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Hungerford (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Hungerford ranks 6,412th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Loughborough, Wagga Wagga, and Mani Peninsula. Memorable people born in Hungerford include Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Adam Brown, and Charlie Austin. Hungerford has been the birth place of many engineers, and actors. Hungerford is located in United Kingdom.

Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) west of Newbury, 9 miles (14 km) east of Marlborough, 27 miles (43 km) north-east of Salisbury and 60 miles (97 km) west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the town alongside the River Dun, a major tributary of the River Kennet. The confluence with the Kennet is to the north of the centre whence canal and river both continue east. Amenities include schools, shops, cafés, restaurants, and facilities for the main national sports. Hungerford railway station is a minor stop on the Reading to Taunton Line. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1893 and 1989, Hungerford was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Adam Brown, and Charlie Austin.

People Born in Hungerford

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Hungerford were engineers (1), actors (1), and soccer players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hungerford, including Adam Brown. Whereas, throughout history, engineers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hungerford, including Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Hungerford since 1700.