Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois ranks 1,316th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Naha, Schönbrunn Palace, and Walnut Creek, California. Memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois include James Henry Breasted, Ginger Lynn, and Gordon Tullock. Rockford, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians. Rockford, Illinois is located in United States.
Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. Located in far northern Illinois on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County. The population was 148,655 at the 2020 census, making Rockford the fifth-most populous city in Illinois, as well as the state's most populous city outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. It anchors the Rockford metropolitan area, which had 338,798 residents in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1864 and 1994, Rockford, Illinois was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including James Henry Breasted, Ginger Lynn, and Gordon Tullock.
People Born in Rockford, Illinois
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James Henry Breasted
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1865 - 1935
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 1
Ginger Lynn
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 2
Gordon Tullock
ECONOMIST
1922 - 2014
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 3
Virgil Abloh
DESIGNER
1980 - 2021
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 4
Jodi Benson
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 5
George Nichols
ACTOR
1864 - 1927
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 6
John B. Anderson
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2017
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 7
Steve Cherundolo
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 8
Michelle Williams
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 9
Lorenzo Brown
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 10
Heather Nauert
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.30
Rank: 11
Fred VanVleet
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rockford, Illinois
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Most individuals born in present day Rockford, Illinois were actors (2), politicians (2), basketball players (2), archaeologists (1), and pornographic actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois, including Lorenzo Brown, and Fred VanVleet. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rockford, Illinois, including Jodi Benson, and George Nichols.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Rockford, Illinois since 1700.
