Torpoint
Torpoint ranks 7,392nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Arrah, Skovshoved, and Santa Maria de Palautordera. Memorable people born in Torpoint include John Langdon Down, and Jack Stephens. Torpoint has been the birth place of many physicians, and soccer players. Torpoint is located in United Kingdom.
Torpoint is a town and civil parish on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Torpoint had a population of 8,457 at the 2001 census, decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards also exist. Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1828 and 1994, Torpoint was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including John Langdon Down, and Jack Stephens.
People Born in Torpoint
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John Langdon Down
PHYSICIAN
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1
Jack Stephens
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 19.16
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Torpoint were physicians (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Torpoint, including Jack Stephens. Whereas, throughout history, physicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Torpoint, including John Langdon Down.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Torpoint since 1700.
