Urbana, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois ranks 1,363rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tsu, Mie, Bobo-Dioulasso, and St Mary's Hospital, London. Memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois include Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Dan Graham. Memorable people who died in Urbana, Illinois include Paul Lauterbur, Carl Woese, and Nick Holonyak. Urbana, Illinois has been the birth place of many musicians and chemists and the death place of many chemists and biologists. 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
Between 1922 and 1973, Urbana, Illinois was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Robert W. Holley, Roger Ebert, and Dan Graham. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Urbana, Illinois including Paul Lauterbur, Carl Woese, and Nick Holonyak.
People Born in Urbana, Illinois
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Robert W. Holley
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1
Roger Ebert
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 2
Dan Graham
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 3
Lars Peter Hansen
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 4
Jennie Garth
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 5
José Graziano da Silva
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 6
Tom Harrell
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 7
Bill Mulliken
1939 - 2014
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 8
Gil Shaham
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 9
Tony Hsieh
1973 - 2020
HPI: 32.36
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Urbana, Illinois
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Paul Lauterbur
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 1
Carl Woese
1928 - 2012
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 2
Nick Holonyak
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 3
Michael S. Hart
1947 - 2011
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4
J. B. Lenoir
1929 - 1967
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Urbana, Illinois were musicians (2), chemists (1), critics (1), artists (1), and economists (1), while most who died were chemists (1), biologists (1), physicists (1), inventors (1), and musicians (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Urbana, Illinois since 1700.
