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Portsmouth (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Portsmouth ranks 451st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Doha, London, Ontario, and El Paso, Texas. Memorable people born in Portsmouth include Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Mick Jones. Memorable people who died in Portsmouth include Cassandra Austen, Robert McClure, and John Byng. Portsmouth has been the birth place of many writers, and athletes and the death place of many military personnels, and artists. Portsmouth is located in United Kingdom.

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Southampton, 50 miles (80 km) west of Brighton and Hove and 74 miles (119 km) south-west of London. With a population last recorded at 208,100, it is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth forms part of the South Hampshire urban area with Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Eastleigh and Southampton. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1806 and 2001, Portsmouth was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Mick Jones. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Portsmouth including Cassandra Austen, Robert McClure, and John Byng.

People Born in Portsmouth

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Portsmouth were writers (5), athletes (5), soccer players (5), singers (3), and musicians (2),  while most who died were military personnels (2), artists (1), explorers (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Portsmouth, including Norman Read, Alan Pascoe, and Roger Black. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Portsmouth, including Charles Dickens, George Meredith, and Richard Aldington.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Portsmouth since 1700.