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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.

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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.