San Jose, California
San Jose, California ranks 320th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Panama City, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Guayaquil. The most famous people from San Jose, California are Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Dudley R. Herschbach. The most famous people who died in San Jose, California are Nguyễn Khánh, John Johnson, and Sylvia Browne. San Jose, California has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and basketball players. San Jose, California is located in United States.
San Jose, officially the City of San José, is a cultural, commercial, and political center within the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and Northern California and the 12th-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 mi2 (466.1 km2) and is the county seat of Santa Clara County. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 2000, San Jose, California was the birth place of 51 globally memorable people, including Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Dudley R. Herschbach. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in San Jose, California including Nguyễn Khánh, John Johnson, and Sylvia Browne.
People Born in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsSteve Wozniak
INVENTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 1
Michio Kaku
PHYSICIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 2
Dudley R. Herschbach
CHEMIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 3
Farley Granger
ACTOR
1925 - 2011
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 4
Nikki Sixx
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 5
Amadeo Giannini
BUSINESSPERSON
1870 - 1949
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 6
Josh Holloway
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 7
Arthur Cronquist
BIOLOGIST
1919 - 1992
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 8
Robert Mercer
BUSINESSPERSON
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 9
Lloyd Bacon
ACTOR
1889 - 1955
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 10
Kate Walsh
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 11
Charles Martinet
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsSteve Caballero
MUSICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 31
Levy Tran
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 35
Ernie Reyes Jr.
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 37
Sandra McCoy
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 39
James Nunnally
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 41
Jhonen Vasquez
FILM DIRECTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 42
Snow Tha Product
SINGER
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 44
Ashe
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 29.84
Rank: 48
Akhil Akkineni
ACTOR
1994 - Present
HPI: 28.09
Rank: 49
Aly Wagner
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.01
Rank: 50
People Deceased in San Jose, California
Go to all RankingsNguyễn Khánh
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2013
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 1
John Johnson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 2
Sylvia Browne
WRITER
1936 - 2013
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day San Jose, California were actors (15), soccer players (6), musicians (4), businesspeople (3), and athletes (3), while most who died were politicians (1), basketball players (1), and writers (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 Kate Walsh. 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 Lloyd Bacon.
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.

























