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Winchester (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Winchester ranks 1,093rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Okayama, and Rye, New York. Memorable people born in Winchester include Empress Matilda, William Adelin, and William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg. Memorable people who died in Winchester include Jane Austen, Alfred the Great, and Emma of Normandy. Winchester has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Winchester is located in United Kingdom.

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, at the western end of the South Downs National Park, on the River Itchen. It is 60 miles (97 km) south-west of London and 14 miles (23 km) from Southampton, its nearest city. At the 2021 census, the built-up area of Winchester had a population of 48,478. The wider City of Winchester district includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham and had a population of 127,439 in 2021. Winchester is the county town of Hampshire and contains the head offices of Hampshire County Council. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 900 and 2003, Winchester was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Empress Matilda, William Adelin, and William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Winchester including Jane Austen, Alfred the Great, and Emma of Normandy. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Winchester than were born there.

People Born in Winchester

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    Liam Delap

    SOCCER PLAYER

    2003 - Present

    HPI: 15.25

    Rank: 14

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People Deceased in Winchester

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Winchester were actors (3), soccer players (3), noblemen (2), religious figures (1), and philosophers (1),  while most who died were politicians (5), writers (3), religious figures (3), companions (2), and chemists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Winchester, including Christopher Cazenove, Alex Lawther, and Hugh Mitchell. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Winchester, including Christopher Cazenove, Alex Lawther, and Hugh Mitchell.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Winchester since 1700.