Sheffield (gbr)

Sheffield

Sheffield ranks 194th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nuremberg, Abidjan, and Nagoya. Memorable people born in Sheffield include Joe Cocker, Gordon Banks, and Sean Bean. Memorable people who died in Sheffield include William Foulke, Henry Clifton Sorby, and Emlyn Hughes. Sheffield has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and geologists. Sheffield is located in United Kingdom.

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of Leeds and 32 miles (51 km) east of Manchester. Its name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. Read more on Wikipedia