New York City
New York City ranks 1st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind . Memorable people born in New York City include Sylvester Stallone, Martin Scorsese, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Memorable people who died in New York City include Nikola Tesla, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Piet Mondrian. 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 or simply NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a respective county. It is a global city and a cultural, financial, high-tech, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care, scientific output, life sciences, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, and is sometimes described as the world's most important city and the capital of the world. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2005, New York City was the birth place of 1,672 globally memorable people, including Sylvester Stallone, Martin Scorsese, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Additionaly, 1,006 globally memorable people have passed away in New York City including Nikola Tesla, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Piet Mondrian.
People Born in New York City
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Sylvester Stallone
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 1
Martin Scorsese
FILM DIRECTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 83.67
Rank: 2
Eleanor Roosevelt
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1962
HPI: 82.40
Rank: 3
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 4
Maria Callas
SINGER
1923 - 1977
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 5
Bernie Sanders
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 6
Stanley Kubrick
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 1999
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 7
Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1919
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 8
Woody Allen
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 9
Al Capone
MAFIOSO
1899 - 1947
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 10
Grace Hopper
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1906 - 1992
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 11
John Jay
DIPLOMAT
1745 - 1829
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in New York City
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Diana Nyad
JOURNALIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 236
Theodore Hall
PHYSICIST
1925 - 1999
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 422
Helen Churchill Candee
WRITER
1858 - 1949
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 495
Joseph Colombo
MAFIOSO
1923 - 1978
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 523
Safdie brothers
PRODUCER
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 528
Diahnne Abbott
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 571
Robert Durst
BUSINESSPERSON
1943 - 2022
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 576
Herschel Savage
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1952 - 2023
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 604
David Gale
MATHEMATICIAN
1921 - 2008
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 611
John William Casilear
PAINTER
1811 - 1893
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 619
John Hejduk
ARCHITECT
1929 - 2000
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 628
Terry Melcher
MUSICIAN
1942 - 2004
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 637
People Deceased in New York City
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Nikola Tesla
INVENTOR
1856 - 1943
HPI: 90.08
Rank: 1
Eleanor Roosevelt
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1962
HPI: 82.40
Rank: 2
Piet Mondrian
PAINTER
1872 - 1944
HPI: 81.10
Rank: 3
John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 4
Andy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 5
Igor Stravinsky
COMPOSER
1882 - 1971
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 6
Yul Brynner
ACTOR
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 7
Louis Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1901 - 1971
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 8
Samuel Morse
INVENTOR
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 9
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 10
John Dewey
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1952
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 11
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
COMPANION
1929 - 1994
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in New York City
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Tom Wesselmann
PAINTER
1931 - 2004
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 206
Bella Rosenfeld
WRITER
1889 - 1944
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 314
Sanford Robinson Gifford
PAINTER
1823 - 1880
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 326
Napoleon Sarony
PHOTOGRAPHER
1821 - 1896
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 363
Giuseppe Morello
MAFIOSO
1867 - 1930
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 366
Petro Grigorenko
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1907 - 1987
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 410
Robert W. Chambers
WRITER
1865 - 1933
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 438
Humayun Ahmed
WRITER
1948 - 2012
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 490
Frank H. Netter
PHYSICIAN
1906 - 1991
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 507
Takamine Jōkichi
CHEMIST
1854 - 1922
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 537
Richard Beer-Hofmann
WRITER
1866 - 1945
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 544
Edmund Beecher Wilson
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 547
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day New York City were actors (635), writers (151), singers (94), film directors (91), and musicians (89), while most who died were actors (180), writers (115), politicians (94), musicians (91), and painters (48).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New York City, including Sylvester Stallone, Alan Alda, 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, Alan Alda, and Jane Fonda.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in New York City since 1700.
