Keighley
Keighley ranks 3,142nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kalispell, Montana, Karlstadt am Main, and Juvisy-sur-Orge. Memorable people born in Keighley include Captain Tom, Reynold A. Nicholson, and John Rupert Firth. Keighley has been the birth place of many military personnels, and writers. Keighley is located in United Kingdom.
Keighley is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1868 and 1995, Keighley was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Captain Tom, Reynold A. Nicholson, and John Rupert Firth.
People Born in Keighley
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Captain Tom
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2021
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 1
Reynold A. Nicholson
WRITER
1868 - 1945
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 5
John Rupert Firth
LINGUIST
1890 - 1960
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 6
Simon Beaufoy
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 4
Ashley Fletcher
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.46
Rank: 3
Ruth Winder
CYCLIST
1993 - Present
HPI: 26.33
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Keighley were military personnels (1), writers (1), linguists (1), film directors (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, film directors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Keighley, including Simon Beaufoy. Whereas, throughout history, military personnels have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Keighley, including Captain Tom.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Keighley since 1700.
