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Guernsey

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Guernsey ranks 202nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brunei, Bermuda, and Tuvalu. Memorable people born in present day Guernsey include Matt Le Tissier, Percy Hodge, and Karen Dotrice. Memorable people who died in Guernsey include James Lighthill. Guernsey has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many mathematicians.

Guernsey is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited islands – Alderney, Herm, Jethou, Lihou and Sark – and many small islets and rocks. The bailiwick has a population of 63,950, the vast majority of whom live on Guernsey, and the island has a land area of 24 square miles (62 km2). Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1769 and 1997, present day Guernsey was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Matt Le Tissier, Percy Hodge, and Karen Dotrice. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Guernsey including James Lighthill.

People Born in Present Day Guernsey

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People Deceased in Present Day Guernsey

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Guernsey were athletes (2), actors (2), soccer players (1), astronomers (1), and military personnels (1),  while most who died were mathematicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Guernsey, including Matt Le Tissier. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guernsey, including Percy Hodge, and Cameron Chalmers.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in present day Guernsey since 1700.