Cheshire
Cheshire ranks 4,923rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Glasgow, Montana, Billings, Montana, and Saint-Gilles, Belgium. Memorable people born in Cheshire include Andy Goldsworthy, Cyril Scott, and Thomas Ravenscroft. Cheshire has been the birth place of many sculptors, and composers. Cheshire is located in United Kingdom.
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. Warrington is the largest settlement, and the city of Chester is the county town. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1592 and 1956, Cheshire was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Andy Goldsworthy, Cyril Scott, and Thomas Ravenscroft.
People Born in Cheshire
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Andy Goldsworthy
SCULPTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 1
Cyril Scott
COMPOSER
1879 - 1970
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 2
Thomas Ravenscroft
MUSICIAN
1592 - 1635
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Born in Cheshire
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Most individuals born in present day Cheshire were sculptors (1), composers (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, sculptors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cheshire, including Andy Goldsworthy. Whereas, throughout history, sculptors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cheshire, including Andy Goldsworthy.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Cheshire since 1700.
