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Urbana, Illinois ranks 1,318th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Walnut Creek, California, Rockford, Illinois, and Pinar del Río. Memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois include Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Lars Peter Hansen. Memorable people who died in Urbana, Illinois include Carl Woese, Paul Lauterbur, and Nick Holonyak. Urbana, Illinois has been the birth place of many musicians, and chemists and the death place of many biologists, and chemists. Urbana, Illinois is located in United States.

Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1922 and 1988, Urbana, Illinois was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Lars Peter Hansen. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Urbana, Illinois including Carl Woese, Paul Lauterbur, and Nick Holonyak.

People Born in Urbana, Illinois

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People Deceased in Urbana, Illinois

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Urbana, Illinois were musicians (2), chemists (1), critics (1), economists (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were biologists (1), chemists (1), physicists (1), inventors (1), and anthropologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois, including Tom Harrell, and Gil Shaham. Whereas, throughout history, musicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Urbana, Illinois, including Tom Harrell, and Gil Shaham.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois since 1700.