Reno, Nevada ranks 1,430th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Charlottesville, Virginia, Dumfries, and Pescara. Memorable people born in Reno, Nevada include Curtis Hanson, Dawn Wells, and Julia Mancuso. Memorable people who died in Reno, Nevada include Samuel Goudsmit, Ivan Passer, and Antony C. Sutton. Reno, Nevada has been the birth place of many actors and skiers and the death place of many actors and physicists. Reno, Nevada is located in United States.
Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border, about 22 miles (35 km) north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. The Reno metro area occupies a valley colloquially known as the Truckee Meadows, it is the 81st most populous city in the United States, the 3rd most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1922 and 1990, Reno, Nevada was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Curtis Hanson, Dawn Wells, and Julia Mancuso. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Reno, Nevada including Samuel Goudsmit, Ivan Passer, and Antony C. Sutton. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Reno, Nevada than were born there.
1945 - 2016
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 1
1938 - 2020
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 2
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.97
Rank: 3
1922 - 2018
HPI: 35.03
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 5
1977 - Present
HPI: 31.58
Rank: 6
1990 - Present
HPI: 28.99
Rank: 7
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 8
1990 - Present
HPI: 17.93
Rank: 9
1902 - 1978
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 1
1933 - 2020
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 2
1925 - 2002
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 3
1938 - 2011
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 4
1889 - 1985
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 5
1894 - 1988
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 6
1926 - 2014
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 7
1945 - 2006
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 8
1904 - 1961
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 9
1932 - 2010
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 10
Most individuals born in present day Reno, Nevada were actors (3), skiers (2), film directors (1), politicians (1), and composers (1), while most who died were actors (3), physicists (1), film directors (1), economists (1), and musicians (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Reno, Nevada since 1700.