San Francisco
San Francisco ranks 34th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amsterdam, Florence, and Mexico City. Memorable people born in San Francisco include Steve Jobs, Bruce Lee, and Clint Eastwood. Memorable people who died in San Francisco include Milton Friedman, Levi Strauss, and Warren G. Harding. San Francisco has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and politicians. San Francisco is located in United States.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California. With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose. It covers a land area of 46.9 square miles at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second-most densely populated major U.S. city behind New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind four of New York City's boroughs. Among the 92 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2022. San Francisco anchors the 13th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest urban region in the U.S., had a 2023 estimated population of over 9 million. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1853 and 2003, San Francisco was the birth place of 237 globally memorable people, including Steve Jobs, Bruce Lee, and Clint Eastwood. Additionaly, 110 globally memorable people have passed away in San Francisco including Milton Friedman, Levi Strauss, and Warren G. Harding.
People Born in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsSteve Jobs
DESIGNER
1955 - 2011
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 1
Bruce Lee
ACTOR
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 2
Clint Eastwood
ACTOR
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 3
Robert Frost
WRITER
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 4
Jack London
WRITER
1876 - 1916
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 5
Isadora Duncan
DANCER
1877 - 1927
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 6
Jerry Brown
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 7
Owen Chamberlain
PHYSICIST
1920 - 2006
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 8
Natalie Wood
ACTOR
1938 - 1981
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 9
O. J. Simpson
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 10
Dian Fossey
BIOLOGIST
1932 - 1985
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 11
Monica Lewinsky
CELEBRITY
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsMaria Branyas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1907 - 2024
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 28
Frank Wolff
ACTOR
1928 - 1971
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 45
Joe Hunt
TENNIS PLAYER
1919 - 1945
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 90
Peter Del Monte
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - 2021
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 105
Christina Maslach
PSYCHOLOGIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 118
Yvonne Rainer
DANCER
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 120
Elmo Zumwalt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2000
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 135
Patricia Canning Todd
TENNIS PLAYER
1922 - 2015
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 137
Barry Diller
BUSINESSPERSON
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 144
Alan Cooper
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 147
Burton Jastram
ATHLETE
1910 - 1995
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 151
Stockton Rush
BUSINESSPERSON
1962 - 2023
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 163
People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsMilton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 1
Levi Strauss
BUSINESSPERSON
1829 - 1902
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 2
Warren G. Harding
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1923
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 3
Chester W. Nimitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 4
Arno Allan Penzias
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2024
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5
Tsung-Dao Lee
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2024
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
Gregory Bateson
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 7
Erich Mendelsohn
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 8
Dorothea Lange
JOURNALIST
1895 - 1965
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 9
Anton LaVey
OCCULTIST
1930 - 1997
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 10
Philip Zimbardo
PSYCHOLOGIST
1933 - 2024
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 11
Valerie Solanas
WRITER
1936 - 1988
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in San Francisco
Go to all RankingsJean Tatlock
PSYCHOLOGIST
1914 - 1944
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 13
Halston
FASHION DESIGNER
1932 - 1990
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 22
Walter Jackson Freeman II
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1972
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 33
J. E. Freeman
ACTOR
1946 - 2014
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 66
Lewis Wilson
ACTOR
1920 - 2000
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 74
Alexander Hall
FILM DIRECTOR
1894 - 1968
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 78
Ödön Gróf
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1997
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 84
William Diller Matthew
BIOLOGIST
1871 - 1930
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 86
Alexander Drankov
FILM DIRECTOR
1886 - 1949
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 88
Al Parker
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - 1992
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 90
Pua Kealoha
SWIMMER
1902 - 1989
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 92
Helen Hunt Jackson
WRITER
1830 - 1885
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 95
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day San Francisco were actors (91), writers (18), musicians (13), athletes (12), and politicians (11), while most who died were actors (13), politicians (12), writers (10), athletes (9), and musicians (5).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Francisco, including Bruce Lee, Clint Eastwood, and Natalie Wood. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Francisco, including Bruce Lee, Clint Eastwood, and Natalie Wood.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in San Francisco since 1700.