Dudley
Dudley ranks 1,892nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lillehammer, Trebinje, and Dundalk. Memorable people born in Dudley include Maurice Wilkes, Abraham Darby I, and James Whale. Dudley has been the birth place of many computer scientists, and inventors. Dudley is located in United Kingdom.
Dudley is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 79,379. The Metropolitan Borough, which includes the towns of Stourbridge and Halesowen, had a population of 312,900. In 2014, the borough council adopted a slogan describing Dudley as the capital of the Black Country, a title by which it had long been informally known. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1678 and 1966, Dudley was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Maurice Wilkes, Abraham Darby I, and James Whale.
People Born in Dudley
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Maurice Wilkes
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1913 - 2010
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1
Abraham Darby I
INVENTOR
1678 - 1717
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2
James Whale
FILM DIRECTOR
1889 - 1957
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 3
Sam Allardyce
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 4
Jason Bonham
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 5
Thomas Phillips
PAINTER
1770 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 6
Dorothy Round
TENNIS PLAYER
1909 - 1982
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 7
Lenny Henry
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in Dudley
Go to all RankingsAbraham Darby I
INVENTOR
1678 - 1717
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2
Thomas Phillips
PAINTER
1770 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dudley were computer scientists (1), inventors (1), film directors (1), soccer players (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dudley, including Sam Allardyce. Whereas, throughout history, computer scientists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dudley, including Maurice Wilkes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Dudley since 1700.
