Menston
Menston ranks 5,935th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kenilworth, Crowborough, and Mazandaran province. Memorable people born in Menston include Eric Knight, Peter Whitehead, and Sam Riley. Menston has been the birth place of many writers, and racing drivers. Menston is located in United Kingdom.
Menston is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Along with Burley in Wharfedale, most of Menston is within Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of Bradford. The remainder of Menston is in the Leeds City Council area. At the 2011 census it has a population of 4,498. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1980, Menston was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Eric Knight, Peter Whitehead, and Sam Riley.
People Born in Menston
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Eric Knight
WRITER
1897 - 1943
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1
Peter Whitehead
RACING DRIVER
1914 - 1958
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 2
Sam Riley
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Menston were writers (1), racing drivers (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Menston, including Sam Riley. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Menston, including Eric Knight.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Menston since 1700.
