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Wellington (nzl)

New Zealand

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Wellington ranks 345th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nantes, Leuven, and Gunma Prefecture. Memorable people born in Wellington include Russell Crowe, Peter Jackson, and Katherine Mansfield. Memorable people who died in Wellington include Ernest Marsden, Edith Farkas, and Geoff Murphy. Wellington has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and physicists. Wellington is located in New Zealand.

Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1880 and 2002, Wellington was the birth place of 56 globally memorable people, including Russell Crowe, Peter Jackson, and Katherine Mansfield. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Wellington including Ernest Marsden, Edith Farkas, and Geoff Murphy.

People Born in Wellington

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People Deceased in Wellington

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wellington were soccer players (12), athletes (12), actors (10), film directors (7), and politicians (4),  while most who died were politicians (6), physicists (1), physicians (1), film directors (1), and boxers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wellington, including Wynton Rufer, Simon Elliott, and Vaughan Coveny. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wellington, including Wynton Rufer, Simon Elliott, and Vaughan Coveny.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Wellington since 1700.