Ottawa, Illinois ranks 4,065th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rochester, Minnesota, Tønder, and Northumberland. Memorable people born in Ottawa, Illinois include Terrence Malick, Johnston McCulley, and Frederick Moloney. Ottawa, Illinois has been the birth place of many film directors and writers. Ottawa, Illinois is located in United States.
Ottawa is a city in and the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America's 25,000 mile river system. The population estimate was 18,742, as of 2020. It is the principal city of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1882 and 1982, Ottawa, Illinois was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Terrence Malick, Johnston McCulley, and Frederick Moloney.
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 1
1883 - 1958
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 2
1882 - 1941
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.67
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Ottawa, Illinois were film directors (1), writers (1), athletes (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ottawa, Illinois since 1700.