Cultural Production in

Present Day

Glasgow (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Glasgow ranks 55th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cairo, Bucharest, and Houston. Memorable people born in Glasgow include Alex Ferguson, William Ramsay, and Arthur Henderson. Memorable people who died in Glasgow include Davie Cooper, Jim Baxter, and Robert Simson. Glasgow has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Glasgow is located in United Kingdom.

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. It is the third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Glasgow was the birth place of 169 globally memorable people, including Alex Ferguson, William Ramsay, and Arthur Henderson. Additionaly, 22 globally memorable people have passed away in Glasgow including Davie Cooper, Jim Baxter, and Robert Simson.

People Born in Glasgow

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People Deceased in Glasgow

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Glasgow were soccer players (55), actors (30), politicians (12), musicians (9), and writers (9),  while most who died were soccer players (6), politicians (3), writers (2), mathematicians (1), and engineers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Glasgow, including Kenny Dalglish, Craig Brown, and Andy Gray. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Glasgow, including Kenny Dalglish, Craig Brown, and Andy Gray.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Glasgow since 1700.