Huddersfield
Huddersfield ranks 1,221st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Petah Tikva, Hirakata, and Ibaraki, Osaka. Memorable people born in Huddersfield include Harold Wilson, James Mason, and Gorden Kaye. Memorable people who died in Huddersfield include Ray Wilson, and Paul Hunter. Huddersfield has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and snookers. Huddersfield is located in United Kingdom.
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1909 and 2001, Huddersfield was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Harold Wilson, James Mason, and Gorden Kaye. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Huddersfield including Ray Wilson, and Paul Hunter.
People Born in Huddersfield
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Harold Wilson
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1995
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1
James Mason
ACTOR
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 2
Gorden Kaye
ACTOR
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 3
Karen Spärck Jones
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1935 - 2007
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4
Trevor Cherry
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2020
HPI: 35.73
Rank: 5
Derek Ibbotson
ATHLETE
1932 - 2017
HPI: 33.25
Rank: 6
Fraizer Campbell
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.84
Rank: 7
Simon Armitage
WRITER
1963 - Present
HPI: 27.25
Rank: 8
Cameron Jerome
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 9
Vivek Murthy
PHYSICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 23.13
Rank: 10
Alex Smithies
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 19.99
Rank: 11
Marcus Ellis
BADMINTON PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 19.93
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Huddersfield
Go to all RankingsSimon Armitage
WRITER
1963 - Present
HPI: 27.25
Rank: 8
Vivek Murthy
PHYSICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 23.13
Rank: 10
Alex Smithies
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 19.99
Rank: 11
Ilia Sulamanidze
WRESTLER
2001 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 13
Oliver Townend
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 14
Lois Toulson
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 15
People Deceased in Huddersfield
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Huddersfield were soccer players (4), athletes (3), actors (2), politicians (1), and computer scientists (1), while most who died were soccer players (1), and snookers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Huddersfield, including Trevor Cherry, Fraizer Campbell, and Cameron Jerome. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Huddersfield, including Trevor Cherry, Fraizer Campbell, and Cameron Jerome.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Huddersfield since 1700.
