Cultural Production in
Present Day
United States
United States ranks 1st in number of biographies on Pantheon. Memorable people born in present day United States include Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and Thomas Jefferson. Memorable people who died in United States include Bob Marley, Ronald Reagan, and Emily Dickinson. United States has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many actors, and politicians. The top cities in United States by number of biographies are New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia.
People
Between 375 BC and 2021, present day United States was the birth place of 23,143 globally memorable people, including Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and Thomas Jefferson. Additionaly, 10,027 globally memorable people have passed away in present day United States including Bob Marley, Ronald Reagan, and Emily Dickinson.
Donald Trump
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 99.27
Rank: 1
Jimmy Carter
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2024
HPI: 93.90
Rank: 2
Thomas Jefferson
POLITICIAN
1743 - 1826
HPI: 93.18
Rank: 3
Martin Luther King Jr.
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1929 - 1968
HPI: 92.49
Rank: 4
Thomas Edison
INVENTOR
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 5
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 6
Muhammad Ali
BOXER
1942 - 2016
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 7
Andrew Jackson
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1845
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 8
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 9
Pope Leo XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 10
William McKinley
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1901
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 11
Al Pacino
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 12
Steve Witkoff
BUSINESSPERSON
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,254
Murder of Sylvia Likens
CELEBRITY
1949 - 1965
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,346
Bumpy Johnson
MAFIOSO
1905 - 1968
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 2,728
Patrick Dempsey
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 2,844
Lauren Sánchez Bezos
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 4,829
Les Wexner
BUSINESSPERSON
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5,063
Scott Bessent
BUSINESSPERSON
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 5,481
David Baker
CHEMIST
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 6,163
Emily Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1986 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 6,248
Tom Homan
PUBLIC WORKER
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,279
Mark Kerr
WRESTLER
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,718
Pam Bondi
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 7,050
Bob Marley
MUSICIAN
1945 - 1981
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 1
Ronald Reagan
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 2
Emily Dickinson
WRITER
1830 - 1886
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 3
Toni Morrison
WRITER
1931 - 2019
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 4
Patrick Swayze
ACTOR
1952 - 2009
HPI: 81.93
Rank: 5
Isaac Asimov
WRITER
1920 - 1992
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 6
Robin Williams
COMEDIAN
1951 - 2014
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 7
Al Capone
MAFIOSO
1899 - 1947
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 8
John D. Rockefeller
BUSINESSPERSON
1839 - 1937
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 9
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 10
Marvin Gaye
SINGER
1939 - 1984
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 11
Frank Sinatra
SINGER
1915 - 1998
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 12
Eliot Engel
POLITICIAN
1947 - 2026
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5,117
Murder of Sylvia Likens
CELEBRITY
1949 - 1965
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 6,331
Bumpy Johnson
MAFIOSO
1905 - 1968
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 6,479
Hessy Levinsons Taft
MODEL
1934 - 2026
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 6,899
Naomi Uemura
EXPLORER
1941 - 1984
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 7,754
Oktay Sinanoğlu
CHEMIST
1935 - 2015
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 8,238
Richard Jewell
EXTREMIST
1962 - 2007
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 8,309
Preta Gil
MUSICIAN
1974 - 2025
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,327
Lili Darvas
ACTOR
1902 - 1974
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 8,420
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
COMPANION
1966 - 1999
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 8,448
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
ACTOR
1954 - 2025
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 8,500
Kemal Karpat
HISTORIAN
1924 - 2019
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 8,519
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day United States since 1700.