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Birmingham ranks 101st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shizuoka (city), Cologne, and Jerusalem. Memorable people born in Birmingham include Neville Chamberlain, Francis Galton, and Austen Chamberlain. Memorable people who died in Birmingham include Joseph Chamberlain, Mike Hailwood, and Matthew Boulton. Birmingham has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many soccer players and politicians. Birmingham is located in United Kingdom.

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper. Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The wider metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million, making it the largest outside of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 0 and 2001, Birmingham was the birth place of 92 globally memorable people, including Neville Chamberlain, Francis Galton, and Austen Chamberlain. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Birmingham including Joseph Chamberlain, Mike Hailwood, and Matthew Boulton.

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Most individuals born in present day Birmingham were soccer players (20), actors (15), musicians (12), politicians (7), and singers (4),  while most who died were soccer players (2), politicians (1), racing drivers (1), inventors (1), and physicists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Birmingham, including Jack Grealish, Daniel Sturridge, and Gerry Peyton. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Birmingham, including Jack Grealish, Daniel Sturridge, and Gerry Peyton.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Birmingham since 1700.