Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford ranks 3,823rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Weißenburg in Bayern, Arnstadt, and Herrenhausen Palace. Memorable people born in Bishop's Stortford include Cecil Rhodes, Frederick Scott Archer, and Minette Walters. Bishop's Stortford has been the birth place of many businesspeople, and inventors. Bishop's Stortford is located in United Kingdom.
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in the London commuter belt. Located in Hertfordshire near the border with Essex, just west of the M11 motorway and Stansted Airport, it is 22 miles north-east of Central London and 34 minutes away by rail from Liverpool Street station. The town had an estimated population of 41,088 in 2020. The district of East Hertfordshire, where the town centre is located, has been ranked as the best place to live in the UK by the Halifax Quality of Life annual survey in 2020. The town is commonly known as Stortford by locals. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1813 and 1974, Bishop's Stortford was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Cecil Rhodes, Frederick Scott Archer, and Minette Walters.
People Born in Bishop's Stortford
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Cecil Rhodes
BUSINESSPERSON
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 1
Frederick Scott Archer
INVENTOR
1813 - 1857
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 2
Minette Walters
WRITER
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3
Paul Epworth
MUSICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.24
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bishop's Stortford were businesspeople (1), inventors (1), writers (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bishop's Stortford, including Minette Walters. Whereas, throughout history, businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bishop's Stortford, including Cecil Rhodes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Bishop's Stortford since 1700.
