Cambridge
Cambridge ranks 260th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Belo Horizonte, Birmingham, Alabama, and Cape Town. The most famous people from Cambridge are John Maynard Keynes, David Gilmour, and Syd Barrett. The most famous people who died in Cambridge are Stephen Hawking, J. J. Thomson, and Ernest Rutherford. Cambridge has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many mathematicians, and physicists. Cambridge is located in United Kingdom.
People
Between 1659 and 2001, Cambridge was the birth place of 52 globally memorable people, including John Maynard Keynes, David Gilmour, and Syd Barrett. Additionaly, 125 globally memorable people have passed away in Cambridge including Stephen Hawking, J. J. Thomson, and Ernest Rutherford. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Cambridge than were born there.
People Born in Cambridge
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John Maynard Keynes
ECONOMIST
1883 - 1946
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 1
David Gilmour
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 2
Syd Barrett
MUSICIAN
1946 - 2006
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 3
Olivia Newton-John
ACTOR
1948 - 2022
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 4
George Paget Thomson
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1975
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 5
Frank P. Ramsey
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1930
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 6
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
CHEMIST
1897 - 1978
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 7
Richard Attenborough
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2014
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 8
Andrew Wiles
MATHEMATICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 9
Douglas Adams
WRITER
1952 - 2001
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 10
Bob Klose
MUSICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
Matt Bellamy
MUSICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Cambridge
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Robert Huff
RACING DRIVER
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 45
Lady Amelia Windsor
CELEBRITY
1995 - Present
HPI: 34.75
Rank: 46
People Deceased in Cambridge
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Stephen Hawking
PHYSICIST
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 1
J. J. Thomson
PHYSICIST
1856 - 1940
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 2
Ernest Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1871 - 1937
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 3
Ludwig Wittgenstein
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1951
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 4
James Clerk Maxwell
PHYSICIST
1831 - 1879
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 5
Lise Meitner
PHYSICIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 6
Edgar Adrian
PHYSICIAN
1889 - 1977
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 7
Stefania Turkewich
COMPOSER
1898 - 1977
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 8
David J. Thouless
PHYSICIST
1934 - 2019
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 9
Robert Edwards
BIOLOGIST
1925 - 2013
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 10
Alan Hodgkin
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1998
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 11
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1903
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cambridge were actors (8), musicians (6), mathematicians (5), athletes (4), and physicists (3), while most who died were mathematicians (21), physicists (18), chemists (11), biologists (10), and economists (10).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cambridge, including Olivia Newton-John, Simon McBurney, and Jeremy Northam. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cambridge, including Olivia Newton-John, Simon McBurney, and Jeremy Northam.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Cambridge since 1700.
