Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot ranks 15,178th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ochsenhausen, Leysin, and Radstock. Memorable people born in Newton Abbot include William Knox D'Arcy. Memorable people who died in Newton Abbot include Florence Baker, and Samuel Baker. Newton Abbot has been the birth place of many businesspeople and the death place of many explorers. Newton Abbot is located in United Kingdom.
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its population was 24,029 in 2011, and was estimated at 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the South Devon Railway locomotive works. This later became a major steam engine shed, retained to service British Railways diesel locomotives until 1981. It now houses the Brunel industrial estate. The town has a race course nearby, the most westerly in England, and a country park, Decoy. It is twinned with Besigheim in Germany and Ay in France. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1849, Newton Abbot was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including William Knox D'Arcy. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Newton Abbot including Florence Baker, and Samuel Baker. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Newton Abbot than were born there.
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Most individuals born in present day Newton Abbot were businesspeople (1), while most who died were explorers (2).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Newton Abbot, including William Knox D'Arcy.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Newton Abbot since 1700.
