Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ranks 1,053rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nijmegen, Iesi, and Chongqing. 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, 150 miles (240 km) north-west of London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 76,782. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1075 and 1987, Shrewsbury was the birth place of 12 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
1809 - 1882
HPI: 90.67
Rank: 1
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 2
Edward Waring
1736 - 1798
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 3
Orderic Vitalis
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 4
Charles Burney
1726 - 1814
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 5
Joe Hart
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 6
Dalian Atkinson
1968 - 2016
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 7
Sandy Lyle
1958 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 8
Eliot Higgins
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.67
Rank: 9
Steven Fletcher
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.29
Rank: 10
Danny Guthrie
1987 - Present
HPI: 19.29
Rank: 11
Billy Jones
1987 - Present
HPI: 14.13
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Shrewsbury
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Pete Postlethwaite
1946 - 2011
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1
Robert Darwin
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 2
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
1868 - 1927
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Shrewsbury were soccer players (5), biologists (1), politicians (1), mathematicians (1), and writers (1), while most who died were actors (1), physicians (1), and politicians (1).
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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Shrewsbury since 1700.
