Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ranks 1,095th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oryol, Petah Tikva, and Lodi, Lombardy. Memorable people born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania include Florence Foster Jenkins, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and David Bohm. Memorable people who died in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania include Alvin Kraenzlein and Jozef Murgaš. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has been the birth place of many actors and physicists and the death place of many athletes and inventors. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is located in United States.
Wilkes-Barre is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city, after Scranton, in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 567,559 as of the 2020 census, making it the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Delaware Valley, Greater Pittsburgh, the Lehigh Valley, and Greater Harrisburg. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1796 and 1992, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Florence Foster Jenkins, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and David Bohm. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania including Alvin Kraenzlein and Jozef Murgaš.
People Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Florence Foster Jenkins
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 2
David Bohm
1992 - 1992
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 3
Edward B. Lewis
1918 - 2004
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 4
William Daniel Phillips
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 5
Mary McDonnell
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
Franz Kline
1910 - 1962
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 7
George Catlin
1796 - 1872
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 8
James Karen
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 9
Darlanne Fluegel
1953 - 2017
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 10
Harold Rainsford Stark
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 11
Harley Jane Kozak
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 12
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Most individuals born in present day Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania were actors (4), physicists (2), painters (2), singers (1), and film directors (1), while most who died were athletes (1) and inventors (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, including Mary McDonnell, Darlanne Fluegel, and Harley Jane Kozak. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, including Mary McDonnell, James Karen, and Darlanne Fluegel.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania since 1700.
