Stanford, California
Stanford, California ranks 3,986th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Timmins, Memmingen, and Scarsdale, New York. Memorable people born in Stanford, California include Peter Senge, Deborah S. Jin, and Andrew W.K.. Memorable people who died in Stanford, California include Albert Bandura, Edward Teller, and William Shockley. Stanford, California has been the birth place of many economists and physicists 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. The population was 21,150 at the 2020 census. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1947 and 1979, Stanford, California was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Peter Senge, Deborah S. Jin, and Andrew W.K.. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Stanford, California including Albert Bandura, Edward Teller, and William Shockley. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Stanford, California than were born there.
People Born in Stanford, California
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Peter Senge
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 1
Deborah S. Jin
1968 - 2016
HPI: 31.95
Rank: 2
Andrew W.K.
1979 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 3
Jon Fisher
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.65
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Stanford, California
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Albert Bandura
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 1
Edward Teller
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 2
William Shockley
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 3
Robert Hofstadter
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 4
Richard E. Taylor
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 5
Paul Berg
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 6
George Dantzig
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 7
René Girard
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 8
John McCarthy
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
Burton Richter
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 10
Eric Voegelin
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 11
Joseph Greenberg
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Stanford, California were economists (1), physicists (1), singers (1), and writers (1), while most who died were physicists (5), computer scientists (4), mathematicians (3), biologists (3), and psychologists (2).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Stanford, California since 1700.
