Pongaroa
Pongaroa ranks 16,624th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Raheny, Alegre, Espírito Santo, and Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Memorable people born in Pongaroa include Maurice Wilkins, and Megan Hull. Pongaroa has been the birth place of many physicists, and athletes. Pongaroa is located in New Zealand.
Pongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west. Popular Ākitio Beach is 30 kilometres to the east. The township straddles Route 52, a road between Masterton and Waipukurau. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1916 and 1996, Pongaroa was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Maurice Wilkins, and Megan Hull.
People Born in Pongaroa
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pongaroa were physicists (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pongaroa, including Megan Hull. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pongaroa, including Maurice Wilkins.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Pongaroa since 1700.
