Bristol (gbr)

Bristol

Bristol ranks 174th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Damascus, Tashkent, and Buffalo, New York. Memorable people born in Bristol include Paul Dirac, Blackbeard, and Calico Jack. Memorable people who died in Bristol include Paddy Ashdown, Helen Dunmore, and William Frederick Denning. Bristol has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Bristol is located in United Kingdom.

Bristol is a cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area and nearby places such as Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Read more on Wikipedia