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Hampshire (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Hampshire ranks 4,088th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bad Cannstatt, Wheaton, Illinois, and Lismore, New South Wales. Memorable people born in Hampshire include William Warham, Swithun, and Stephen Leacock. Memorable people who died in Hampshire include George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Joe Davis, and Tony Barton. Hampshire has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Hampshire is located in United Kingdom.

Hampshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Other significant settlements within the county include Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Andover, Gosport, Fareham and Aldershot. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 800 and 1987, Hampshire was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including William Warham, Swithun, and Stephen Leacock. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Hampshire including George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Joe Davis, and Tony Barton. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Hampshire than were born there.

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People Deceased in Hampshire

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Hampshire were politicians (1), religious figures (1), writers (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were politicians (2), writers (2), soccer players (1), and engineers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hampshire, including Tom Austen. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hampshire, including William Warham.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Hampshire since 1700.