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Manchester (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Manchester ranks 108th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beijing, Rotterdam, and Geneva. Memorable people born in Manchester include Arthur Harden, Thomas De Quincey, and Dennis W. Sciama. Memorable people who died in Manchester include Joe Mercer, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, and Samuel Alexander. Manchester has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Manchester is located in United Kingdom.

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and Salford. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, Manchester was the birth place of 106 globally memorable people, including Arthur Harden, Thomas De Quincey, and Dennis W. Sciama. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Manchester including Joe Mercer, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, and Samuel Alexander.

People Born in Manchester

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People Deceased in Manchester

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Manchester were soccer players (35), actors (11), musicians (10), athletes (10), and writers (9),  while most who died were soccer players (11), writers (3), singers (2), actors (2), and philosophers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manchester, including Keith Newton, John Aston Jr., and Marcus Rashford. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manchester, including Keith Newton, John Aston Jr., and Marcus Rashford.

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Overlapping Lives

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