Calais ranks 1,436th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Enugu, Tandil, and Izhevsk. Memorable people born in Calais include Gérard Debreu, Yvonne de Gaulle, and Ford Madox Brown. Memorable people who died in Calais include Emma, Lady Hamilton, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, and Jules Vandooren. Calais has been the birth place of many soccer players and economists and the death place of many actors and politicians. Calais is located in France.
Calais is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. The population of the city proper is 67,544; that of the urban area is 144,625 (2020). Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34 km (21 mi) wide here, and is the closest French town to England. The White Cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day from Calais. Calais is a major port for ferries between France and England, and since 1994, the Channel Tunnel has linked nearby Coquelles to Folkestone by rail. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1821 and 1994, Calais was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Gérard Debreu, Yvonne de Gaulle, and Ford Madox Brown. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Calais including Emma, Lady Hamilton, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, and Jules Vandooren.
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 1
1900 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 2
1821 - 1893
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 3
1827 - 1895
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4
1956 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 5
1908 - 1980
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 6
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.95
Rank: 7
1980 - Present
HPI: 23.16
Rank: 8
1994 - Present
HPI: 19.94
Rank: 9
1765 - 1815
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 1
1355 - 1397
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2
1908 - 1985
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Calais were soccer players (2), economists (1), politicians (1), painters (1), and biologists (1), while most who died were actors (1), politicians (1), and soccer players (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Calais since 1700.