including Richard Nixon, Malcolm X, and Ayn Rand. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Manhattan than were born there.

People Born in Manhattan

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People Deceased in Manhattan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Manhattan were actors (84), writers (12), politicians (8), composers (8), and musicians (6),  while most who died were actors (50), writers (28), politicians (14), musicians (14), and businesspeople (11).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Sigourney Weaver, and Ron Perlman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Sigourney Weaver, and Nancy Reagan.

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Overlapping Lives

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