Menston
Menston ranks 5,935th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kenilworth, Crowborough, and Mazandaran province. Memorable people born in Menston include Eric Knight, Peter Whitehead, and Sam Riley. Menston has been the birth place of many writers, and racing drivers. Menston is located in United Kingdom.
Menston is a village and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is within Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, along with Burley in Wharfedale. A small part of Menston, south of the village, is outside the civil parish in the Guiseley and Rawdon ward of the City of Leeds. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 4,498. The village is home to St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, a secondary school with academy status in the part of Menston included in the City of Leeds. Menston is situated near the towns of Guiseley and Otley, with which it shares strong transport and community links. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1980, Menston was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Eric Knight, Peter Whitehead, and Sam Riley.
People Born in Menston
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Eric Knight
WRITER
1897 - 1943
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 1
Peter Whitehead
RACING DRIVER
1914 - 1958
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2
Sam Riley
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Menston were writers (1), racing drivers (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Menston, including Sam Riley. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Menston, including Eric Knight.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Menston since 1700.
