Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ranks 3,451st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Anagni, Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Freeport, Bahamas. Memorable people born in Hertfordshire include Edmund Gunter, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Mimi Keene. Memorable people who died in Hertfordshire include Barbara Cartland, John Chadwick, and Michael William Balfe. Hertfordshire has been the birth place of many actors and mathematicians and the death place of many writers and linguists. Hertfordshire is located in United Kingdom.
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford, and the county town is Hertford. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1581 and 1998, Hertfordshire was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Edmund Gunter, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Mimi Keene. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Hertfordshire including Barbara Cartland, John Chadwick, and Michael William Balfe. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Hertfordshire than were born there.
People Born in Hertfordshire
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Edmund Gunter
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 1
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 2
Mimi Keene
1998 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 3
Will Kemp
1977 - Present
HPI: 33.46
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Hertfordshire
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Barbara Cartland
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1
John Chadwick
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 2
Michael William Balfe
1808 - 1870
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 3
Henry Wood
1869 - 1944
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 4
Bill Nicholson
1919 - 2004
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Hertfordshire were actors (3) and mathematicians (1), while most who died were writers (1), linguists (1), composers (1), conductors (1), and soccer players (1).
