Sussex
Sussex ranks 2,564th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Tottenham, and Koga, Ibaraki. Memorable people born in Sussex include Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Harry Gregson-Williams, and John Peckham. Memorable people who died in Sussex include Harold Macmillan, John Cornforth, and Ronald Harwood. Sussex has been the birth place of many composers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and singers. Sussex is located in United Kingdom.
Sussex is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county. It includes the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1001 and 1990, Sussex was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Harry Gregson-Williams, and John Peckham. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Sussex including Harold Macmillan, John Cornforth, and Ronald Harwood. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Sussex than were born there.
People Born in Sussex
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex
POLITICIAN
1001 - 1053
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1
Harry Gregson-Williams
COMPOSER
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 2
John Peckham
PHILOSOPHER
1227 - 1292
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 3
Thomas Weelkes
COMPOSER
1576 - 1623
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 4
Noel Streatfeild
WRITER
1895 - 1986
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 5
Sophie Cookson
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 6
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Harold Macmillan
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 1
John Cornforth
CHEMIST
1917 - 2013
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 2
Ronald Harwood
WRITER
1934 - 2020
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 3
Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1951
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 4
Osbert Salvin
BIOLOGIST
1835 - 1898
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 5
Marie Jahoda
PSYCHOLOGIST
1907 - 2001
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 6
Peter Sarstedt
SINGER
1941 - 2017
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 7
Godfrey Brown
ATHLETE
1915 - 1995
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 8
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
POLITICIAN
1716 - 1785
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 9
Kate O'Mara
ACTOR
1939 - 2014
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 10
Poly Styrene
SINGER
1957 - 2011
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Sussex
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Most individuals born in present day Sussex were composers (2), politicians (1), philosophers (1), writers (1), and actors (1), while most who died were politicians (3), singers (2), chemists (1), writers (1), and biologists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, composers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sussex, including Harry Gregson-Williams. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sussex, including Harry Gregson-Williams, and Thomas Weelkes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Sussex since 1700.
