Todmorden
Todmorden ranks 5,749th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tai'an, Morley, West Yorkshire, and La Mirada, California. Memorable people born in Todmorden include John Cockcroft, Keith Emerson, and Geoffrey Wilkinson. Todmorden has been the birth place of many physicists, and composers. Todmorden is located in United Kingdom.
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is 17 miles north-east of Manchester, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Burnley and 9 miles (14 km) west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1944, Todmorden was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including John Cockcroft, Keith Emerson, and Geoffrey Wilkinson.
People Born in Todmorden
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John Cockcroft
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 1
Keith Emerson
COMPOSER
1944 - 2016
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 2
Geoffrey Wilkinson
CHEMIST
1921 - 1996
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Todmorden were physicists (1), composers (1), and chemists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, composers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Todmorden, including Keith Emerson. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Todmorden, including John Cockcroft.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Todmorden since 1700.
