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Oxford (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Oxford ranks 212th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bogotá, Thessaloniki, and Casablanca. Memorable people born in Oxford include Stephen Hawking, Liz Truss, and Thomas Harriot. Memorable people who died in Oxford include Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Roger Bacon. Oxford has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many writers, and philosophers. Oxford is located in United Kingdom.

Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Cherwell. It had a population of 163,257 in 2022. It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, Oxford was the birth place of 62 globally memorable people, including Stephen Hawking, Liz Truss, and Thomas Harriot. Additionaly, 101 globally memorable people have passed away in Oxford including Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Roger Bacon. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Oxford than were born there.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Oxford were actors (14), writers (9), musicians (8), athletes (5), and soccer players (4),  while most who died were writers (18), philosophers (15), biologists (8), mathematicians (6), and physicists (6).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oxford, including Miriam Margolyes, Annabelle Wallis, and Julian Richings. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oxford, including Miriam Margolyes, Annabelle Wallis, and Julian Richings.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Oxford since 1700.