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Colchester (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Colchester ranks 1,104th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gera, Nara (city), and Waco, Texas. Memorable people born in Colchester include William Gilbert, Roger Penrose, and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell. Memorable people who died in Colchester include Joan Hickson, Margery Allingham, and John Wilbye. Colchester has been the birth place of many physicists, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and writers. Colchester is located in United Kingdom.

Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 Census. The demonym is Colcestrian. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1544 and 1979, Colchester was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including William Gilbert, Roger Penrose, and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Colchester including Joan Hickson, Margery Allingham, and John Wilbye.

People Born in Colchester

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Colchester were physicists (3), musicians (2), military personnels (1), philosophers (1), and physicians (1),  while most who died were actors (1), writers (1), and composers (1).

Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Colchester, including Dave Rowntree, and Paul Allender. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Colchester, including William Gilbert, Roger Penrose, and Francis Hauksbee.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Colchester since 1700.