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Doncaster (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Doncaster ranks 1,063rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bulgaria, Florianópolis, and Kherson. Memorable people born in Doncaster include Diana Rigg, John McLaughlin, and Jeremy Clarkson. Memorable people who died in Doncaster include Maurice Setters. Doncaster has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players. Doncaster is located in United Kingdom.

Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its horse racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. The built up area had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1936 and 1997, Doncaster was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Diana Rigg, John McLaughlin, and Jeremy Clarkson. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Doncaster including Maurice Setters.

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Most individuals born in present day Doncaster were actors (4), soccer players (3), musicians (1), journalists (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Doncaster, including Diana Rigg, Louis Tomlinson, and Mary Millar. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Doncaster, including Diana Rigg, Louis Tomlinson, and Mary Millar.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Doncaster since 1700.