Alton, Hampshire
Alton, Hampshire ranks 9,779th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind La Trinité-sur-Mer, Peterborough Castle, and Al Diwaniyah. Memorable people born in Alton, Hampshire include William Curtis, and Jimmy Dickinson. Memorable people who died in Alton, Hampshire include Bernard Montgomery, Owen Willans Richardson, and Jimmy Dickinson. Alton, Hampshire has been the birth place of many biologists, and soccer players and the death place of many military personnels, and physicists. Alton, Hampshire is located in United Kingdom.
Alton is a market town and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, near the source of the northern branch of the River Wey. It had a population of 17,816 at the 2011 census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1746 and 1925, Alton, Hampshire was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including William Curtis, and Jimmy Dickinson. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Alton, Hampshire including Bernard Montgomery, Owen Willans Richardson, and Jimmy Dickinson. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Alton, Hampshire than were born there.
People Born in Alton, Hampshire
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William Curtis
BIOLOGIST
1746 - 1799
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 1
Jimmy Dickinson
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 1982
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 2
People Deceased in Alton, Hampshire
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Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 1
Owen Willans Richardson
PHYSICIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 2
Jimmy Dickinson
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 1982
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 3
Benjamin Jowett
WRITER
1817 - 1893
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Alton, Hampshire were biologists (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were military personnels (1), physicists (1), soccer players (1), and writers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Alton, Hampshire, including Jimmy Dickinson. Whereas, throughout history, biologists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Alton, Hampshire, including William Curtis.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Alton, Hampshire since 1700.
