Mansfield
Mansfield ranks 2,026th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nanyang, Henan, New London, Connecticut, and Mount Kisco, New York. Memorable people born in Mansfield include Tom Scott, Ed Davey, and William Martin. Mansfield has been the birth place of many politicians, and swimmers. Mansfield is located in United Kingdom.
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire. Henry III granted Mansfield the Royal Charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the Maun Valley, 12 miles (19 km) north of Nottingham. The district had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield. Mansfield in ancient times became the pre-eminent in importance amongst the towns of Sherwood Forest. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1767 and 1996, Mansfield was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Tom Scott, Ed Davey, and William Martin.
People Born in Mansfield
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Tom Scott
YOUTUBER
1984 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 9
Ed Davey
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 7
William Martin
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1810
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 5
James Collinson
PAINTER
1825 - 1881
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 4
Holmes Herbert
ACTOR
1882 - 1956
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 6
Rebecca Adlington
SWIMMER
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 1
Kris Commons
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.51
Rank: 8
James Perch
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.03
Rank: 2
Molly Renshaw
SWIMMER
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.60
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mansfield were politicians (2), swimmers (2), soccer players (2), youtubers (1), and painters (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, swimmers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mansfield, including Rebecca Adlington, and Molly Renshaw. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mansfield, including Ed Davey, and William Martin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Mansfield since 1700.
