Batley
Batley ranks 5,668th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind North Little Rock, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Cuggiono. Memorable people born in Batley include Robert Edwards, Robert Palmer, and Jo Cox. Batley has been the birth place of many biologists, and musicians. Batley is located in United Kingdom.
Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the population was 48,730. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1925 and 1974, Batley was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Robert Edwards, Robert Palmer, and Jo Cox.
People Born in Batley
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Robert Edwards
BIOLOGIST
1925 - 2013
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 3
Robert Palmer
MUSICIAN
1949 - 2003
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 2
Jo Cox
POLITICIAN
1974 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 1
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Batley were biologists (1), musicians (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, biologists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Batley, including Robert Edwards. Whereas, throughout history, biologists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Batley, including Robert Edwards.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Batley since 1700.
