Leyton
Leyton ranks 5,318th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kingsbury, London, Kemerovo, and Cham, Switzerland. Memorable people born in Leyton include Colin Kazim-Richards, Benik Afobe, and Asha Philip. Leyton has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Leyton is located in United Kingdom.
Leyton is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River Lea, to the west. The area includes New Spitalfields Market, Leyton Orient Football Club, as well as part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The town consists largely of terraced houses built between 1870 and 1910, interspersed with some modern housing estates. It is 6.2 miles (10 km) north-east of Charing Cross. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1986 and 1993, Leyton was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Colin Kazim-Richards, Benik Afobe, and Asha Philip.
People Born in Leyton
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Colin Kazim-Richards
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.95
Rank: 1
Benik Afobe
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 25.95
Rank: 2
Asha Philip
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 19.28
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Leyton were soccer players (2), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leyton, including Colin Kazim-Richards, and Benik Afobe. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leyton, including Colin Kazim-Richards, and Benik Afobe.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Leyton since 1700.
