Greenock
Greenock ranks 1,882nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tallahassee, Florida, Basildon, and Liptovský Mikuláš. Memorable people born in Greenock include James Watt, Richard Wilson, and Al Stewart. Greenock has been the birth place of many actors, and inventors. Greenock is located in United Kingdom.
Greenock is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1736 and 1997, Greenock was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including James Watt, Richard Wilson, and Al Stewart.
People Born in Greenock
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James Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 1
Richard Wilson
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 2
Al Stewart
MUSICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3
John Henry Mackay
WRITER
1864 - 1933
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 4
Henry Robertson Bowers
EXPLORER
1883 - 1912
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 5
Leslie Thorne
RACING DRIVER
1916 - 1993
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 6
Martin Compston
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.29
Rank: 7
Greg Taylor
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 18.81
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Greenock were actors (2), inventors (1), musicians (1), writers (1), and explorers (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 Greenock, including Richard Wilson, and Martin Compston. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Greenock, including Richard Wilson, and Martin Compston.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Greenock since 1700.
