Canterbury
Canterbury ranks 1,336th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Horsens, Anchorage, Alaska, and Ludwigshafen. Memorable people born in Canterbury include Christopher Marlowe, Stephen Gray, and Orlando Bloom. Memorable people who died in Canterbury include Ian Fleming, George Porter, and Peter Cushing. Canterbury has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many religious figures and writers. Canterbury is located in United Kingdom.
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climate. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1564 and 1998, Canterbury was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Christopher Marlowe, Stephen Gray, and Orlando Bloom. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Canterbury including Ian Fleming, George Porter, and Peter Cushing. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Canterbury than were born there.
People Born in Canterbury
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Christopher Marlowe
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 1
Stephen Gray
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 2
Orlando Bloom
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3
Aphra Behn
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 4
William Sealy Gosset
1876 - 1937
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 5
George Rooke
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 6
Trevor Pinnock
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 7
Hugh Hopper
1945 - 2009
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 8
Ruta Gedmintas
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.94
Rank: 9
Jack Scanlon
1998 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Canterbury
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Ian Fleming
1908 - 1964
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 1
George Porter
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2
Peter Cushing
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 3
Augustine of Canterbury
510 - 604
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 4
Ginger Baker
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 5
C. Northcote Parkinson
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
Lanfranc
1005 - 1089
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 7
Dunstan
909 - 988
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 8
Orlando Gibbons
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 9
Bertha of Kent
550 - 601
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 10
George Rooke
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 11
Phil Read
1939 - 2022
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Canterbury
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Most individuals born in present day Canterbury were actors (3), writers (2), musicians (2), astronomers (1), and mathematicians (1), while most who died were religious figures (10), writers (2), chemists (2), actors (1), and musicians (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Canterbury since 1700.
