Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah ranks 2,668th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ourense, Yasothon province, and Sirmium. Memorable people born in Provo, Utah include Paul D. Boyer, Harvey Fletcher, and Trieste Kelly Dunn. Memorable people who died in Provo, Utah include Gary Coleman, Arthur Cronquist, and William Primrose. Provo, Utah has been the birth place of many chemists, and physicists and the death place of many actors, and biologists. Provo, Utah is located in United States.
Provo is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is 43 miles (69 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south. With a population at the 2020 census of 115,162, Provo is the fourth-largest city in Utah and the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which had a population of 526,810 at the 2010 census. It is Utah's second-largest metropolitan area after Salt Lake City. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1884 and 1982, Provo, Utah was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Paul D. Boyer, Harvey Fletcher, and Trieste Kelly Dunn. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Provo, Utah including Gary Coleman, Arthur Cronquist, and William Primrose.
People Born in Provo, Utah
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Paul D. Boyer
CHEMIST
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 1
Harvey Fletcher
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1981
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 2
Trieste Kelly Dunn
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 3
Evan McMullin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1976 - Present
HPI: 24.80
Rank: 4
Bert McCracken
SINGER
1982 - Present
HPI: 21.33
Rank: 5
Noelle Pikus-Pace
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 18.00
Rank: 6
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Gary Coleman
ACTOR
1968 - 2010
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 1
Arthur Cronquist
BIOLOGIST
1919 - 1992
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 2
William Primrose
MUSICIAN
1904 - 1982
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 3
Harvey Fletcher
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1981
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4
Gail Halvorsen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2022
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Deceased in Provo, Utah
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Most individuals born in present day Provo, Utah were chemists (1), physicists (1), actors (1), military personnels (1), and singers (1), while most who died were actors (1), biologists (1), musicians (1), physicists (1), and military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Provo, Utah, including Trieste Kelly Dunn. Whereas, throughout history, chemists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Provo, Utah, including Paul D. Boyer.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Provo, Utah since 1700.
