Widnes
Widnes ranks 9,814th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Heguri, Nara, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, and Upton, Northamptonshire. The most famous people from Widnes are Charles Glover Barkla, Andrew Higginson, and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. Widnes has been the birth place of many physicists, and snookers. Widnes is located in United Kingdom.
Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1877 and 1981, Widnes was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Charles Glover Barkla, Andrew Higginson, and Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
People Born in Widnes
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Charles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 1
Andrew Higginson
SNOOKER
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 2
Gary Taylor-Fletcher
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 27.76
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Born in Widnes
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Most individuals born in present day Widnes were physicists (1), snookers (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, snookers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Widnes, including Andrew Higginson. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Widnes, including Charles Glover Barkla.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Widnes since 1700.
