Manhattan ranks 39th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Istanbul, Detroit, and Sydney. Memorable people born in Manhattan include Al Pacino, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Stan Lee. Memorable people who died in Manhattan include Hannah Arendt, Isaac Asimov, and David Bowie. 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. The borough is coextensive with New York County, 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 geographical and demographic 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
Between 1816 and 1997, Manhattan was the birth place of 183 globally memorable people, including Al Pacino, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Stan Lee. Additionaly, 221 globally memorable people have passed away in Manhattan including Hannah Arendt, Isaac Asimov, and David Bowie. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Manhattan than were born there.
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 2
1922 - 2018
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 3
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 4
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 5
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 6
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 8
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 9
1923 - 1997
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 12
1942 - 2021
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 52
1922 - 2022
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 56
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 60
1901 - 1948
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 97
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 106
1884 - 1980
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 116
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 117
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 125
1941 - 2022
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 132
1944 - 2020
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 137
1900 - 1985
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 138
1889 - 1981
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 149
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 1
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 2
1947 - 2016
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 3
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1905 - 1990
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 5
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 6
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 7
1882 - 1967
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 8
1915 - 2014
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 9
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 10
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 11
1924 - 2014
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 12
1915 - 2022
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 84
1942 - 2021
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 94
1922 - 2022
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 99
1917 - 2012
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 106
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 129
1927 - 1994
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 146
1878 - 1955
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 147
1899 - 1998
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 151
1930 - 2014
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 153
1903 - 1998
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 157
1939 - 2018
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 158
1937 - 1962
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 163
Most individuals born in present day Manhattan were actors (97), writers (13), singers (9), politicians (7), and composers (7), while most who died were actors (63), writers (34), musicians (19), singers (14), and businesspeople (13).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Peter Falk, and Ron Perlman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manhattan, including Al Pacino, Peter Falk, and Ron Perlman.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Manhattan since 1700.