Royal Tunbridge Wells ranks 2,649th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kochi, Middletown, Connecticut, and Newmarket, Ontario. Memorable people born in Royal Tunbridge Wells include Arthur Waley, Alec McCowen, and Joe Alwyn. Memorable people who died in Royal Tunbridge Wells include Thomas Bayes, Hugh Dowding, and Henry Peach Robinson. Royal Tunbridge Wells has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many military personnels and statisticians. Royal Tunbridge Wells is located in United Kingdom.
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, 30 miles southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1889 and 1995, Royal Tunbridge Wells was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Arthur Waley, Alec McCowen, and Joe Alwyn. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Royal Tunbridge Wells including Thomas Bayes, Hugh Dowding, and Henry Peach Robinson. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Royal Tunbridge Wells than were born there.
1889 - 1966
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 1
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 2
1991 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 3
1990 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4
1995 - Present
HPI: 27.96
Rank: 5
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 1
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2
1830 - 1901
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 3
1905 - 1980
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4
1937 - 1987
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 5
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 6
1935 - 1988
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 7
1898 - 1978
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 8
1785 - 1856
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 9
Most individuals born in present day Royal Tunbridge Wells were actors (4) and writers (1), while most who died were military personnels (2), statisticians (1), photographers (1), musicians (1), and film directors (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Royal Tunbridge Wells since 1700.