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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, and the 17th most populous in the US. 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 91 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 2023. 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, 111 globally memorable people have passed away in San Francisco including Milton Friedman, Levi Strauss, and Warren G. Harding.

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People Deceased in San Francisco

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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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in San Francisco since 1700.