Guildford
Guildford ranks 1,019th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kanazawa, Chipping Barnet, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Memorable people born in Guildford include P. G. Wodehouse, David Hemmings, and Lily Collins. Memorable people who died in Guildford include Lewis Carroll, Elton Mayo, and Mike Hawthorn. Guildford has been the birth place of many actors and musicians 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 mid-2022 est. 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
Between 1562 and 1989, Guildford was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including P. G. Wodehouse, David Hemmings, and Lily Collins. 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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P. G. Wodehouse
1881 - 1975
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1
David Hemmings
1941 - 2003
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 2
Lily Collins
1989 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 3
Stuart Wilson
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4
Andrew Latimer
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 5
Peter Molyneux
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 6
Celia Imrie
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 7
George Abbot
1562 - 1633
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 8
Rupert Wyatt
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 9
Sub Focus
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.09
Rank: 10
Alex McCarthy
1989 - Present
HPI: 22.10
Rank: 11
Mark Hudson
1982 - Present
HPI: 16.62
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Guildford
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People Deceased in Guildford
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Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 1
Elton Mayo
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 2
Mike Hawthorn
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 3
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
1484 - 1545
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 4
Hilaire Belloc
1870 - 1953
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 5
John Marshall
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 6
Barry Foster
1931 - 2002
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 7
Eric Thompson
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 8
Edward Carpenter
1844 - 1929
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 9
Alan Brown
1919 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 10
Walter Winterbottom
1913 - 2002
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 11
Alan Minter
1951 - 2020
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Guildford
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1931 - 2002
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 7
Eric Thompson
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 8
Alan Minter
1951 - 2020
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Guildford were actors (4), musicians (2), soccer players (2), writers (1), and game designers (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, Lily Collins, and Stuart Wilson. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guildford, including David Hemmings, Lily Collins, and Stuart Wilson.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Guildford since 1700.
