Nottingham
Nottingham ranks 202nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tel Aviv, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Darmstadt. Memorable people born in Nottingham include Ian Paice, Alma Reville, and Andy Fletcher. Memorable people who died in Nottingham include James Hargreaves, Peter Mansfield, and George Green. Nottingham has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and inventors. Nottingham is located in United Kingdom.
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2004, Nottingham was the birth place of 63 globally memorable people, including Ian Paice, Alma Reville, and Andy Fletcher. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Nottingham including James Hargreaves, Peter Mansfield, and George Green.
People Born in Nottingham
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Ian Paice
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 1
Alma Reville
WRITER
1899 - 1982
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 2
Andy Fletcher
MUSICIAN
1961 - 2022
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 3
Harold Shipman
EXTREMIST
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 4
John Russell Hind
ASTRONOMER
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 5
M. Stanley Whittingham
CHEMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 6
Alvin Lee
MUSICIAN
1944 - 2013
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7
Herbert Kilpin
SOCCER PLAYER
1870 - 1916
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 8
N. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 9
Alan Sillitoe
WRITER
1928 - 2010
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 10
Robert Harris
WRITER
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 11
Lennie James
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Nottingham
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Paul Sandby
PAINTER
1725 - 1809
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 20
Michael Jayston
ACTOR
1935 - 2024
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 21
Bryan Steel
CYCLIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 25
Dinny Pails
TENNIS PLAYER
1921 - 1986
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 26
Georgia Groome
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.02
Rank: 34
Brennan Johnson
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 29.04
Rank: 42
Madeleine Mantock
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 27.86
Rank: 43
Mary Earps
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 27.55
Rank: 44
Dan Hardy
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 25.55
Rank: 45
Joe Worrall
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 22.75
Rank: 49
Jake Wightman
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 19.66
Rank: 54
Stuart Broad
CRICKETER
1986 - Present
HPI: 19.27
Rank: 56
People Deceased in Nottingham
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James Hargreaves
INVENTOR
1720 - 1778
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 1
Peter Mansfield
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2017
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 2
George Green
MATHEMATICIAN
1793 - 1841
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 3
Keith Campbell
BIOLOGIST
1954 - 2012
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 4
Dave Mackay
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2015
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 5
Tommy Lawton
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1996
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Nottingham were soccer players (20), actors (8), athletes (7), musicians (5), and writers (5), while most who died were soccer players (2), inventors (1), physicists (1), mathematicians (1), and biologists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nottingham, including Andy Cole, Peter Taylor, and Wes Morgan. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nottingham, including Herbert Kilpin, Andy Cole, and Peter Taylor.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Nottingham since 1700.
