Cookham
Cookham ranks 7,216th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Griffith, New South Wales, Sauðárkrókur, and Koog aan de Zaan. Memorable people born in Cookham include Stanley Spencer, and Jessica Brown Findlay. Cookham has been the birth place of many painters, and actors. Cookham is located in United Kingdom.
Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles (5 km) north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End. Cookham forms the southernmost and most rural part of the High Wycombe urban area. With adjoining Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean, it had a combined population of 5,779 at the 2011 Census. In 2011, The Daily Telegraph deemed Cookham Britain's second richest village. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1891 and 1989, Cookham was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Stanley Spencer, and Jessica Brown Findlay.
People Born in Cookham
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Stanley Spencer
PAINTER
1891 - 1959
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1
Jessica Brown Findlay
ACTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cookham were painters (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cookham, including Jessica Brown Findlay. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cookham, including Stanley Spencer.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Cookham since 1700.
