Huddersfield
Huddersfield ranks 1,543rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fergana, Walthamstow, and Joseon. 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 actors and the death place of many soccer players and snookers. Huddersfield is located in United Kingdom.
Huddersfield is a market 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
Between 1909 and 1989, Huddersfield was the birth place of 9 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
1916 - 1995
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 1
James Mason
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 2
Gorden Kaye
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 3
Karen Spärck Jones
1935 - 2007
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 4
Trevor Cherry
1948 - 2020
HPI: 31.78
Rank: 5
Derek Ibbotson
1932 - 2017
HPI: 31.57
Rank: 6
Fraizer Campbell
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.99
Rank: 7
Cameron Jerome
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.48
Rank: 8
Marcus Ellis
1989 - Present
HPI: 18.84
Rank: 9
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Most individuals born in present day Huddersfield were soccer players (3), actors (2), politicians (1), computer scientists (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were soccer players (1) and snookers (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Huddersfield since 1700.
