Plympton
Plympton ranks 5,224th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yixing, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Isparta. Memorable people born in Plympton include Joshua Reynolds, Lobsang Rampa, and David Owen. Plympton has been the birth place of many painters, and writers. Plympton is located in United Kingdom.
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1723 and 1938, Plympton was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Joshua Reynolds, Lobsang Rampa, and David Owen.
People Born in Plympton
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Joshua Reynolds
PAINTER
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1
Lobsang Rampa
WRITER
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 2
David Owen
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Plympton were painters (1), writers (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Plympton, including David Owen. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Plympton, including Joshua Reynolds.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Plympton since 1700.
