Jersey

Jersey

Jersey ranks 196th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint Lucia, Eswatini, and Guernsey. Memorable people born in present day Jersey include Henry Cavill, Wace, and Lillie Langtry. Memorable people who died in Jersey include Gerald Durrell, Claude Cahun, and Félix Gaillard. Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many social activists and photographers.

Jersey, officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Read more on Wikipedia