Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona ranks 630th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Okinawa Prefecture, Bishkek, and Udine. Memorable people born in Tucson, Arizona include Linda Ronstadt, Barbara Eden, and Justin Gaethje. Memorable people who died in Tucson, Arizona include Jesse Owens, Willis Lamb, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. Tucson, Arizona has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many astronomers, and writers. Tucson, Arizona is located in United States.
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area. Both Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (100 km) north of the United States–Mexico border. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1931 and 1996, Tucson, Arizona was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Linda Ronstadt, Barbara Eden, and Justin Gaethje. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Tucson, Arizona including Jesse Owens, Willis Lamb, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Tucson, Arizona than were born there.
People Born in Tucson, Arizona
Go to all RankingsLinda Ronstadt
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1
Barbara Eden
ACTOR
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 2
Justin Gaethje
MARTIAL ARTS
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 3
Michael Horse
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 4
Hailey Baldwin
MODEL
1996 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 5
Gabby Giffords
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 6
Greg Ginn
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 7
Tom Udall
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 8
Kaylee DeFer
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 9
Sharon Leal
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 10
Sean Elliott
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 34.45
Rank: 11
Jim Grabb
TENNIS PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tucson, Arizona
Go to all RankingsMichael Horse
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 4
Jim Grabb
TENNIS PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 12
Raúl Grijalva
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 15
Kerri Strug
GYMNAST
1977 - Present
HPI: 26.29
Rank: 20
Caitlin Leverenz
SWIMMER
1991 - Present
HPI: 17.84
Rank: 22
Ian Kinsler
BASEBALL PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 23
Corben Sharrah
ATHLETE
1992 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 24
People Deceased in Tucson, Arizona
Go to all RankingsJesse Owens
ATHLETE
1913 - 1980
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 1
Willis Lamb
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2008
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 2
Nicolaas Bloembergen
PHYSICIST
1920 - 2017
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 3
Lee Marvin
ACTOR
1924 - 1987
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 4
Linda McCartney
COMPANION
1941 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 5
Fredric Brown
WRITER
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 6
Monique Wittig
WRITER
1935 - 2003
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 7
W. Eugene Smith
JOURNALIST
1918 - 1978
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 8
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 9
Tom Gehrels
ASTRONOMER
1925 - 2011
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 10
George Gaylord Simpson
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1902 - 1984
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 11
Margaret Sanger
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1966
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tucson, Arizona
Go to all RankingsRashad Khalifa
CHEMIST
1935 - 1990
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 16
Koloman Sokol
PAINTER
1902 - 2003
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 29
Bud Shank
MUSICIAN
1926 - 2009
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 38
Rex Allen
ACTOR
1920 - 1999
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 39
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tucson, Arizona were actors (8), politicians (5), athletes (2), singers (1), and martial arts (1), while most who died were astronomers (8), writers (6), actors (5), athletes (3), and physicists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tucson, Arizona, including Barbara Eden, Michael Horse, and Kaylee DeFer. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tucson, Arizona, including Barbara Eden, Michael Horse, and Kaylee DeFer.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Tucson, Arizona since 1700.