Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida ranks 1,030th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Edirne, Drammen, and Enfield, London. Memorable people born in Pensacola, Florida include Don Shirley, Roy Jones Jr., and Joe Dallesandro. Memorable people who died in Pensacola, Florida include Robert Z'Dar, Leif Erickson, and Stephen Mallory. Pensacola, Florida has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and social activists. Pensacola, Florida is located in United States.
Pensacola is a city in the Florida Panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. It is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had 511,503 residents in 2020. Pensacola is the first settlement established by Europeans in the United States, in 1559. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1906 and 1998, Pensacola, Florida was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Don Shirley, Roy Jones Jr., and Joe Dallesandro. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Pensacola, Florida including Robert Z'Dar, Leif Erickson, and Stephen Mallory.
People Born in Pensacola, Florida
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Don Shirley
MUSICIAN
1927 - 2013
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 1
Roy Jones Jr.
BOXER
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 2
Joe Dallesandro
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 3
Ed O'Ross
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 4
Jacqueline Cochran
PILOT
1906 - 1980
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 5
Roman Reigns
WRESTLER
1985 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 6
Mike McCready
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 7
Katharine Jefferts Schori
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 8
Tara Buckman
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 9
Katy Mixon
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 10
Kiersey Clemons
ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 11
Josh Donaldson
BASEBALL PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Pensacola, Florida
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RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 8
Mitchell Robinson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 14
People Deceased in Pensacola, Florida
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Robert Z'Dar
ACTOR
1950 - 2015
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1
Leif Erickson
ACTOR
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 2
Stephen Mallory
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1813 - 1873
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 3
Bob Armstrong
WRESTLER
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pensacola, Florida were actors (5), musicians (2), basketball players (2), boxers (1), and pilots (1), while most who died were actors (2), social activists (1), and wrestlers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pensacola, Florida, including Joe Dallesandro, Ed O'Ross, and Tara Buckman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pensacola, Florida, including Joe Dallesandro, Ed O'Ross, and Tara Buckman.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Pensacola, Florida since 1700.
