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Rochdale (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Rochdale ranks 1,484th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Orange, California, Miami Beach, Florida, and Oberhausen. Memorable people born in Rochdale include Anna Friel, Sajid Javid, and Gracie Fields. Rochdale has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors. Rochdale is located in United Kingdom.

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the 2021 census the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough. Rochdale is in the foothills of the South Pennines and lies in the dale (valley) of the River Roch, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Oldham, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Manchester. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1898 and 1999, Rochdale was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Anna Friel, Sajid Javid, and Gracie Fields.

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Most individuals born in present day Rochdale were soccer players (4), actors (2), economists (1), writers (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were .

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Rochdale since 1700.