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Truro (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Truro ranks 3,840th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nam District, Daegu, Belarus, and Sarandí, Buenos Aires. Memorable people born in Truro include Michael Adams, James Marsh, and Matthew Etherington. Memorable people who died in Truro include John le Carré, Barbara West, and Edward Woodward. Truro has been the birth place of many athletes, and chess players and the death place of many writers, and religious figures. Truro is located in United Kingdom.

Truro is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under 232 miles (373 km) west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and a centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro can be called Truronians. It grew as a trade centre through its port and as a stannary town for tin mining. It became mainland Britain's southernmost city in 1876, with the founding of the Diocese of Truro. It is home to Cornwall Council, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Cathedral, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1998, Truro was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Michael Adams, James Marsh, and Matthew Etherington. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Truro including John le Carré, Barbara West, and Edward Woodward.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Truro were athletes (2), chess players (1), film directors (1), soccer players (1), and swimmers (1),  while most who died were writers (1), religious figures (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, chess players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Truro, including Michael Adams. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Truro, including Helen Glover, and Wang Lili.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Truro since 1700.