Tonbridge
Tonbridge ranks 1,816th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Badajoz, Badalona, and Albi. Memorable people born in Tonbridge include C. F. Powell, Anna Atkins, and Harry Andrews. Tonbridge has been the birth place of many biologists and physicists. Tonbridge is located in United Kingdom.
Tonbridge is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, 4 miles (6 km) north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles (19 km) south west of Maidstone and 29 miles (47 km) south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population of 41,293 in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1130 and 1911, Tonbridge was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including C. F. Powell, Anna Atkins, and Harry Andrews.
People Born in Tonbridge
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C. F. Powell
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 1
Anna Atkins
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 2
Harry Andrews
1911 - 1989
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 3
Reginald Punnett
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
1130 - 1176
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 5
John George Children
1777 - 1852
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 6
Henry Watson Fowler
1858 - 1933
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Tonbridge were biologists (2), physicists (1), actors (1), religious figures (1), and chemists (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Tonbridge since 1700.
