Chester
Chester ranks 1,046th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chattanooga, Tennessee, La Ceiba, and Belgium. Memorable people born in Chester include Daniel Craig, Michael Owen, and Ronald Pickup. Chester has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors. Chester is located in United Kingdom.
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. With a built up area population of 92,742 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1846 and 1987, Chester was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Daniel Craig, Michael Owen, and Ronald Pickup.
People Born in Chester
Go to all Rankings
Daniel Craig
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 1
Michael Owen
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 2
Ronald Pickup
1940 - 2021
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3
John Marshall
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 4
Adrian Boult
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 5
Beatrice Tinsley
1941 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 6
Randolph Caldecott
1846 - 1886
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 7
Tom Heaton
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 8
Ricky Walden
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.18
Rank: 9
Danny Murphy
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.89
Rank: 10
Ryan Shawcross
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.82
Rank: 11
Matt Hancock
1978 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chester
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Chester were soccer players (4), actors (2), archaeologists (1), conductors (1), and astronomers (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chester, including Michael Owen, Tom Heaton, and Danny Murphy. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chester, including Michael Owen, Tom Heaton, and Danny Murphy.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Chester since 1700.
