Queens
Queens ranks 108th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beijing, Antwerp, and Leipzig. Memorable people born in Queens include Donald Trump, 50 Cent, and Tobin Bell. Memorable people who died in Queens include Naftali Herz Imber, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, and Joe Spinell. Queens has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many singers and writers. Queens is located in United States.
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located at the western end of Long Island, it is the largest of the five New York City boroughs by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1910 and 1992, Queens was the birth place of 89 globally memorable people, including Donald Trump, 50 Cent, and Tobin Bell. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Queens including Naftali Herz Imber, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, and Joe Spinell.
People Born in Queens
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Donald Trump
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 1
50 Cent
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 2
Tobin Bell
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 3
Tony Bennett
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 4
Dennis Tito
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 5
Burt Young
1940 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 6
Ron Jeremy
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 7
Iris Apfel
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 8
Paul Stanley
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 9
Richard S. Castellano
1933 - 1988
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 10
Stephen Jay Gould
1941 - 2002
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 11
Lucy Liu
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Queens
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Joan Feynman
1927 - 2020
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 29
Jessi
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 42
Jeff Berlin
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 46
Chris Cuomo
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 61
Glenn Fleshler
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.72
Rank: 64
Sheila Jackson Lee
1950 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 67
Robia LaMorte
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.99
Rank: 69
Rich the Kid
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.85
Rank: 70
Katie Lowes
1982 - Present
HPI: 29.46
Rank: 75
Jackie Cruz
1986 - Present
HPI: 29.07
Rank: 76
Leslie Odom Jr.
1981 - Present
HPI: 27.41
Rank: 78
Max Adler
1986 - Present
HPI: 25.95
Rank: 83
People Deceased in Queens
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Naftali Herz Imber
1856 - 1909
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1
Manuel Urrutia Lleó
1901 - 1981
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2
Joe Spinell
1936 - 1989
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 3
Mel Sheppard
1883 - 1942
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 4
LaVern Baker
1929 - 1997
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 5
Jam Master Jay
1965 - 2002
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 6
Brook Benton
1931 - 1988
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Queens were actors (31), singers (9), musicians (9), writers (8), and basketball players (7), while most who died were singers (3), writers (1), politicians (1), actors (1), and athletes (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Queens, including Tobin Bell, Burt Young, and Richard S. Castellano. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Queens, including Tobin Bell, Burt Young, and Richard S. Castellano.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Queens since 1700.
