Blackburn
Blackburn ranks 1,202nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rhodes, Reading, Pennsylvania, and Flushing, Queens. Memorable people born in Blackburn include Ian McShane, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Michael Winterbottom. Memorable people who died in Blackburn include Bob Crompton, Bill Eckersley, and Keith Newton. Blackburn has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many soccer players. Blackburn is located in United Kingdom.
Blackburn is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, 8 mi (13 km) east of Preston and 21 mi (34 km) north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second largest town in Lancashire. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1852 and 1996, Blackburn was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Ian McShane, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Michael Winterbottom. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Blackburn including Bob Crompton, Bill Eckersley, and Keith Newton.
People Born in Blackburn
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Ian McShane
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 1
Daniel Burley Woolfall
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 2
Michael Winterbottom
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 3
Bob Crompton
1879 - 1941
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 4
Carl Fogarty
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 5
Bryan Douglas
1934 - Present
HPI: 34.08
Rank: 6
Steve Pemberton
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.95
Rank: 7
Anastasios Donis
1996 - Present
HPI: 27.88
Rank: 8
Diana Vickers
1991 - Present
HPI: 14.02
Rank: 9
Frank Fielding
1988 - Present
HPI: 12.87
Rank: 10
Anthony Pilkington
1988 - Present
HPI: 12.31
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Blackburn
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Go to all RankingsBob Crompton
1879 - 1941
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 1
Bill Eckersley
1925 - 1982
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 2
Keith Newton
1941 - 1998
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 3
Ronnie Clayton
1934 - 2010
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Blackburn were soccer players (5), actors (2), politicians (1), film directors (1), and racing drivers (1), while most who died were soccer players (4).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Blackburn, including Bryan Douglas, Anastasios Donis, and Frank Fielding. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Blackburn, including Bob Crompton, Bryan Douglas, and Anastasios Donis.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Blackburn since 1700.
