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Barrow-in-Furness (gbr)

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Barrow-in-Furness ranks 3,383rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mishima, Shizuoka, Częstochowa, and Dover, Delaware. Memorable people born in Barrow-in-Furness include Gary Stevens, Glenn Cornick, and Emlyn Hughes. Memorable people who died in Barrow-in-Furness include Ron Staniforth. Barrow-in-Furness has been the birth place of many soccer players, and musicians and the death place of many soccer players. Barrow-in-Furness is located in United Kingdom.

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. The borough subsequently merged with adjoining boroughs in 2023 to form the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2021, Barrow's population was 55,489, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle, and the largest in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1947 and 1999, Barrow-in-Furness was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Gary Stevens, Glenn Cornick, and Emlyn Hughes. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Barrow-in-Furness including Ron Staniforth.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Barrow-in-Furness were soccer players (4), and musicians (1),  while most who died were soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Barrow-in-Furness, including Gary Stevens, Emlyn Hughes, and Ben Davies. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Barrow-in-Furness, including Gary Stevens, Emlyn Hughes, and Ben Davies.

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Overlapping Lives

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