San Jose, California
San Jose, California ranks 320th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Panama City, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Guayaquil. Memorable people born in San Jose, California include Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Nikki Sixx. Memorable people who died in San Jose, California include Nguyễn Khánh, Sylvia Browne, and John Johnson. San Jose, California has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. San Jose, California is located in United States.
San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 2000, San Jose, California was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Nikki Sixx. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in San Jose, California including Nguyễn Khánh, Sylvia Browne, and John Johnson.
People Born in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsSteve Wozniak
INVENTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1
Michio Kaku
PHYSICIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 2
Nikki Sixx
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3
Dudley R. Herschbach
CHEMIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 4
Farley Granger
ACTOR
1925 - 2011
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5
Josh Holloway
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 6
Amadeo Giannini
BUSINESSPERSON
1870 - 1949
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 7
Charles Martinet
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 8
Lloyd Bacon
ACTOR
1889 - 1955
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 9
Kate Walsh
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 10
Arthur Cronquist
BIOLOGIST
1919 - 1992
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 11
Tad Williams
WRITER
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsJimmy T. Murakami
FILM DIRECTOR
1933 - 2014
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 19
Amy Chow
GYMNAST
1978 - Present
HPI: 19.53
Rank: 39
Keilani Ricketts
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 40
Naomi Girma
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 41
People Deceased in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsNguyễn Khánh
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2013
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1
Sylvia Browne
WRITER
1936 - 2013
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 2
John Johnson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day San Jose, California were actors (11), soccer players (5), musicians (3), businesspeople (3), and athletes (3), while most who died were politicians (1), writers (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Jose, California, including Farley Granger, Josh Holloway, and Charles Martinet. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Jose, California, including Farley Granger, Josh Holloway, and Charles Martinet.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in San Jose, California since 1700.