Salt Lake City ranks 239th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tunis, Guadalajara, and Nottingham. Memorable people born in Salt Lake City include Neal Cassady, Stephen Covey, and Loretta Young. Memorable people who died in Salt Lake City include Brigham Young, Frederick Herzberg, and Dick Fosbury. Salt Lake City has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many athletes and politicians. Salt Lake City is located in United States.
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164, making it the 22nd largest in the nation. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, it is the 117th most populous city in the United States. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1869 and 1999, Salt Lake City was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Neal Cassady, Stephen Covey, and Loretta Young. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Salt Lake City including Brigham Young, Frederick Herzberg, and Dick Fosbury.
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 1
1932 - 2012
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 2
1913 - 2000
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 3
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 4
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5
1894 - 1962
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 7
1934 - 2020
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 8
1876 - 1935
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 11
1927 - 2018
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 12
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 10
1924 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 16
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 21
1895 - 1984
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 24
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.07
Rank: 43
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1
1923 - 2000
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 2
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4
1947 - 2013
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 5
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 6
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 7
1927 - 2018
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 8
1901 - 1981
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 9
1934 - 2022
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 10
1850 - 1891
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 11
1910 - 2008
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Salt Lake City were actors (12), writers (3), athletes (3), politicians (3), and skiers (3), while most who died were athletes (4), politicians (4), religious figures (3), psychologists (1), and actors (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Salt Lake City, including Wilford Brimley, Roseanne Barr, and Matthew Davis. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Salt Lake City, including Loretta Young, Wilford Brimley, and Mack Swain.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in Salt Lake City since 1700.