Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax, West Yorkshire ranks 2,067th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cheyenne, Wyoming, Botoșani, and Holon. Memorable people born in Halifax, West Yorkshire include Oliver Smithies, John E. Walker, and David Hartley. Halifax, West Yorkshire has been the birth place of many biologists and chemists. Halifax, West Yorkshire is located in United Kingdom.
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2011, it had a population of 88,134. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1705 and 1991, Halifax, West Yorkshire was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Oliver Smithies, John E. Walker, and David Hartley.
People Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire
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Oliver Smithies
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1
John E. Walker
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 2
David Hartley
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 3
Ed Sheeran
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 4
Anne Lister
1791 - 1840
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 5
Christina Pickles
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 6
Paddy Kenny
1978 - Present
HPI: 21.63
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Halifax, West Yorkshire were biologists (1), chemists (1), philosophers (1), singers (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Halifax, West Yorkshire since 1700.
