Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton, Pennsylvania ranks 876th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Debrecen, Kropyvnytskyi, and Royal Palace of Turin. Memorable people born in Scranton, Pennsylvania include Joe Biden, Howard Gardner, and Hugh Glass. Memorable people who died in Scranton, Pennsylvania include Don Budge, Jason Miller, and Peter Steele. Scranton, Pennsylvania has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many tennis players and actors. Scranton, Pennsylvania is located in United States.
Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Wyoming Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is the sixth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1783 and 1989, Scranton, Pennsylvania was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Joe Biden, Howard Gardner, and Hugh Glass. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Scranton, Pennsylvania including Don Budge, Jason Miller, and Peter Steele.
People Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Joe Biden
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 1
Howard Gardner
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 2
Hugh Glass
1783 - 1833
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 3
Robert Reich
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 4
Jane Jacobs
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 5
Frank Carlucci
1930 - 2018
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 6
Charles David Keeling
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 7
Lizabeth Scott
1922 - 2015
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 8
Teddy Mayer
1935 - 2009
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 9
Michael Patrick King
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 10
Lauren Weisberger
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 11
Mike Dunleavy
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Don Budge
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1
Jason Miller
1939 - 2001
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 2
Peter Steele
1962 - 2010
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Scranton, Pennsylvania were politicians (4), writers (2), psychologists (1), explorers (1), and economists (1), while most who died were tennis players (1), actors (1), and singers (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, including Joe Biden, Frank Carlucci, and Mike Dunleavy. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Scranton, Pennsylvania, including Joe Biden, Frank Carlucci, and Mike Dunleavy.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Scranton, Pennsylvania since 1700.
