Great Shelford ranks 8,985th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Melilla, Rubizhne, and Cusano Milanino. Memorable people born in Great Shelford include Nigel Davenport and Philippa Pearce. Great Shelford has been the birth place of many actors and writers. Great Shelford is located in United Kingdom.
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) bisected by the River Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233. It was described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1920 and 1928, Great Shelford was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Nigel Davenport and Philippa Pearce.
Most individuals born in present day Great Shelford were actors (1) and writers (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Great Shelford since 1700.