Stanford, California
Stanford, California ranks 2,918th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Velletri, Tibet, and West Orange, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Stanford, California include Peter Senge, June Huh, and Deborah S. Jin. Memorable people who died in Stanford, California include Edward Teller, Albert Bandura, and Paul Berg. Stanford, California has been the birth place of many economists, and mathematicians and the death place of many physicists, and computer scientists. Stanford, California is located in United States.
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named. The CDP's population was 21,150 at the 2020 census. Stanford is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, which borders it to the east, but the CDP itself remains unincorporated. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1992, Stanford, California was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Peter Senge, June Huh, and Deborah S. Jin. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in Stanford, California including Edward Teller, Albert Bandura, and Paul Berg. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Stanford, California than were born there.
People Born in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsPeter Senge
ECONOMIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1
June Huh
MATHEMATICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2
Deborah S. Jin
PHYSICIST
1968 - 2016
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 3
Sam Bankman-Fried
BUSINESSPERSON
1992 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 4
Andrew W.K.
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 5
Jon Fisher
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Born in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsJune Huh
MATHEMATICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2
Sam Bankman-Fried
BUSINESSPERSON
1992 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Stanford, California
Go to all RankingsEdward Teller
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2003
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 1
Albert Bandura
PSYCHOLOGIST
1925 - 2021
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 2
Paul Berg
CHEMIST
1926 - 2023
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 3
John McCarthy
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1927 - 2011
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 4
Robert Hofstadter
PHYSICIST
1915 - 1990
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 5
Richard E. Taylor
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2018
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 6
Burton Richter
PHYSICIST
1931 - 2018
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 7
William Shockley
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1989
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 8
René Girard
PHILOSOPHER
1923 - 2015
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 9
George Dantzig
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1914 - 2005
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 10
Eric Voegelin
PHILOSOPHER
1901 - 1985
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 11
Joseph Greenberg
LINGUIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Stanford, California were economists (1), mathematicians (1), physicists (1), businesspeople (1), and singers (1), while most who died were physicists (5), computer scientists (4), mathematicians (3), biologists (3), and psychologists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, economists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Stanford, California, including Peter Senge. Whereas, throughout history, economists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Stanford, California, including Peter Senge.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Stanford, California since 1700.