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New York City ranks 1st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind . Memorable people born in New York City include J. Robert Oppenheimer, Sylvester Stallone, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Memorable people who died in New York City include Sonny Fortune, Carole Shelley, and John Peter Zenger. New York City has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and writers. New York City is located in United States.

New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, New York City was the birth place of 1,689 globally memorable people, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Sylvester Stallone, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Additionaly, 1,025 globally memorable people have passed away in New York City including Sonny Fortune, Carole Shelley, and John Peter Zenger.

People Born in New York City

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day New York City were actors (634), writers (151), singers (95), film directors (91), and musicians (89),  while most who died were actors (183), writers (119), musicians (95), politicians (94), and painters (48).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New York City, including Sylvester Stallone, Peter Falk, and Jane Fonda. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New York City, including Sylvester Stallone, Humphrey Bogart, and Peter Falk.

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Overlapping Lives

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