Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois ranks 2,804th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg. Memorable people born in Rock Island, Illinois include Eddie Albert, Gabriel Almond, and June Haver. Rock Island, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors and politicians. Rock Island, Illinois is located in United States.
Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 37,108 at the 2020 census. Located at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi rivers, it is one of the Quad Cities along with neighboring Moline and East Moline in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities had a population of 384,324 in 2020. The city is home to Rock Island Arsenal, the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the US, which employs 6,000 people. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Arsenal Island. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1906 and 1995, Rock Island, Illinois was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Eddie Albert, Gabriel Almond, and June Haver.
People Born in Rock Island, Illinois
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Eddie Albert
1906 - 2005
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 1
Gabriel Almond
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2
June Haver
1926 - 2005
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 3
Madison Keys
1995 - Present
HPI: 31.78
Rank: 4
Lissie
1982 - Present
HPI: 22.88
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Rock Island, Illinois were actors (2), politicians (1), tennis players (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Rock Island, Illinois since 1700.
