Mount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon, New York ranks 768th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Seongnam, Shiga Prefecture, and Samara. Memorable people born in Mount Vernon, New York include Denzel Washington, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, and David McClelland. Memorable people who died in Mount Vernon, New York include Victor Francis Hess and Harvey Kurtzman. Mount Vernon, New York has been the birth place of many actors and basketball players and the death place of many physicists and comic artists. Mount Vernon, New York is located in United States.
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, making it the 24th-largest municipality in the state and largest African-American majority city in the state. Mount Vernon has 12,898 Jamaicans with African and Indian descent that had immigrated from their homeland of Jamaica after the country gained its independence from Britain on August 6, 1962. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1899 and 1997, Mount Vernon, New York was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Denzel Washington, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, and David McClelland. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Mount Vernon, New York including Victor Francis Hess and Harvey Kurtzman.
People Born in Mount Vernon, New York
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Denzel Washington
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 1
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921 - 1999
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 2
David McClelland
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 3
DMX
1970 - 2021
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 4
David Chase
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 5
E. B. White
1899 - 1985
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 6
Art Carney
1918 - 2003
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 7
Lynn Conway
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 8
Seth Godin
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 9
Michael Imperioli
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 10
Kay Johnson
1904 - 1975
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 11
Beatrix Loughran
1900 - 1975
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Mount Vernon, New York
Go to all RankingsKay Johnson
1904 - 1975
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 11
Beatrix Loughran
1900 - 1975
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 12
Rai Benjamin
1997 - Present
HPI: 19.82
Rank: 16
People Deceased in Mount Vernon, New York
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Most individuals born in present day Mount Vernon, New York were actors (5), basketball players (2), physicists (1), psychologists (1), and singers (1), while most who died were physicists (1) and comic artists (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mount Vernon, New York, including Denzel Washington, Michael Imperioli, and Michael O'Keefe. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mount Vernon, New York, including Denzel Washington, Art Carney, and Michael Imperioli.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Mount Vernon, New York since 1700.
