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Guildford (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Guildford ranks 707th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Iceland, Montgomery, Alabama, and Wolfenbüttel. Memorable people born in Guildford include P. G. Wodehouse, David Hemmings, and Stuart Wilson. Memorable people who died in Guildford include Lewis Carroll, Elton Mayo, and Mike Hawthorn. Guildford has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and racing drivers. Guildford is located in United Kingdom.

Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 145,673 inhabitants in 2022. The name "Guildford" is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames that flows through the town centre. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1994, Guildford was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including P. G. Wodehouse, David Hemmings, and Stuart Wilson. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Guildford including Lewis Carroll, Elton Mayo, and Mike Hawthorn.

People Born in Guildford

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Guildford were actors (7), soccer players (4), athletes (4), musicians (2), and writers (1),  while most who died were writers (3), racing drivers (3), psychologists (1), politicians (1), and archaeologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Guildford, including David Hemmings, Stuart Wilson, and Lily Collins. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guildford, including David Hemmings, Stuart Wilson, and Lily Collins.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Guildford since 1700.