Longton, Staffordshire
Longton, Staffordshire ranks 5,841st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Klek, Zrenjanin, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and Zanjan, Iran. Memorable people born in Longton, Staffordshire include William Astbury, William Duesbury, and Jamie Cope. Longton, Staffordshire has been the birth place of many physicists, and painters. Longton, Staffordshire is located in United Kingdom.
Longton is one of the six towns which amalgamated to form the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910, along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Burslem and Stoke-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1725 and 1985, Longton, Staffordshire was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including William Astbury, William Duesbury, and Jamie Cope.
People Born in Longton, Staffordshire
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William Astbury
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1961
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 1
William Duesbury
PAINTER
1725 - 1786
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 2
Jamie Cope
SNOOKER
1985 - Present
HPI: 22.60
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Longton, Staffordshire were physicists (1), painters (1), and snookers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, snookers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Longton, Staffordshire, including Jamie Cope. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Longton, Staffordshire, including William Astbury.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Longton, Staffordshire since 1700.
