Birmingham
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 its city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull to the south-east, 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.
People Born in Birmingham
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Neville Chamberlain
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 1
Francis Galton
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 2
Austen Chamberlain
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 3
Raymond Cattell
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 4
Nick Mason
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 5
Tony Iommi
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 6
Offa of Mercia
800 - 796
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 7
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 8
Edward Burne-Jones
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 9
Paul Grice
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 10
Kenny Baker
1934 - 2016
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 11
Paul Scofield
1922 - 2008
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Birmingham
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Steve Winwood
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 21
John Shrapnel
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 31
David Cox
1783 - 1859
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 54
Anne Heywood
1931 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 56
Tony Britton
1924 - 2019
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 70
Gary Shaw
1961 - Present
HPI: 29.65
Rank: 75
Pete Dunne
1993 - Present
HPI: 19.85
Rank: 86
Jacob Ramsey
2001 - Present
HPI: 19.06
Rank: 87
Andrew Symonds
1975 - 2022
HPI: 18.19
Rank: 88
People Deceased in Birmingham
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Joseph Chamberlain
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1
Mike Hailwood
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 2
Matthew Boulton
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 3
John Henry Poynting
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 4
John Baskerville
1706 - 1775
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 5
John Hick
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 6
Frederick W. Lanchester
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 7
William McGregor
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 8
David Cox
1783 - 1859
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 9
Charles Lapworth
1842 - 1920
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 10
Derek Kevan
1935 - 2013
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11
Arthur Lowe
1915 - 1982
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Birmingham
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Birmingham were soccer players (20), actors (15), musicians (12), politicians (8), 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.
