Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ranks 1,138th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shinagawa, Guantánamo, and Växjö. Memorable people born in Shrewsbury include Charles Darwin, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, and Edward Waring. Memorable people who died in Shrewsbury include Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Darwin, and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge. Shrewsbury has been the birth place of many soccer players, and biologists and the death place of many actors, and physicians. Shrewsbury is located in United Kingdom.
Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 76,782. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1473 and 1992, Shrewsbury was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Charles Darwin, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, and Edward Waring. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Shrewsbury including Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Darwin, and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.
People Born in Shrewsbury
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Charles Darwin
BIOLOGIST
1809 - 1882
HPI: 89.30
Rank: 1
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
POLITICIAN
1473 - 1483
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 2
Edward Waring
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 3
Charles Burney
COMPOSER
1726 - 1814
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 4
John Benbow
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1653 - 1702
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5
Joe Hart
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 6
Dalian Atkinson
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2016
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 7
Sandy Lyle
GOLFER
1958 - Present
HPI: 31.84
Rank: 8
Eliot Higgins
JOURNALIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.29
Rank: 9
Steven Fletcher
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.61
Rank: 10
Danny Guthrie
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 21.96
Rank: 11
Billy Jones
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 16.17
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Shrewsbury
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1653 - 1702
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5
Tom Bradshaw
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 15.73
Rank: 13
People Deceased in Shrewsbury
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Pete Postlethwaite
ACTOR
1946 - 2011
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1
Robert Darwin
PHYSICIAN
1766 - 1848
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 2
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1927
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Shrewsbury were soccer players (6), biologists (1), politicians (1), mathematicians (1), and composers (1), while most who died were actors (1), physicians (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shrewsbury, including Joe Hart, Dalian Atkinson, and Steven Fletcher. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shrewsbury, including Joe Hart, Dalian Atkinson, and Steven Fletcher.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Shrewsbury since 1700.
