Highgate
Highgate ranks 5,300th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Turnov, Sidi Bouzid, and Filipstad Municipality. Memorable people born in Highgate include Rod Stewart, Jerry Springer, and Phil Davis. Memorable people who died in Highgate include Francis Bacon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Matthias de l'Obel. Highgate has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many philosophers, and writers. Highgate is located in United Kingdom.
Highgate is a suburban area of London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, 4+1⁄2 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1944 and 1953, Highgate was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Rod Stewart, Jerry Springer, and Phil Davis. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Highgate including Francis Bacon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Matthias de l'Obel. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Highgate than were born there.
People Born in Highgate
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Rod Stewart
SINGER
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1
Jerry Springer
ACTOR
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2
Phil Davis
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Highgate
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Francis Bacon
PHILOSOPHER
1561 - 1626
HPI: 85.99
Rank: 1
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
WRITER
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 2
Matthias de l'Obel
BIOLOGIST
1538 - 1616
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 3
Victoria Wood
ACTOR
1953 - 2016
HPI: 35.82
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Highgate were actors (2), and singers (1), while most who died were philosophers (1), writers (1), biologists (1), and actors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Highgate, including Jerry Springer, and Phil Davis. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Highgate, including Jerry Springer, and Phil Davis.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Highgate since 1700.
