Failsworth
Failsworth ranks 15,253rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sutherland, New South Wales, Sillamäe, and Cúa. Memorable people born in Failsworth include Jim Ratcliffe. Failsworth has been the birth place of many businesspeople. Failsworth is located in United Kingdom.
Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Manchester and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Oldham. The M60 ring-road motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the 2011 census was 20,680. Historically in Lancashire, Failsworth until the 19th century was a farming township linked ecclesiastically with Manchester. Inhabitants supplemented their farming income with domestic hand-loom weaving. The humid climate and abundant labour and coal led to weaving of textiles as a Lancashire Mill Town with redbrick cotton mills. A current landmark is the Failsworth Pole. Daisy Nook is a country park on the southern edge. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1952, Failsworth was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Jim Ratcliffe.
People Born in Failsworth
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Failsworth were businesspeople (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, businesspeople have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Failsworth, including Jim Ratcliffe. Whereas, throughout history, businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Failsworth, including Jim Ratcliffe.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Failsworth since 1700.
