San Antonio
San Antonio ranks 234th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bangkok, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Salt Lake City. Memorable people born in San Antonio include Joan Crawford, David Scott, and Ed White. Memorable people who died in San Antonio include Pola Negri, Richard Avedon, and Courtney Hodges. San Antonio has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many actors, and military personnels. San Antonio is located in United States.
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census. It is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bexar County. The city is the seventh-most populous in the United States, the second-largest in the Southern United States, and the second-most populous in Texas after Houston. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1902 and 1997, San Antonio was the birth place of 52 globally memorable people, including Joan Crawford, David Scott, and Ed White. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in San Antonio including Pola Negri, Richard Avedon, and Courtney Hodges.
People Born in San Antonio
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Joan Crawford
ACTOR
1904 - 1977
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 1
David Scott
ASTRONAUT
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 2
Ed White
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 1967
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 3
Michelle Rodriguez
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 4
Rick Riordan
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 5
Rodney Alcala
EXTREMIST
1943 - 2021
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 6
Bruce McGill
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 7
Christopher Cross
SINGER
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 8
Robert Rodriguez
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 9
Gil Birmingham
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 10
Jared Padalecki
ACTOR
1982 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 11
Carol Burnett
ACTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in San Antonio
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Charles Q. Brown Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 21
Joaquin Castro
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.34
Rank: 49
Michael Doleac
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 50
Jennifer Gutierrez
ATHLETE
1967 - Present
HPI: 27.28
Rank: 51
Ariana Ince
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 19.08
Rank: 52
People Deceased in San Antonio
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Pola Negri
ACTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 1
Richard Avedon
PHOTOGRAPHER
1923 - 2004
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 2
Courtney Hodges
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1966
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 3
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1919 - 1995
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4
Jonathan M. Wainwright
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1953
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 5
Jacques Barzun
HISTORIAN
1907 - 2012
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 6
William Hood Simpson
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1980
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 7
Martha Mansfield
ACTOR
1899 - 1923
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 8
Glenn Corbett
ACTOR
1933 - 1993
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 9
Samuel Gompers
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1850 - 1924
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 10
Ann B. Davis
ACTOR
1926 - 2014
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 11
Lance Cade
WRESTLER
1981 - 2010
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in San Antonio
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Most individuals born in present day San Antonio were actors (22), politicians (6), singers (4), athletes (4), and astronauts (3), while most who died were actors (4), military personnels (3), photographers (1), religious figures (1), and historians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Antonio, including Michelle Rodriguez, Bruce McGill, and Gil Birmingham. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Antonio, including Joan Crawford, Michelle Rodriguez, and Bruce McGill.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in San Antonio since 1700.
